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George Washington University Women's Studies Program http://www.gwu.edu/~wstu/
Contact Information: 837 22nd Street NW Washington, DC 20052 Daniel Moshenberg, Director Cynthia Deitch, Associate Director Heidi Lindemann, Office Manager Phone: 202/994-6942 Fax: 202/994-7249 Email: wstu@gwu.edu, dym@gwu.edu
*CENTER DESCRIPTION*
The George Washington University's Women's Studies Program offers B.A. and M.A. degrees and is part of two Ph.D. degree programs. Undergraduates may earn a major or minor in women's studies; GW Women's Studies offers an M.A. Degree in Women's Studies and an M.A. in Public Policy with a concentration in Women's studies. A Ph.D. in Public Policy with a field in gender and social policy, a Ph.D. in Human Sciences with a field in Women's Studies, and a graduate certificate in Women's Studies are offered. With the Law School, Women’s Studies also offers a joint JD/MA. The Women's Studies Program works closely with the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR).
*AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE*
feminist thought and scholarship; women's studies; activism and organizing; affirmative action, global issues; health and health care; law/legal issues; media; pay equity; politics; poverty; prisons; queer studies; religion and spirituality; reproductive rights; sexual harassment; sports and fitness; violence against women and girls; welfare reform
*RECENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES*
Feminist Thought & Scholarship GW administers undergraduate, graduate, and specialty or interdisciplinary degrees in Women's Studies. Innovative distance education course initiated. Women In and Beyond the Global: a five-year project that documents and analyzes the conditions of women in the global household, global prison, and global city, and suggests what might positively lie beyond the current neoliberal economic, social, political and cultural global regime.
*PUBLICATIONS*
GW Feminist Review. Written by GW students and published twice yearly, the Review includes campus and community events, political articles, poetry, and movie reviews.

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