Gender and Women's Studies

Armstrong Atlantic State University

Gender and Women's Studies at Armstrong Atlantic State University
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GWST

Gender and Women's Studies (GWST) is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry that examines men's and women's roles, achievements, and experiences, both historically and across cultures. GWST brings to light valuable information about the role of gender in the family and at work, in the arts, in politics, and in the sciences—information that traditional scholarship has overlooked. GWST considers the ways class, race, ethnicity, and age shape the human experience. GWST examines the ways in which gender—our notions of masculinity and femininity—is socially and culturally constructed rather than determined by biology alone. Uniting all GWST inquiry is the effort to understand and explain the inequality between men and women and to envision change.

Vision Statement

The mission of the Gender and Women's Studies program at AASU is to offer an interdisciplinary course of study that integrates areas as diverse as sociology, political science, literature, history, art, health, education, economics, and psychology. We seek to present the AASU community with opportunities to examine gender issues and issues of concern to women through these disciplines. We strive to engage students in the discovery and production of knowledge that emerges from the application of feminist pedagogy to the study of history, culture, and society. We also seek to connect our scholarly and academic work with the social and political world outside the university and to educate students about the links among research, teaching, and activism.