Gender Studies
The UNC Gender Studies program helps students learn about gender and how it affects people’s lives. It looks at how things like race, class, sexuality, nationality, age, and ability shape the way people view and experience their world.
Welcome to Gender Studies
Explore Why Gender Matters
Gender studies explore how gender along with social categories like race, social class, nationality, and ability affect the way people see and experience the world. With an eye to social justice, the program helps students understand how and why social identifies matter in their daily lives at home, at school, at work, and in their communities.
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Alumni Highlight
Class of 2024
"The gender studies program may be small, but it has made a mighty impact on me. The classes talk at some point about almost anything that deals with the complexity of the human experience, so this minor fits well with pretty much any career choice. I majored in psychology and my gender studies minor gave me more insight."
Ariel VanSteinburg
Our Achievements Outside of the Classroom
Dr. New Man is the recipient of the 2024 Sears Helgoth Distinguished Teaching Award
Ather Zia, Femlist 2021, a list of 200 women from the Global South working on critical issues
News
Graduate Career Ready with Gender Studies
Helping Professions
Alumni work in helping professions like psychology and social work, using their skills to work with diverse people and communities to improve people’s lives.
Education
While many alumni in education jobs become teachers, others use their education and skills in roles like instructional design.
Non-Profit, Government, and Public Policy
Alumni are dedicated to serving the community. Alumni work in nonprofits, social services, and government jobs to create and run policies and programs that make people’s lives better.
Meet Our Faculty
Chris Talbot
Professor and Program Coordinator
Harmony Newman
Chair of Sociology | Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies | Faculty Senate Chair
Ather Zia
Professor
Welcome to PUGS
Welcome to Popularizing Undergraduate Gender Studies (PUGS), a platform for UNC students to share their work and ideas around gender, culture, and more.