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Located in East Hall
The Center for Women’s Studies is a multipurpose space where students, faculty, and staff can gather both formally and informally to discuss a multitude of topics that span the feminist spectrum and consider the intersectionality of identities and various forms of oppression.
Located on the ground level of East Hall since 1994, the center serves as the academic home for courses in Women’s Studies and as a meeting place for students and faculty. Facilities include a lounge, a classroom, a seminar room, offices, and a library with a wide array of print resources on women’s studies, gender, sexualities, women’s health, race, and feminist theory.
Every Tuesday the center hosts a brown bag lunch during which faculty, staff, students, and community members give presentations that analyze issues through a gendered lens. The lunches encourage those persons in attendance to actively participate in the discussions. Please join us.
Who works here?
The Women's Studies director, program assistant, and administrative assistant have offices in the center. Mary Simonson, lecturer in university studies, has an office, as does Professor Ken Valente, director of LGBTQ Studies. In addition, Sisters of the Round Table (SORT), a student organization and activist group for women of color on campus, has an office here. Staff members
Director: Meika Loe, associate professor of sociology & anthropology and women’s studies
Program assistant: Kimmie Garner
Administrative assistant: Letta Palmer Student interns
Natalie George '13, women's health
Renyelle Jimenez '14, information technology & resource Christina Liu '13, multicultural affairs
Breanna Pendleton '12, community action
Xavia Publius '13, publications
Michelle Van Veen '14, sexual & gender-based violence awareness