The GSWS Program and The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies have over 100 Core and Affiliated Faculty from more than 20 departments and schools who are national and international leaders in the field of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies.
Our faculty have won many awards and fellowships including Guggenheim, American Council of Learned Societies, Fulbright, the Institute for Advanced Study, the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Institutes for Health, Social Science Research Council, National Science Foundation, and many others.
Our faculty offer over fifty courses reflecting the most recent cutting edge research and topics each year, and taken by 1300 to 1500 students annually.
 Jessa LingelDirector, The Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies/The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies jessa.lingel@asc.upenn.edu345 Fisher-Bennett Hall |
 Gwendolyn BeethamAssociate Director, Program in Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies 345 Fisher-Bennett Hall |
 Che GossettAssociate Director, The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies cheg@sas.upenn.eduFisher-Bennett Hall, Suite 345 Room 342 |
 Riley FortierProgram Coordinator, The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies, The Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies rfortier@sas.upenn.eduFisher Bennett Hall, Suite 345 |
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 Lauren BakstGraduate Instructor, The Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies lbakst@sas.upenn.eduBENN 302 |
 345 Fisher-Bennett Hall |
 Marc RidgellGraduate Associate, The Philadelphia Trans Oral History Project/The LGBT Center mridgell@sas.upenn.eduBENN 345 |
 Nat RivkinGraduate Associate, The Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies nrivkin@sas.upenn.eduBENN 216 |
 Liz RoseGraduate Associate, The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies lizrose@sas.upenn.eduBENN 345 |
The Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies