About Women's and Gender Studies
Women's and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary academic department that focuses on issues of gender, as well as the contributions and status of women. Explicitly and actively feminist, anti-racist, and LGBTQ positive, Women’s and Gender Studies strives for a perspective that is attuned to issues of equal access, economic justice and sustainability within both national and transnational frameworks.
In addition to offering a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies, our department supports and fosters the intellectual work of faculty and students throughout the university. The department embraces a wide variety of perspectives across the spectrum of Cal Poly's majors and colleges. Women’s and Gender Studies actively works with Women's Programs and Services, the Multicultural Center, the Pride Center, and other campus and community organizations to promote feminist scholarship, pedagogy, and activism.
