Along with Henry McMahon ’24 (far right), students from the left Teagan Knutson ’25, Sydney Berenson ’25, also worked on site with Olivia Navarro-Farr (center right), associate professor of archaeology and anthropology at the College and co-director of the Proyecto Arqueológico Waka’ (PAW) team at the archaeological site located in the Laguna del Tigre National Park within the Maya Biosphere Reserve in summer 2024. Here, the group from Wooster stands at the front of the trail leading to the Mirador Group, consisting of the two of the largest pyramids at the site.

Archaeology major draws conclusions about Maya political systems based on excavation on site in Guatemala

Archaeology major Henry McMahon spent the summer before his senior year at The College of Wooster in Guatemala surveying an ancient plaza inside El […]

Amelia Menk Brown ’96

Comparative literature graduate uses over 24 years of industry experience to start two small businesses

Amelia Menk Brown ’96, originally from Poland, Ohio, knew she wanted to attend a small, liberal arts college, but the Independent Study program made […]

Emilie Eustace '24

Psychology and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies major gains lab research experience during summer APEX Fellowship

Emilie Eustace ’24, a psychology and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies major at The College of Wooster, has seen a notable increase in her […]

Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Christa Craven teaches class outside at The College of Wooster.

Wooster launches global queer studies minor meeting student interest in growing field

Beginning fall 2023, The College of Wooster will offer a minor in global queer studies, part of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program […]

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Christa Craven’s book selected as an essential resource on reproductive rights

Reproductive Losses: Challenges to LGBTQ Families, a book by Christa Craven, professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and anthropology at The College of […]

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Sina Lee wins two grants to support her works in feminist and Korean studies

Sina Lee, a visiting assistant professor in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at The College of Wooster, recently received two grants to support her […]

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Christa Craven featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education

Christa Craven, professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and anthropology at The College of Wooster, was recently featured in an article in the […]

Jimmy Noriega, professor of theatre and dance

Jimmy Noriega co-edits new book on queer US theatre

Jimmy A. Noriega, professor of theatre and chair of the Department of Theatre & Dance at The College of Wooster, is the co-editor of […]

Mahi Lal '22

Economics alumna analyzes effect of pandemic on student assessment

Mahi Lal ’22, a College of Wooster economics alumna recently contributed to a national press release elaborating on the effect of the pandemic on […]

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Sina Lee receives grant to explore motherhood, migration, and adoption in Asia

Sina Lee, visiting assistant professor in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at The College of Wooster, received a grant for preliminary fieldwork to explore […]

Veda Massanari-Thatcher '23

Internship at safe house encourages philosophy and women’s, gender, & sexuality studies major to pursue a future in social work

Through an APEX Fellowship, Veda Massanari-Thatcher ’23 experienced firsthand the setting of a safe house developed for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. A […]

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Ahmet Atay co-edits book with thoughts on teaching during the “post-truth” era

Ahmet Atay, department chair of Global Media & Digital Studies and program chair of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, is co-editor of a new […]

Christa Craven the dean for faculty development and professor of women's, gender, & sexuality studies and sociology and anthropology

Craven receives 2021 CAR Book Prize for ‘Reproductive Losses: Challenges to LGBTQ Family-Making’

The 2021 Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (CAR) Book Prize has been awarded to Christa Craven the dean for faculty development and professor of […]

Gina Christo '14

Women, gender, and sexuality studies alumna manages grassroot political campaigns

Before attending The College of Wooster, Gina Christo ’14 planned on becoming a political science major, but she soon “fell in love with the […]

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Ahmet Atay co-edits book on mentoring in higher education

Professor of communication studies emphasizes importance of mentors taking a cultural perspective

Hannah Lane-Davies ’21

I.S. research enhances understanding of birth workers in the COVID-19 era

Hannah Lane-Davies ’21 explores the commitments of contemporary birth workers

Ahmet Atay, professor of communication studies and chair of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Global Media and Digital Studies, and Film Studies

Ahmet Atay coedited two books on intercultural communications studies

Professor of communication studies highlights underrepresented perspectives in the field

Beth Muellner standing in front of the Berliner Dom in Berlin Germany

German and Russian studies professor to give virtual lecture at Museum Ludwig

Beth Muellner will discuss photograph collection of Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Matthew Harris-Ridker '19

Women’s, gender, & sexuality studies major discovers new career paths through internship

Before serving as an intern at the Center on Halsted in Chicago, Matthew Harris-Ridker ’19 was concerned about finding a well-paying career as a […]

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Wooster Students and Faculty Close Gender Gap on Wikipedia

Successful edit-a-thon results in updates on 50 pages and the establishment of 25 new pages