• The Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas offers a vibrant interdisciplinary experience, placing gender at the center of scholarly inquiry. The program focuses on the diverse, complex issues that women face worldwide, exploring how intersections of race, class, ethnicity and sexuality impact their daily lives.
  • The Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas offers a vibrant interdisciplinary experience, placing gender at the center of scholarly inquiry. The program focuses on the diverse, complex issues that women face worldwide, exploring how intersections of race, class, ethnicity and sexuality impact their daily lives.
  • The Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas offers a vibrant interdisciplinary experience, placing gender at the center of scholarly inquiry. The program focuses on the diverse, complex issues that women face worldwide, exploring how intersections of race, class, ethnicity and sexuality impact their daily lives.

About us

The Women's Studies Program offers a minor in Women's Studies and a Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Women's Studies. Courses are taught by faculty in the program and by an affiliated faculty of 38 from 19 departments at the University, offering multiple perspectives and issues to critically explore and analyze. Students are encouraged to participate in internships and study abroad opportunities provided by the program.

New graduate seminar offered in Summer 2012

The Women's Studies Program will be offering a new graduate seminar in Summer 2012: "Global Reproductive Politics and Policies" (WMST 5800.001). What is reproductive outsourcing? Is international adoption a good option...

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Dr. Elizabeth Turner, Professor of History, to give Women's History Month lecture

The Women's Studies Program had invited Dr. Elizabeth Hayes Turner, Professor of History at UNT, to give a  lecture entitled "'To Help Our Nation Find Its Soul': Women and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign", in honor...

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Laura Roskos, President of WILPF USA to speak at UNT for International Women's Day

In honor of International Women's Day, the Women's Studies Program has invited Laura Roskos, President of the US Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) to give a lecture...

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UNT Women’s Studies Graduate Students Head to U.N. to Learn Advocacy Skills at Commission on the Status of Women Conference

Maryanne Owiti and Christine Schneider, graduate students in Women’s Studies at the University of North Texas, will gain experience in the art of advocacy before the United Nations through sessions to be held Feb. 25th –March 3rd 2012...

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Women's Studies Minor attends Seminar on Women and Public Policy in D.C.

Brooke Dooley, Women's Studies Minor and International Studies Major, traveled to D.C. on January 9-13, 2012 to participate in PLEN's Thirtieth Annual Women & Public Policy Seminar. During the...

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