Feminist Studies Ph.D.

The Ph.D in Feminist Studies is designed to help students develop a high level of competence in feminist theories, research methods, interdisciplinarity, and pedagogies. Our graduates demonstrate a high level of competence in interdisciplinary feminist theories, research methods, and pedagogies. Our graduate program provides a rigorous interdisciplinary education designed to develop well-prepared scholars in the field of feminist studies and gender, women, and sexuality studies. Feminist studies PhD students pursue general and specialized courses in feminist studies while conducting scholarly research and analysis that truly drives change. Our graduate students are scholars, teachers, and activists, bringing to their work remarkable intelligence and a commitment to analyzing how power operates in and across societies, economies, and cultures. To guarantee a high level of interdisciplinary exchange, the program is designed to bring feminist studies doctoral students together with graduate minor students who are pursuing a disciplinary specialty in their own home department. Along with feminist studies, the contribution of queer and trans studies—in regard to gender, sexuality, and biological bodies—is also a central component of our graduate program. We offer a wide variety of courses, with emphases in:

- Critical race and transnational feminisms
- Social movements
- Critical gender and sexualities, trans, and queer studies
- Feminist ethnography and geography
- Feminist health, medicine, and science studies
- Intersections of race, ethnicity, and nationalism