Academic Goals
- Offer an interdisciplinary academic program that is relevant for all Nazareth students.
- Develop critical thinking skills and a greater understanding of the ways in which gender power, privilege and oppression affects the lives, choices and rights of women.
- Foster a greater appreciation of how social justice is a crucial element of academic, professional and socio-political pursuits.
Campus Community Goals
- Organize and support events and activities that are open to all members of the Nazareth College community.
- Raise awareness of women's rights through advocacy and social and political action.
- Increase the visibility of women-centered speakers, community service activities and performances.
- Actively partner with other programs, departments and groups in order to develop campus events that reflect and honor the perspectives of women.
Program Objectives
- Strengthen cross disciplinary, scholarly and creative activities, including courses and events that make clear that gender identity is central to human identity.
- Encourage collaborative student and faculty research that fosters student development and deconstructs traditional pedagogical paradigms.
- Provide a safe space for critical reflection on the interplay between students' own lives, scholarly issues, politics and the world at large.
- Support all students at Nazareth College, especially women and members of other marginalized groups, to reach their full academic, personal and professional potential.
- Advocate for a campus climate that is supportive to all.