Student Perspective
“My education at Lawrence propelled me with the audacity to start an organization dedicated to actualizing equity through healing in my hometown of The Bronx. … My Lawrence experience taught me to dream big, to not be stopped by one or two peoples’ opinions, thoughts, or behaviors, and to bring my community with me in all endeavors.”
Brienne Colston ‘15
Gender Studies
Bronx, New York
An Associated Colleges of the Midwest-Mellon Faculty Fellow, Marcy Quiason joined the Lawrence University faculty a year ago as an assistant professor of gender studies. She has quickly hit her stride in campus involvement.
Unbagging First-Year Studies
Martyn Smith, director of First-Year Studies, unbags the 10 works being used in First-Year Studies during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Reel Men: Masculinity in American Film
Focusing on an array of well-known American films — The Maltese Falcon, Red River, Dr. Strangelove, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Chinatown, Die Hard, and American Beauty among them — integrate film theory, gender theory, and American history to address the problem of how masculinity has been constructed in American culture since World War II.
The Excellence in Gender Studies Fund
A dedicated fund for gender studies students is available to you to support your travel, research, or other activities that further your research in gender studies.
The Chandler Senior Experience
You will design an independent research project with one or more of our 20+ gender studies faculty members from all across campus—from biology, anthropology, psychology, art, film, music, theatre and literature—to explore the ways gender shapes personal identities, relationships and social structure.
Recent Senior Experiences include:
- Trans Women's Lived Experiences in the Sex Work Industry
- Affecting the World: My Queer Love Letter to Difference
Gender Studies Outcomes
Because gender is a foundational aspect of our identities, it has great cultural impact and is important to many different career paths and areas of advanced study like law, social work, media, education, business, and more.