Faculty and Staff news
Winter 2021 Newsletter
Mar 09, 2021
This issue features news about the department's 35th anniversary, faculty hiring opportunity, a new bursary, and more.
Melissa Houghtaling receives the Gender Studies Teaching Award
Feb 22, 2021
Assistant Professor (Continuing Adjunct) and Undergraduate Chair Melissa Houghtaling has been awarded the 2019-2020 Teaching Award in Gender Studies.
Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin named Canada Research Chair in Youth and African Urban Futures
成人大片 Gazette - Dec 17, 2020
Dr. Adeniyi-Ogunyankin's聽research involves a comparative study of the impact of contemporary urban transformations on African youth identity,聽labour聽practices, psychosocial聽well-being聽and future orientation.
Fall 2020 Newsletter
Oct 20, 2020
This issue features an introduction of the new BA Minor in Black Studies, the department's new visual identity, faculty news, and alumni spotlights.
Gender Studies students co-author paper with Karen Lawford
Oct 12, 2020
Students from the Winter 2020 GNDS 480 course 鈥淪pecial Topics in Gender Studies: Kinship & Indigenous Relations鈥 have published a paper with Assistant Professor Dr. Karen Lawford.
Heather Castleden garners prestigious Fulbright Fellowship
成人大片 Gazette - Oct 08, 2020
Queen鈥檚 University associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Reconciling Relationships for Health, Environments, and Communities, Heather Castleden will be conducting a 4-month research program at the University of Hawaii at M膩noa after being named a Fulbright Fellow.
burcu baba awarded the Ban Righ Foundation Mentorship Award
Sep 22, 2020
Term Adjunct Assistant Professor burcu baba has received the Ban Righ鈥檚 Mentorship Award which recognizes a Queen鈥檚 female-identifying faculty member who demonstrates mentorship and knowledge-sharing, and has been inspirational to a student or students.
Welcome to Denita Arthurs
Elaine Power, Department Head - Jun 25, 2020
On behalf of the hiring committee, I am delighted to announce that Denita Arthurs is the successful candidate for the position of Administrative Assistant to the Department Head/Graduate Assistant.
Katherine McKittrick inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
May 04, 2020
Queen鈥檚 University professor Katherine McKittrick has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as an International Honorary Member in social sciences.
Karen Lawford receives Indspire Laureate Award
Feb 04, 2020
Representing the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own achievers, the Indspire Awards were created in 1993, in conjunction with the United Nation鈥檚 International Decade of the World鈥檚 Indigenous Peoples.
Welcome Elaine Power
Gordon E. Smith, Vice Dean - Jan 08, 2020
On behalf of Interim Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Tom Harris and Dean Barbara Crow, I am pleased to inform you that Dr. Elaine Power, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, has been appointed Head, Department of Gender Studies.
Katherine McKittrick receives American Association of Geographers' Award for Anti-Racism Research and Practice
Mar 11, 2019
Dr. Katherine McKittrick聽of Queen鈥檚 University has not only contributed to the study of race and gender through her prodigious scholarly output, but she has been a consummate mentor to various students and faculty of color.