Are you interested in learning the stories of women from around the globe? How about studying cultural assumptions about gender, race and class? The women’s and gender studies minor at Goshen College enables all students to gain a new perspective on their experiences in a gendered society.
This minor will equip you with the tools to identify factors that constrain women’s lives. You’ll work with our stellar staff to examine gender through the lens of literature, history, popular culture, sociology, religion and more. You can also join the Goshen Student Women’s Association (GSWA), a student-run club whose mission is to build community and create a safe space to discuss women’s issues and other concerns. When you enter the job market, organizations will value your unique, informed perspective on contemporary issues related to gender.
Prevention Intervention Network (PIN) is made up of Goshen College students who offer peer-led bystander education training. Since the program began in 2015, 83 students have gone through this training.
Anna Bowman, associate professor emerita of social work and director emerita of women’s studies, died Saturday, July 4, at her residence in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. She was 90 years old.
Jan Bender Shetler, professor of history and director of international education at GC recently published "Claiming Civic Virtue: Gender Network Memory in the Mara Region, Tanzania" (University of Wisconsin Press, July 2019), looking at the history of the Mara Region through the stories of women.
Sam Carlson was a peace, justice and conflict studies major with a minor in women’s and gender studies who takes his PJCS studies seriously. In the summer of 2014, he served at a conflict resolution center in Palestine.
Sam's storyHannah, from Harrisonburg, Virginia, graduated from Goshen College with a nursing major. As a student, she was a gardener, an environmental educator, an activist and a peacemaker.
Hannah's storyBecca Yoder, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, graduated in 2013. She is a singer, a Spanish interpreter, a volunteer and a peacemaker who came to Goshen College to study social work, Spanish and women's studies.
Becca's storyRegina Shands Stoltzfus
Professor of Peace Justice & Conflict Studies
Director of PJCS
Kendra Yoder
Associate Professor of Sociology
WGS Program Director
Keith Graber Miller
Professor of Bible
Religion & Philosophy
Jessica Lala
Assistant Professor of Social Work
