Mississippi University for Women Establishes Nation’s First Undergraduate Journal for Feminist Philosophy

Mississippi University for Women has recently published the first issue of Medusa: An Undergraduate Journal of Feminist Philosophy. The journal is the first-ever of its kind published by a United States educational institution.

Medusa features scholarly articles by undergraduate students from institutions across the country. An interdisciplinary journal, Medusa seeks submissions that center around the intersection of feminism with other critical philosophical theories on culture, gender, literature, sexuality, race, disability, society, and politics. The new journal will be reviewed by graduate students studying feminist philosophy and published annually with an April submission deadline.

Jill Drouillard, assistant professor of philosophy and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, founded Medusa alongside a group of undergraduate students. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Universite Paris Sorbonne IV in France.

“I’m very excited to provide a platform for undergraduate students writing within the field of feminist philosophy. Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, of which feminist philosophy is a part, is a burgeoning field as witnessed by the increase of scholarly work being published in this domain,” said Dr. Drouillard.

More information on the new journal and the first issue of Medusa can be accessed here.