Department of Gender, Race, and Identity

What is GRI?

The Department of Gender, Race, and Identity (GRI) pursues the interdisciplinary and intersectional study of gender, race and related constructions of identity, difference and power that have structured and continue to comprise our social world.

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Academic programs

Majors and minors

Students can pursue a B.A. in Gender, Race, and Identity or choose from several interdisciplinary minors that examine social identities and power across global and historical contexts. These programs equip students with critical thinking skills and a strong foundation for careers in education, public advocacy and related fields.

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Graduate programs

Graduate students may pursue either an M.A. or a Graduate Certificate in Gender, Race, and Identity, both of which are designed to support a wide range of professional and academic pathways. Through interdisciplinary study, students explore how gender, race, and identity intersect across cultures, history, and public life.

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The latest news from the Department of Gender, Race, and Identity

A cozy room with a couch, small rug, a side table with tissues and a small table with a lamp and some items on it.

Lactation/quiet room opens in Thompson Building inside the suite of Gender, Race, and Identity

The newest addition provides a private space near the Quad on campus

Emily Hobson, second University faculty member ever selected National Humanities Center Fellow

Yearlong fellowship work focuses on the history of HIV/AIDS prison activism in the United States

Art by University student Ricardo Rubalcaba Paredes, titled “Familia Elegida (Belonging),” 2023 depicting three students lying on the ground smiling.

Visions of Change: A Community Kickback

Students from the Gender, Race and Identity colloquium class organize last event of 2022-23 series

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Join us for these events

GRI hosts events that connect scholarship with public life and bring together students, faculty, artists and community partners to engage in critical questions about gender, race, identity and power.

Feb 27

04:00 PM Arts & Culture

Apr 08

05:00 PM Arts & Culture

Visit GRI

The Department of Gender, Race, and Identity is located in the Thomson Building (TB) 106 between the Pennington Student Achievement Center (PSAC) and the Frandsen Humanities (FH). Our space includes a student lounge, a lactation room and a gallery featuring rotation exhibitions from the Lilley Museum of Art. Visitors are welcome.

Student lounge Study, connect and decompress in the GRI student lounge.

lounge area with tables and chairs and art on walls

Lactation room Reserve the lactation/quiet room.

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Lilley Museum of Art Our lounge features past exhibitions from The Lilley.

The Lilley Museum of Art

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Your support of the Department of Gender, Race, and Identity helps sustain interdisciplinary teaching, research and student opportunities that advance critical understanding, equity and social change.

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