Department Archives: Women's and Gender Studies

Amy Maitner is a 2016 Order of Pegasus Award winner. As a member of the College of Sciences, Maitner is majoring in advertising and public relations, with a minor in women’s and gender studies. As part of the LEAD Scholars program, Maitner created the Purple Ribbon Program, an eating-disorder certification course for faculty and students. […]

The 2015 report from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center discusses key findings on sexual victimization and health among Latinas. The report shows how “Family members were the perpetrators of rape and/or sexual coercion against victims 12 and younger 100% of the time”. The study’s focus was specifically on rape and sexual coercion experiences. For […]

Anne Bubriski-McKenzie was the recipient of a Carnegie-Whitney Grant together with other UCF researchers, including Dr. Kristine J. Shrauger and Dr. Yolanda Hood from UCF’s John Hitt Library, and Dr. Liz Grauerholz from the Sociology Department. The grant proposal titled “DIVerse Families: Growth in Family Diversity A Comprehensive Bibliography PK-12” will allow the researchers a […]

Congratulations to Dr. Leandra Preston-Sidler for winning the College of Arts and Humanities 2015-2016 Award for Outstanding Dissertation for her Texts and Technology work Watch Me Disappear: Gendered Bodies, Pro-Anorexia, and Self-Injury, advised by Dr. Melody Bowdon. This award recognizes excellence among the dissertation, focusing on the quality and significance of the completed work. Dr. Preston-Sidler […]

Maria Santana invites UCF students to the 8th annual Human Trafficking Awareness Day at Lake Eola Park on Saturday, January 23, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Santana is part of the Greater Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force, which is a citizens coalition made up of volunteer professionals who are passionate about combating human trafficking. Their […]

The department of WGST welcomes Dr. Anne Bubriski-McKenzie to join us in Spring 2016 as a Lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies and Coordinator for the Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP). Anne Bubriski-McKenzie received her M.A. in Women’s Studies at Southern Connecticut State University and her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Central Florida. […]

Women’s and Gender Studies is happy to announce that Daniela Muiño, a junior student minoring in the program, was selected to receive the prestigious $5,000 Hispanic Heritage Scholarship. Muiño is from Miami, Florida and plans to graduate in 2018. She is very proud of her Latino roots and what it means to receive this recognition. […]

Women’s and Gender Studies Aluma Anna V. Eskamani, Director of Public Policy and Field Operations for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, is part of the 100 of Central Florida’s most influential people in government, politics and culture by the Orlando Sentinel. Anna V. Eskamani is not afraid of change — she leads it. Eskamani manages the […]

Please give us a little background information about yourself (where you were born, what brought you to UCF, hobbies, what you studied at UCF, etc) I was born and raised in the Central Florida area and chose to go to UCF after completing my A.A. at community college. I came into UCF wanting to study […]

In August of 2015, UCF’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program was ranked as one of the Top 12 Best Colleges for Queer Women by SheWired. SheWired, an online magazine focusing on queer women culture wrote, “The Women and Gender Studies program at UCF is one of the best in the nation. Every other year, the […]