The Women’s and Gender Studies Collection is an online, always free, peer-reviewed, radically open-licensed resource available to everyone: students, teachers, community organizations, activists, and beyond. We designed our peer review process with much consideration to feminist scholarly principles. For example, each submission receives two blind reviews with substantive feedback on what would inspire dialogue as well as what needs revision. The review process, like The Collection itself, seeks to model intellectual, creative, and activist community.
The collection is a trusted resource examining various disciplines through the framework of Women’s and Gender Studies. We welcome a variety of approaches, seeking to highlight the wide array of feminist scholarship and creative expression. The collection uses interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives to critically examine complex intersectional experiences.
Mission
At its core, the collection seeks to create a community knowledge based in Women’s and Gender Studies. We aim to offer a more complete picture of our world by amplifying marginalized voices that are often overlooked. Bringing these perspectives to the front creates the opportunity to build dialogue between feminists from diverse backgrounds. The collection lends itself to this kind of interdisciplinary dialogue that builds understanding across disciplines and transformative narratives.
Meet the team
The Women’s and Gender Studies Collection is a ground-breaking hub for all – faculty, students, staff, the public – to be engaged in/with (themselves and others) as we negotiate our paths in society. ~ Dr. Martha Donkor, she/her
Diana Angel (she/ella) Graduate Assistant for West Chester University’s Women’s and Gender Studies Department
Rebekah Balmer (she/her) Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health, Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology Alum from West Chester University
Lindsey Bartlett Mosvick (she/her) Director of the Center for Women and Gender Equity at West Chester University
Dr. Martha Donkor (she/her) Historian and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at West Chester University
Dr. Jina Fast (she/her) SHIFT professor of Applied Ethics and the Common Good at Hampshire College
Nicole Hoag (they/she) Women’s and Gender Studies Major at West Chester University, Collection Assistant
Dr. Lisa Huebner (she/her) Director; Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at West Chester University
Kalyani Kannan (they/them) Associate Director of the Center for Women & Gender Equity at West Chester University
Kelsey Mattison (she/her) Web and Digital Content Manager
H. Naomie Nyanungo (she/her) Associate Provost for Learning and Teaching Innovation, West Chester University
Lauren Pakradooni (she/her) Assistant Professor of Drawing and Printmaking at West Chester University
Dana Pratt (she/her) Administrative Assistant for the Center for Women and Gender Equity at West Chester University
Stefani Webb (she/her) Graduate Assistant for West Chester University’s Women’s and Gender Studies Department
Dr. Joan Woolfrey (she/her) Professor of Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies at West Chester University
The development of this open educational resource is made possible by grant funding from the Mellon Foundation
Thank you to our partners
- Center for Women and Gender Equity, West Chester University
- Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, West Chester University
- Teaching and Learning Center, West Chester University
- College of Arts and Humanities, West Chester University