The Department of Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Arizona stands at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary feminist research and curriculum. Founded as a program in 1975 and gaining full departmental status in 1997, GWS currently offers BA, MA/JD, and PhD degree programs, and its renowned faculty—composed of 13 core faculty and over 60 affiliates—work in a wide range of areas including:
- Queer Critical Race and Ethnic Studies; Chicana/Latina Studies; Migration and Borderlands Studies
- LGBTQ Studies; Transgender Studies
- Feminist Transnational Cultural Studies
- Feminist Science and Technology Studies
- Critical Health and Body Studies
- Feminist Pedagogy and Curriculum Development
