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Gender Studies

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives wear protective facemasks while being sworn-in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. California) during the first session of the 117th Congress in the House Chamber in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.

Politics

BU Political Scientist Virginia Sapiro on Record Number of Women in Congress

April 5, 2021

Composite image. On the left, the book cover for ‘Diners, Dudes and Diets’ by Emily Contois. An illustration of a hamburger fills out the cover, buns sandwich the title text. On the right is a portrait of Emily Contois, a young woman with her hair pulled back and a ruffled blouse smiles welcomingly. The images are place on a wooden grain background.

Books

Diet Yogurt and Guy Fieri: How Food Media Constructed “Dude” Masculinity

February 18, 2021

A person holds up a transgender symbol on paper

Gender Studies

What Transgender Means to Me

October 29, 2018

Nicole Rizzo (CAS'18) directs actors at a recent performance.

Arts & Culture

A Performance at the Intersection of Theater and Activism

April 24, 2018

An on-stage scene in all-female production of Julius Caesar

Arts & Culture

All-Female Julius Caesar Calls to Friends, Romans, Countrywomen

November 29, 2017

A cartoon depicting two females, one in a burka an one in a bikini, judging each other for the amount of skin that is covered or uncovered.

Gender Studies

Sexism in the Harvey Weinstein Era

November 27, 2017

Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady eats a turkey leg

Gender Studies

One Class, One Day: Are You Man Enough? (And What Does That Mean?)

April 19, 2017

ESPN’s Kevin Merida says athletes can help focus attention on issues that concern them.

Gender Studies

Second BU Play It Forward Summit Tackles Race and Gender

April 12, 2017

Azer Bestavros at podium, behind him Katie Conboy, Evelyn Murphy, Marty Walsh, and Eddie Ahmed

Diversity

Tackling the Wage Gap with Code

January 27, 2017

Professor Hallstein speaks to class.

University News

One Class, One Day: Motherhood

December 12, 2016

Shulamit Kahn, Associate Professor, Boston University School of Management

Psychology

A Changing Landscape for Women in Academic Science

March 2, 2015

female, self-identified female, gender identity, transgender college students

LGBTQ+

POV: Expanding the Definition of Women at Women’s Colleges

October 21, 2014

A Revolutionary Moment: Women’s Liberation in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s, Boston University women's onference

Politics

Reliving a Pivotal Decade in Women’s Liberation

March 27, 2014

Deborah Belle, Professor of Psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, gender bias, gender stereotypes, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, UROP

University News

BU Research: A Riddle Reveals Depth of Gender Bias

January 16, 2014

Boston University BU, new certificate program Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Erin Murphy

Gender Studies

BU Now Offers Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Certificate

October 8, 2013

Boston University, BU, gender neutral housing, student residences, student dorms, student housing

University News

Students Welcome Gender Neutral Housing

September 4, 2013

Ashish Premkumar, OB/GYN, women's health in refugee camps, Lebanon, Zambia

Health & Medicine

An Unconventional OB/GYN

June 6, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR, alumni improve womens health, rural India, India Research and Outreach Initiative, Gujarator Charutar Arogya Mandal, Dudley Allen Sargent Research Fund

Health & Medicine

Helping Women in India without Leaving Boston

March 8, 2013

Carrie Preston, associate professor of English, Boston University, Modernism’s Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance book, Learning to Kneel: Noh, Modernism, and the Pedagogies of Transnational Performance book

Poetry

Linking the Ivory Tower with the Street

January 29, 2013

Linking the Ivory Tower with the Street