Come celebrate with us this November 9 & 10, 2012!

When you become a Partner of the Center, you provide critical support for the work we do, from undergraduate research to faculty seminars.

We especially appreciate our Partners who have also become members of our Advisory Board:

Chair: Melanie Gray

Anne Chao, '09 Ph.D. (M.A. '05)
Phyllis Cohen
Karen Ostrum George, '77
Pauline E. Higgins

Jesse H. Jones II
Judge Steven E. Kirkland, '82

Kafah Bachari Manna

Sherry M. Merfish
Collyn A. Peddie, '79
Cathryn Rodd Selman, '78
Dinesh Singhal

Karen Twitchell
Crystal Washington

The Program in Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities, in conjunction with the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, was pleased to host philosopher and author Martha Nussbaum on April 27th in Fondren Library’s Kyle Morrow Room.

CSWGS is pleased to announce the establishment of the Sherry Matusoff Merfish Award, an annual prize to be given to a junior or senior who demonstrates a commitment to engaged research and social justice. Congratulations to Rachael Nicole Peterson, who was the recipient of this year's Merfish Award!

On Thursday, April 19th, in collaboration with the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, CSWGS was pleased to present economist Nancy Folbre.

On March 30, 2012, CSWGS was pleased to host graduate students from five universities and colleges across the United States to share their research.  We were also honored to host Elizabeth Brown-Guillory of Texas Southern University for the keynote address: "The Drumbeat of Belonging: Identity Formation in Plays by Women of Color."

CSWGS is pleased to co-host this panel discussion on February 17, 2012 at 4:30 PM in HUM 117.

CSWGS is pleased to collaborate with the Program in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Houston to bring Jennifer Terry to Rice at 4 PM, February 23, 2012, in Rayzor Hall 123.

In collaboration with the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, CSWGS was pleased to present Laura Lederer's Gray/Wawro Lecture in Gender, Health and Well-being on February 9 to a capacity crowd of 260.

CSWGS was pleased to collaborate with Race Scholars at Rice to co-sponsor UCLA Sociologist Mignon Moore's this February 1 on gay identities, relationships and motherhood among black women in the United States.