The University of Detroit Mercy’s Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) Program is a diversity and social-justice-focused area of study that examines how our beliefs about gender and sexuality shape our personal identities and the world we live in. The program also examines how gender and sexuality intersect with other facets of our identities such as race, class, nationality, ability and age. WGS draws on many academic disciplines to ask questions about the roles gender and sexuality play in key areas of the human experience such as: Politics, Popular Culture, Religion, Science, Law, History, Art, Economics, Health, Education, Citizenship and Families.
The Program brings local and national speakers to campus on a variety of topics; provides grant opportunities to faculty and students; sponsors a writing competition for undergraduate students; and offers an 18-credit minor that creates an academic foundation for students to develop their abilities to critically examine the place of women and gender in culture and society.