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 perspecitves 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:

video thumbnail
Courtney Haitsma: What is the Patriarchy
video thumbnail
Emily Wolfe: What is Feminism
video thumbnail
Jess Guillaume The Gender Wage Gap 1
video thumbnail
Samantha Mikolitis on Feminist Coalitions

Recent Blog Posts

  1. WGS in Review: Reflections from the Interim Director

    Posted by Women's and Gender Studies

    WGS in Review: Reflections from the Interim Director by Kendra R. Parker We have had a busy academic...

    Read More

  2. Claiming My Education, Claiming My Truth as a Survivor

    Posted by Women's and Gender Studies

    Claiming My Education, Claiming My Truth as a Survivor By Makenna Clarke “Student Feature” is ou...

    Read More

  3. Claiming My Education: “Inclusive Design, Ethical Tech, and All of Us”: An Event Review

    Posted by Women's and Gender Studies

    Claiming My Education: “Inclusive Design, Ethical Tech, and All of Us”–An Event Review By ...

    Read More

  4. Claiming My Education: Could Hope Be More Inclusive? An Event Review

    Posted by Women's and Gender Studies

    Claiming My Education: Could Hope Be More Inclusive? An Event Review by Kelly Gotham “Student Feat...

    Read More

  5. “A Novel Model of Cocaine Addiction”: An Interview with Crystal Carr, M.S., Ph.D. Candidate

    Posted by Women's and Gender Studies

    by Kendra R. Parker Crystal Carr, M.S, is a  Ph.D. Candidate in Biopsychology and a Rackham Merit...

    Read More

  6. Claiming Our Education: She Bites Back (Student Feature)

    Posted by Women's and Gender Studies

    Claiming Our Education: She Bites Back by Silvia Lepe, Joivenae Uribe, and Hannah Weller “Student ...

    Read More
Load More Posts

Hope's First Four Women graduates:Sarah Alcott, 1882

Frances Phelps Otte, 1882

Lizzie Phelps, 1885

Mary Alcott Drekema, 1885

Hope CollegeWomen's and Gender Studies

Lubbers Hall126 East 10th StreetRoom 323Holland, MI 49423

workP. 616.395.7724