Our faculty are an accomplished and interdisciplinary group of instructors who examine power, privilege, and oppression. WGST faculty members explore dynamics related but not limited to gender, sexuality, race, class, age, ability, body size, and religion in historical, social, and cultural contexts.
If you are a University of South Carolina faculty member whose research and teaching intersect with Women's and Gender Studies, please fill out our online application form [doc]. Learn more about the Women's and Gender Studies Department's current affiliates on our Affiliate Faculty page.
Explore our faculty directory for the full list of program instructors.
Research areas: Gender and sexuality, feminist rhetoric, religious communication, transgender studies
Research areas: Global women's health, gender and health, reproductive health, health equity
Research areas: Women in science & technology, gender representation in museums
Research areas: Black women’s cultural production and political traditions in the twentieth and twentieth-first centuries, Black feminist theory, womanist theory and theology
Research areas: Gender representation in media and pop culture, contemporary feminist social movements
Research areas: health, gender, and culture in Europe and the United States, with a particular focus on reproduction, pregnancy, and childbirth
Research Areas: Transnational gender studies; Asian American and African American literature; comparative ethnic studies; popular culture; K-pop and hip-hop studies; digital media and technology; public memory and museum studies; postcolonial studies; adaptation studies.
Research Areas: Black girls' and women's identity and sociopolitical development; Black girlhood studies; critical pedagogies; community-engaged research; translational research; program and curricular development, implementation, and evaluation
Research areas: Sexuality studies & Irish studies, Irish masculinities, gay rugby, Irish literature, poetry
Research areas: Gender and sexuality studies, feminist studies of health and medicine, reproductive justice, LGBTQ health, qualitative methods
Research areas: Feminist philosophy, philosophy of medicine, medical ethics
Research areas: relationship between culture and the construction of racial and ethnic identities
Research Areas: Feminist criminology, the school-to-prison pipeline, gender and justice, resilience, media constructions of girls’ violence, and youth mentoring
Research areas: Interpersonal and dating violence, sexual violence, drugging
Research areas: Civic responsibility, service-learning, Archiving South Carolina Women Collection
Research areas: gender and politics, inclusion and representation, political, feminist, and democratic theory, social movements, the gender politics of the US South
Research areas: health communication, campaign, and message effectiveness; health equity and health disparities; cultural competency
Research areas: health communication, gender, culture, spirituality, and womanist approaches to ethics and social justice
Research areas: race and ethnicity in America; gender, sexuality, and social politics; criminal justice systems, race, and community experiences; social behavior and the impact on the environment and natural resource
Research areas: intersectionality, critical literacy, multicultural education, the history of white supremacy in education in the south
Research areas: Economic anthropology, digital finance, gender and labor, peace & conflict studies, South-Asia
Responsible for business manager duties, coordination of course scheduling, managing
administrative assistant and management for undergraduate and graduate programs (including
GA hiring).
Responsible for HR; WGST programming and events; website and social media, newsletters and promotional materials, work-study student management, Close-Hipp office suite management.
I am a junior majoring in Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies, with a minor in Anthropology. One of the opportunities I’m most excited about is sharing how the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies has shaped my academic, personal, and professional journey. The faculty, courses, and resources have supported my growth not only as a student but also in my role as a Resident Assistant, and in the development of my personal values and belief systems. My WGST journey began thanks to a recommendation from a close friend, Addie Rae, who encouraged me to take Intro to Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST 112) with Dr. Nima Yolmo. I had no idea how impactful that decision would be. During a particularly difficult time, my TA, Helen Long, reached out with support and resources that truly made a difference and sparked my decision to declare WGST as a second major.
Since then, I’ve become actively involved in the department by helping with Novel Nook, our book hangout and lending library within the department, and currently serve on the WGST Partnership Council as one of the student representatives. I'm excited to continue connecting with other majors, minors, and students curious about WGST. If you have questions about the program from a student’s perspective or want to talk more about events, classes, or involvement opportunities, feel free to reach out through email!
I am currently double majoring in Women's and Gender Studies and Sociology with a minor in Anthropology and a long-term plan of going to law school to practice civil rights law. My WGST journey began during the first semester of my freshman year, entering as a sociology major but knowing I wanted to do something more. After taking Intro to Women's and Gender Studies with Dr. Nima Yolmo, my passion for the subject ignited, and I declared it as major the next semester.
Since then, I’ve also developed a passion for law, and trying to understand how America’s
criminal-legal system operates as a tool to maintain racial hierarchy. I am involved
with mock trial, a pre-law fraternity, a
service sorority, and I spent this past summer studying human trafficking and sex
work in Amsterdam. I
am incredibly excited to support the Women's and Gender Studies Department this year
by sharing the ways in which I feel it has enabled me to do so much, on campus and
beyond.
