Announcements
Save the Date - Women's Studies Orientation & Open House
Wednesday, September 24th
More info to follow!
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The Center for the Study of Women and the Department of Women's Studies cordially invite you to the annual Fall Reception
Tuesday, October 7
4pm to 6pm - Rolfe Hall Courtyard - Refreshments Provided
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Save the Date!
Celebration of the official recognition of the newly established UCLA Department of Women's Studies
Thursday, October 16 2008
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Women's Studies course and its students featured on local blog
Professor Michael Silverman and his students were featured on the blog "L.A.
Farm Girl" - a blog dedicated to local farming. The course "Gender and
Sustainability: Local-Global Connections," offered in the Fall of 2007,
explored such issues as farmers' markets, fair trade practices, and women's
complex relationships to food systems. As their final project, the students
chose to host an informational booth at the Torrance Farmers' Market
focusing on the importance of eating local and organic foods. To read the
blog write-up and view pictures of the event, click
here.
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WOMEN'S STUDIES CONFERS ITS 2nd PhD DEGREE TO SHARMILA LODHIA!
We are pleased to announce the SECOND Ph.D. in women’s studies at UCLA, earned by Sharmila Lodhia, advisor Sondra Hale. Sharmila originally pursued a Masters in women’s studies, but then applied to join the doctoral program. Sharmila is the first of our students to do all of her doctoral program at UCLA, and will be the first to receive her degree from the newly approved Department of Women’s Studies.
Karina Eileraas, the first recipient of a Ph.D. from the UCLA Women’s Studies Program, entered the doctoral program having already done substantial work with her adviser Francoise Lionnet at another university, before both came to UCLA. Both Karina and Sharmila received fellowships to pursue post-doctoral work immediately following their doctorates.
Sharmila was hired in fall 2007 as an Inclusive Excellence Post Doctoral Fellow in the College of Arts & Sciences at Santa Clara University.
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WOMEN'S STUDIES AT UCLA IS NOW A DEPARTMENT!
On Thursday, November 1, the UCLA Academic
Senate voted unanimously to approve our Proposal for a Women’s Studies
Department.
Click here to read the UCLA news bulletin
Click here to read the Message from the Chair about what departmentalization will mean for Women's Studies
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WOMEN'S STUDIES FEATURED IN THE UCLA GRADUATE QUARTERLY
The Women's Studies graduate program was recently featured in the Spring
2007 installment of the UCLA Graduate Quarterly. The articles profile the
program and its graduate students. Click
here to
be redirected to the Graduate Quarterly website where you can read the
articles online.
We also had one of our students profiled in the Winter 2007 installment
of the UCLA Graduate Quarterly. Jennifer Musto, a 4th year PhD student in
the program, was profiled for her work with the Department of World Arts &
Cultures and the community organization CAST (Coalition to Abolish Slavery
and Trafficking). Click
here to
read the article online.