University of Florida
Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research
http://web.wst.ufl.edu
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Contact Information:
3324 Turlington Hall
PO Box 117352
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352-392-3365
Fax: 352-392-4873
CENTER DESCRIPTION
The Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research offers an interdisciplinary forum for the study of gender, its role in cultures and societies, and its intersection with race and class. The Center seeks to stimulate individual and collaborative research by UF faculty engaged in gender issues, and to furnish services related to gender issues to the local community as well as to the state, and to increase national and international collaboration.
AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE
Cultural, Racial and Ethnic Diversity; Equity Issues; Environment; Feminist Thought and Scholarship; Global Issues; Health and Health Care; and Women's Studies.
RECENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Gender Studies and Linguistics. A collaborative effort with the Nizhny Novgorod Linguistics University for an international conference and research projects related to gender studies and linguistics.
Development and the Environment. Graduate and undergraduate courses in collaboration with the University of Florida's Institute for Food and Agricultural Science in Ecuador and Uganda in 2002.
Women and Development. A project funded by a US AID grant to explore issues raised by development.
International Scholars. In 2001-02, the center will host a visiting Fulbright scholar from Russia, and a member of the Women's Studies faculty from Makere University in Uganda.
Leadership in Women's Health Conference. A conference co-sponsored each year with the Center for Research on Women's Health at the University of Florida.
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