Global Queer Studies

What can you do with a Global Queer Studies minor?

Global Queer Studies examines how gender, sexuality, identity, and culture are understood across different societies and historical periods. Rather than focusing on a single place or perspective, the minor encourages you to explore how communities around the world experience, express, and understand these aspects of human life.

As part of the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, the minor brings together courses from across the liberal arts while combining academic study with practica, peer mentorship, and student-led learning opportunities. Whether paired with the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, or another field, Global Queer Studies helps you think critically, engage across cultures, and approach complex questions from multiple perspectives.

A Global Perspective

Study gender and sexuality across cultures, regions, and historical contexts.

Learning Across Disciplines

Explore courses from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Theory in Practice

Connect classroom learning with practica, peer mentorship, and student-led initiatives.

Why Study Global Queer Studies at Wooster?

Join the first program of its kind to center global and transnational experiences of gender and sexuality.

Learn from internationally recognized faculty who helped develop the program alongside students.

Study across the liberal arts through courses offered in multiple academic disciplines.

Participate in peer mentorship, practica, and student-led learning that connect ideas with experience.

Become part of a program built in collaboration with students and designed to encourage curiosity, critical thinking, and global engagement.

Combine Global Queer Studies with another major in fields such as history, political science, communication studies, anthropology, chemistry, physics, or gender studies.

Featured Courses

Explore gender and sexuality through global perspectives.

Introduction to Global Queer Studies
Queer Literature
Hidden Histories: LGBTQ+ America in the 20th Century
Global Politics of Reproduction
Neuroscience of Sex and Gender Influences
Transgender Literature
Selected Tutorials and Practica in Theatre & Music

Ask new questions and explore new perspectives.

Global Queer Studies encourages students to connect ideas across disciplines while developing their own academic interests. Through practica, peer mentorship, reading groups, and student-led tutorials, you'll have opportunities to engage with faculty and classmates beyond the classroom.

Because the minor is part of the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, students can also explore feminist research methods and pursue Independent Study projects that connect with their primary major.

Ready to Explore Global Queer Studies?

If you're interested in understanding how identities, cultures, and societies shape one another across the globe, Global Queer Studies offers new ways to ask questions, conduct research, and engage with the world.

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Career Opportunities

Global Queer Studies is designed to broaden the way students think, research, and engage with the world.

The minor complements many majors by strengthening skills in research, communication, cultural understanding, and critical analysis. Graduates will be prepared for a wide variety of academic and professional paths, depending on their primary field of study.

Zhenyu Tian

Assistant Professor of Communication Studies; Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (On leave Fall 2025)

ztian@wooster.edu

Daimys Garcia

Assistant Professor of English

dagarcia@wooster.edu

Jordan Biro Walters

Associate Professor of History

jbirowalters@wooster.edu

Christa Craven

Professor of Anthropology and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; Program Chair of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

ccraven@wooster.edu

Zareen Thomas

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology; Latin American Studies; Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

zthomas@wooster.edu

Adam Ewing

Assistant Professor of Music, Voice

aewing@wooster.edu

Rebecca Garonzik

Associate Professor of Spanish

rgaronzik@wooster.edu

Katherine Holt

Aileen Dunham Professorship in History; Latin American Studies; Global and International Studies; Co-Liaison to Digital and Visual Storytelling Pathway

kholt@wooster.edu

Eagan Dean

Assistant Professor of English

edean@wooster.edu

Amy Jo Stavnezer

Professor of Psychology; Neuroscience

ajstavnezer@wooster.edu