Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies Activism & Outreach

You will be encouraged to take part in activism as part of the gender studies program. You may volunteer at places like local domestic violence shelters, anti-violence male coalitions, and organic local farms.

Senior capstone experience

Your senior capstone experience can take form as an individual project or internship that synthesizes what you have learned in the gender, sexuality, and women's major into a cohesive experience. Your senior capstone project can focus on research, or hands-on activism projects.

Hannah Altmann '13 conducted a semester-long Health Relationship class at the Iowa Juvenile Home under the Skylark Project with the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She worked with groups of 10-18 girls ages 12-17 using a curriculum based on Jackson Katz's bystander model. Her work included topics such as: defining healthy relationships, setting boundaries, and assertive communication. Hannah's capstone paper then situated this work within the literature on teen relationships and delinquency. Hannah said, "I really enjoyed the project—it was one thing to read the academic side of delinquency and then another to actually be confronted with it in a role of advocate and educator."

Third Wave Resource Group

Third Wave Resource Group (TWRG) is a student organization that serves as an on-campus resource for activism and support for third wave feminism for all members of the Cornell community.