Boston University has announced that it is now offering a new certificate program in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. The new program provides an interdisciplinary platform for graduate students interested in this field. Graduate students in women’s literature will come together to study with graduate students in women’s history, women’s health, sexuality studies, and other fields.
“Across the nation, gender and sexuality are increasingly being integrated into all disciplines and departments,” says Carrie J. Preston, an associate professor of English and director of graduate studies in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. “The graduate certificate enables students enrolled in graduate programs across the University to pursue comprehensive study in the vibrant, interdisciplinary fields of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and receive institutional acknowledgement of their work.”
Dr. Preston is the author of Modernism’s Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance (Oxford University Press, 2011). She is a graduate of Michigan State University and holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University.