Our Social Media Interns reporting on Assistant Professor Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
October 05, 2016 “My favorite part of teaching- being able to bend minds!! I love that “AHA!” moment in a young person’s eyes.” The faculty at UCF serve not only as expert resources for students, but as representatives of the university in their respective fields. This week the Women’s and Gender Studies department...
From NWSA: On the Pulse Orlando Attack
June 23, 2016 The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at UCF appreciates this letter of support for Orlando written on behalf of the National Women’s Studies Association. We will continue to do our part in raising awareness about the issues related to the shooting, to promote peace and embrace difference and to continue...
Resources from the UCF Faculty Center
June 14, 2016 After this weekend’s tragic shooting, our campus is in mourning. As faculty, our focus is on caring for our students and colleagues, and providing them the support and assistance they need during this terrible time and into the future. We have received several calls and questions about resources available, and...
Dear Daughter (on the Orlando tragedy)
June 13, 2016 “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” –Mister Rogers Dear Daughter, Today, your mama’s birthplace, the city you know as your second home, from where...
Stanford Rape Outrage (and we should be outraged)
June 13, 2016 I was planning to post a commentary on the Stanford rapist yesterday, but the Orlando tragedy detracted my heart a touch (being an Orlando native and friend/ally of the GLBTQ* community and so many individuals who identity as such). However, this is still just as pressing so I do not...
Day Five–Anna Eskamani Week of Action
May 20, 2016 “Find What You Love and Just Do It”: Anna V. Eskamani Interview by Morgan Toscano and Leandra Preston-Sidler Anna Eskamani’s first involvement in activism occurred when she was in fifth grade and tried to petition moving one of her friends to another classroom. Since then, the experience of organizing and...
Day Four–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Miss Heard Magazine
May 19, 2016 Missheardmagazine.com In 2013, University of Central Florida graduate and Young Women Leaders Program alumnus Lindsey Turnbull created an online space for teenage girls to connect with each other. Miss Heard is designed specifically for girls ages 12-17 to interact, connect, empower, and foster a dynamic girl-positive community. Their “About” link...
Day Three–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Bedsider
May 18, 2016 Bedsider: Free Network for Birth Control Bedsider.org is an essential resource providing folks with the many, varied contraception options available. The site provides in-depth information regarding nearly everything one needs to know about the range of birth control options. Bedsider features a comprehensive chart that compares different birth control options...
Day Two–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Scarleteen
May 17, 2016 Scarleteen was founded in 1998 to provide teenagers and young adults with valuable sex education information. The website prides itself on being an extremely diverse and inclusive online community which welcomes everyone regardless of sexuality, identity, ethnicity, or religion. Scarleteen houses thousands of pages of information regarding nearly every aspect...
Day One–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Planned Parenthood
May 16, 2016 This week, WGST will feature resources related to Teen Pregnancy Awareness and Education in honor of Anna Eskamani Day of Service. We are hosting a weeklong virtual event so stay tuned for more! A nationwide organization providing important reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people, as...
STEM grant for YWLP
May 12, 2016 WGST’s mentoring program for girls, Young Women Studies Program (YWLP) has been awarded a $7,000 Community Action Grant from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to integrate a STEM sub-program titled SLAM (Science Leadership and Mentoring). SLAM will focus on STEM leadership, education, and careers. Big Sisters will expose,...
Santana inducted to the Sigma Delta Pi Honors Society
May 02, 2016 On Friday, April 29 Dr. Santana was inducted as an Honorary Member to the Hispanic National Society, Sigma Delta Pi. Together with other four students, Santana received the traditional red carnation and red candle symbolizing the passion for the Spanish Language, Culture and Literature. The event also included presentations from...
WGST Students win Service Learning Showcase
April 19, 2016 We are happy to announce that two of our WGST students won online Service Learning Awards at the 2016 Service Learning Showcase. We are proud of their efforts helping others and learning the theory behind it. 1. Engaging Community Online Award (not a monetary award) The award recognizes a service-learning...
WGST to join the Peace and Justice Institute
April 12, 2016 Dr. M. C. Santana, Director, is happy to announce that all WST courses starting summer 2016 will incorporate the Principles on How We Treat Each Other from the Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College. Under the slogan “All People, All Voices, All Matter” the principles speak of listening deeply,...
JUST KNIGHTS helps students in cases of bias
March 30, 2016 The purpose of the Just Knights Response Team (JKRT) is to act as a clearinghouse for any bias-related incidents that may occur on UCF campuses. In this role, the JKRT will receive, monitor, refer, and, as necessary, coordinate university resources to these incidents that impact the university community. The team,...
International Study Abroad Initiative
March 28, 2016 Dr. Fernando Rivera, Sociology and Dr. M. C. Santana, WGST were recipients of UCF’s 2016 International Affairs and Global Strategies In-House Faculty Study Abroad Grant. Their proposal “Global Family Trends & the Place of Women in the Family“explores the diversity of the world’s families by analyzing different family structures, processes,...
Faculty Affiliate interviewed by Transgress Magazine
February 23, 2016 Joanna Mishtal, Ph.D., Women’s and Gender Studies Affiliate Faculty and Associate Professor of Anthropology was interviewed by writer Vince Darcangelo for Transgress Magazine’s ‘Ensuing Chapters’ blog and GoodReads about her new book, “The Politics of Morality: The Church, the State and Reproductive Rights in Postsocialist Poland” (Ohio University Press, 2015).
Order of Pegasus Winner
February 16, 2016 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...
Keeping Latinas Safe
February 16, 2016 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...
Carnegie-Whitney Grant
February 08, 2016 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”...