Gender Studies Institute Goals

Goals of the Gender Studies Institute:

To promote collaborative research and scholarship in the area of gender studies.
To assist faculty and graduate students in identifying possible funding sources to support their research in the field of gender.
To help faculty and students think critically about gender in theory and practice across the disciplines and in a range of applied contexts.
To build up a collection of resource material on gender studies to assist faculty teaching in this area.
To prepare students to be sensitive to the nuances of gender in both private and public settings.
To organize and host interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary forums, lecture series, and conferences on gender studies.
To provide an academic space in which to examine, theorize, & debate the relationship of faith and gender.
To establish and support a gender studies minor at TWU.
To mentor students working in gender studies to develop highly qualified new scholars in the field.
To engage with members of the local community on a spectrum of gender-related issues.

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