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Women’s and Gender Studies provides a critical, interdisciplinary and cross-cultural understanding of women, gender and power in a global context.

Focusing on the social inequalities that result from interlocking oppressions, you will discover and produce knowledge from feminist perspectives and link your academic pursuit with a call to activism. Within the context of the historic Christian faith, you'll learn to:

Think more critically about your own lives
Value complexity, diversity and difference
Mobilize feminist theories
Become agents of justice in the world

Hear from our students:

Courtney Haitsma: What is the Patriarchy

Em Wolfe: What is Feminism

Jess Guillaume The Gender Wage Gap 1

Samantha Mikolitis on Feminist Coalitions

Recent Blog Posts

WGS Students’ Research Featured at CURCA 2023
Posted Apr 15, 2023 by Dr. Sarah Kornfield

Undergraduate research is a distinctive element of the Hope College education and the Women’...
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Bold Resistance: Interview with WGS Alumna Chloe Long
Posted Feb 14, 2023 by Dr. Sarah Kornfield

Interview with Hope College's WGS alumna Chloe Long The post
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When will it be Enough?
Posted Nov 30, 2022 by Women's and Gender Studies

Hope College undergraduate Sutton Steensma responds to "Trust Black Women: Reproductive Justice a...
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Fully Searching
Posted Nov 28, 2022 by Women's and Gender Studies

Hope College undergraduate Kaylee Stanton reflects--in poetic expression--on feminist research an...
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The Production of Babies
Posted Nov 25, 2022 by Women's and Gender Studies

Hope College's Elizabeth Bassett reflects--in poetry--to Loretta Ross's conceptualization of Repr...
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Researcher as Artist
Posted Nov 22, 2022 by Women's and Gender Studies

Hope College undergraduate Nicole Galloway reflects on the researcher's authority and responsibil...
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