Women Gender and Sexuality Studies

When Rae Lynn Schwartz-DuPre, Western Professor of Communication Studies and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, pulled out the first Curious George book to read to her children, she found herself awestruck.

“When I first read that book to my two young children, it became evident that…

Award-winning journalist Brandi Morin will present at the virtual event "Hunting Down the Killers of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls" Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 4 p.m.

Her presentation will discuss how Indigenous women and girls are vulnerable to predators because of a lack of…

Shurla Thibou, senior instructor at Western, has been appointed to the half-time position as the university's faculty director of Academic First-Year Programs.

"In this role, Dr. Thibou will play a key faculty leadership role in overseeing and evaluating all of Western's first-year…

More than 50 Western Washington University students and graduates received Outstanding Graduate honors for the 2019-20 academic year.

Faculty members from dozens of academic departments and programs select one graduate to honor as the Outstanding Graduate of the year. Selection is a…

In his new book “Abuses of the Erotic: Militarizing Sexuality in the Post-Cold War United States,” Western Washington University Associate Professor of History and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Josh Cerretti investigates how military values have permeated civilian culture and the…