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Women's and Gender Studies careers and options
Women’s and Gender Studies, like any good liberal-arts program, fosters critical thinking, written and oral skills and leadership abilities. You can use any of these tools to shape a career and vocation.
"Transform the World" by Nikki Ayanna Stewart is a two page article on what one can do with a degree in Women and Gender Studies.
Internships
Internships are a great way to make your education come alive, especially in Women’s and Gender Studies. It is also a great way to get a job. For more information about where St. Norbert College students have previously interned, please visit the Career Services web site.
Graduate and professional school
Women’s and Gender Studies prepares you for a number of programs either in the field itself where there are M.A. and Ph.D. as well as certificate programs and/or in other fields suitable to liberal arts degrees (law, business, medicine, graduate programs generally). Tips for graduate school.
The 2008 Graduate Guide to Work in Women's / Gender Studies is now available as a searchable guide/download on the NWSA website. Prospective Graduate Students may search by:
• Degree type offered• State• Institution Name
View specific graduate programs in Women's Studies.
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Casey J. Golomski (’06) and mentor, Professor Tashjian. Casey is attending Brandeis University for a Ph.D. in Anthropology with a focus in Gender Studies. |
Links of interest for jobs and graduate schools
• Graduate programs in Women's Studies
• Feminist Career Center from the Feminist Majority (subscribe to a weekly list)
• A number of non-profit jobs/internships by city
• Great database of jobs related to women and volunteers
• Great international volunteer web site
• Women’s and Gender Studies related jobs
• Urban Study (look under internships)
• For Working Women
• Feminist Job Market
• What should I do with a Women’s and Gender Studies degree/major/interests?
• Opportunities with Women’s and Gender Studies
• Women’s Studies Database
• Wisconsin NOW site of links for Women’s Organizations
• Organization to Improve the Status of Women in Wisconsin
• Feminist magazines
• Minnesota Women's Press, a Midwest Women's Publication
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Careers with a Women's and Gender Studies degree
- Lawyer
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Sociologist
- Public administrator
- Political and judicial research
- Therapist/counselor
- Doctor/medicine
- Consultant in industry
- Higher education
(M.A., Ph.D.)
- Personnel firms
- State/federal government
- Professor/teacher
- Writer/author/journalist
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