Department Archives: Women's and Gender Studies

The Burnett Honors College gave the research team of Dr. M. C. Santana (Director, UCF Women’s and Gender Studies program) and Jeannie Economos (Farmworker Association of Florida) a community grant for their project “Exploring communication realities among Black and Brown Farmworkers in Apopka: A Service Learning Outreach Project with the Farmworker Association of Florida” for an in-depth look at how both ethnic and racial groups work with one another.

Dr. Bubriski-McKenzie receives a $5000 Community Grant from Wells Fargo – Orlando for the Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP). This grant provides the necessary resources to effectively run YWLP for one year. In addition to needed supplies, food and programming materials, the Wells Fargo Community Grant also allows for additional workshops in STEM with MadScience, financial literacy with Wells Fargo, and career exploration with local women professionals!

Dolores Huerta, legend, labor activist and social justice fighter will be visiting UCF on October 30, 2018 from 12:00-2:00. Please join us at the Key West Ballroom at the Student Union. All are welcome!  Remember her famous words: “Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change […]

Our Faculty Affiliate Kimberly Voss, Journalism and Nicholson School of Communication and Media, received the recognition of becoming a National Archives Wiki Scholar this fall for the project – Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote by documenting the work of women’s suffrage in the U.S. Congratulations Dr. Voss on your efforts to keep HERstory […]

We salute your efforts on serving UCF with integrity, passion and dedication to your students! Other faculty affiliates include: Yovanna Pineda, Olga Molina, Beatriz Reyes Foster, Fernando Rivera, Nessette Falu, Maria Redmon, and Fernando Uribe Romo.

WGST Faculty Affiliate Ying Zhang was elected president of the Chinese-American Librarians Association (CALA) Congratulations Ying! Ying Zhang serves as department head of acquisitions and collection services at UCF Libraries.

Dear students and friends of Women’s and Gender Studies. We are now located at the brand new Trevor Colbourn Building (very near to the old CNH) Come and see us at suite 348 on the third floor. Our email wgst@ucf.edu and our number (407) 823-6502 remain the same. Wishing you a productive and safe semester!

The prestigious ACE Women’s Network arrived at UCF this spring for a line up of workshops and events for women in higher education starting this fall 2018. The network’s state Chair is Dr. Lisa Guion Jones, Associate Provost for Strategy, Special Assistant to the President, & Professor.  An ACE’s fellow herself, Dr. Jones appointed Dr. […]

The Women’s and Gender Studies program is proud to co-sponsor the visit of Dr. Dána Ain Davis to campus. Dr. Davis will conduct a lecture on her research on reproductive justice and black women. We encourage our students, faculty affiliates and junior affiliates to attend the lecture “Pregnancy, NICUs, and the Afterlife of Slavery” on […]

Dr. Josephine Kulea from the Samburu Girls Foundation will give the keynote address at the 2018 International Women’s Issues Conference, held Friday, February 16 and Saturday, February 17 at the UCF Student Union. The talk will be held on Friday, February 16 at 1:15 in the Key West Ballroom (218AB) in the UCF Student Union. All […]