Gender Studies minor, Rosie Glaser receives award!
Interview by Gender Studies
Gender Studies minor Rosie Glaser recently won the Bob and Bonnie Phelps Family CAP Award, for students who CONTRIBUTE, ACHIEVE, AND PAY IT FORWARD. We chatted with Rosie about her work on campus and her minor in Gender Studies:
GS: Tell us a little about your academic background.
RG: I am a fourth year UNC student majoring in human services with a double minor
in gender studies and psychology.
GS: Tell us a little about how you came to win this awesome award?
RG: For the past six months I have been working in partnership with the Center For
Women's and Gender Equity and the Office of Health Promotion on a campus wide initiative
titled "Project M.E.". This project seeks to provide UNC students with increased access
to menstrual products by converting preexisting menstrual product dispensers from
a coin operated model to a free model. I currently work on UNC's campus as the sexual
health peer educator in the Center for Peer and as an event planner for the University
Program Council. I am passionate about making UNC an inclusive learning environment
and am dedicated to serving UNC's student population through my work.
GS: What made you decide to minor in Gender Studies?
RG: I decided to minor in gender studies my freshman year after taking the course
"Gndr 101: Gender and Society". I loved the discussions and different perspectives
that were brought up in this course and wanted to continue to have intersectional
and identity-based conversations. I also work as an advocate with the Assault Survivor's
Advocacy Program on campus and have found that gender studies has been an asset in
understanding different layers of gender-based violence.
GS: What do you like best about your Gender Studies minor?
RG: I enjoy the range of topics that fall under the gender studies minor and appreciate
the room for customization that this minor offers. I am a human services major and
have been able to select gender studies courses that pair well with my major and help
me to understand human services on a deeper level. I have also met many wonderful
people in my gender studies classes and appreciate the community that the gender studies
minor offers.
GS: What would you say to students currently contemplating a Gender Studies minor?
RG: The gender studies courses that I have taken at UNC have helped to prepare me
for graduate school and have encouraged me to expand my world view. The research and
writing skills that I have developed throughout my time as a gender studies minor
have helped me turn my ideas into action. I would encourage you to explore this minor
if you are interested in gender justice and want to broaden your world view!
GS: What are your plans for the future?
RG: After receiving my undergraduate degree I hope to further my education by continuing
on to a public health graduate program.
