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Please join WGS in welcoming Tufts Professor Kareem Khubchandani to Harvard! Professor Khubchandani is the 2025-2026 F.O. Matthiessen Visiting Associate Professor in Studies of Gender and Sexuality. During his year at Harvard, he will be teaching two...

WGS Professor Robin Bernstein has been named a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow, one of only sixteen faculty to receive the fellowship, for her book Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's First Prison for Profit. Congratulations, Professor...

Read Time Well Spent: Beyond Success and Failure in Romancelandia and Academia - Public Books by former WGS faculty member Dr. Jessica Taylor.

WGS Chair Jocelyn Viterna was interviewed in today's issue of the Gazette in an article about Nayib Bukele, the leader of El Salvador who refers to himself as "the world's coolest dictator". Read the interview here.

WGS Professor Caroline Light published an article in Teen Vogue titled "Constitutional Carry Law Promoted by Donald Trump Would Allow People to Carry Guns Everywhere Without Permits". Read the article here.

The fellowship is given to scholars who work in the fields of "literature, history or art, as such terms may be liberally interpreted...." Professor Bernstein was recognized for her book Freeman's Challenge: The Murder that Shook America’s Original Prison...

WGS alum Brianna Suslovic published an essay on PublicBooks.com on the necessity of care as a measure against anti-imperialism, discussing encampments on college campuses. Read the essay here.

WGS Professor Caroline Light published an opinion piece in the blog Armed With Reason responding to a recent Boston Globe article discussing the use of "epidemic" when referring to gun violence in America.

WGS Professor Imani Perry's new book, Black in Blues, is featured on Time Magazine's list of most anticipated books of 2025. View the full list here, and learn more about Black in Blues here.