Women's Studies
Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods in order to place women’s lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability.
Popular theories within the field of women's studies include feminist theory, standpoint theory, intersectionality, multiculturalism, transnational feminism, social justice, affect studies, agency, biopolitics, materialisms, and embodiment. Research practices and methodologies associated with women's studies include ethnography, autoethnography, focus groups, surveys, community-based research, discourse analysis, and reading practices associated with critical theory, post-structuralism, and queer theory. The field researches and critiques societal norms of gender, race, class, sexuality, and other social inequalities.
Women's studies is closely related to the fields of gender studies, feminist studies, and sexuality studies, and more broadly related to the fields of cultural studies, ethnic studies, and African-American studies. Women's studies courses are offered in over seven hundred institutions in the United States, and globally in more than forty countries.
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Matching Women's Studies Colleges
University of Florida
Four or more years; Public; $25,694 average out-state tuition; $4,477 average in-state tuition |
Mt San Antonio College
At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $9,968 average out-state tuition; $1,288 average in-state tuition |
University of California-Santa Cruz
Four or more years; Public; $41,196 average out-state tuition; $11,442 average in-state tuition |
Sierra College
At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $7,848 average out-state tuition; $1,104 average in-state tuition |
University of California-Santa Barbara
Four or more years; Public; $41,196 average out-state tuition; $11,442 average in-state tuition |
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Four or more years; Public; $34,101 average out-state tuition; $11,018 average in-state tuition |
San Diego State University
Four or more years; Public; $17,622 average out-state tuition; $5,742 average in-state tuition |
Scholarships for Women's Studies Majors
Beinecke Scholarship - Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College |
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award $34,000 |
deadline Varies |
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U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) FellowshipU.S. Department of Education |
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award Up to $20,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Cokie Roberts Fellowship for Women's History-PAIDNational Archives Foundation |
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award Up to $12,500 |
deadline May 15, 2024 |
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Myrna Lee Sprengler Memorial ScholarshipUniversity of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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award $2,500 |
deadline Varies |
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William and Effa McMeans ScholarshipUniversity of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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award $2,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Edward Prichett ScholarshipUniversity of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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award Up to $2,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Arts and Science Alumni Affiliate Scholarship - Oakland UniversityOakland University |
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award $2,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Henry Belin du Pont Research GrantHagley Museum and Library |
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award Up to $3,200 |
deadline June 30, 2024 |
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SJSU Alumni Association ScholarshipSan Jose State University, College of Social Sciences |
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award $1,250 |
deadline Varies |
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Humanities & Social Sciences Tiger Athletic Foundation ScholarshipLouisiana State University, Baton Rouge, College of Arts and Science |
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award $1,000 |
deadline Varies |
Women's Studies Related Majors
- African-American/Black Studies
- French Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
- East Asian Studies
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies
- African Studies
- Asian Studies/Civilization
- German Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies
- American Indian/Native American Studies
- Gay/Lesbian Studies
- Spanish and Iberian Studies
- Russian Studies
- Area Studies
- Korean Studies
- Italian Studies