Get Involved

There are so many ways to use the Women's Center and actively get involved with exploring and addressing gender issues as they pertain to your own life, campus, and around the world. You can come to an event; participate in SAGE or any of the other student groups working on gender issues; or take classes that address issues of social justice and gender. You can also come by in more social ways to connect with other students; find a supportive atmosphere; drop by to ask staff and students questions; print out your paper (yes, we have free printing!); get out of the library; or catch up on your favorite TV shows!

The director is also available to the Tufts community to help you find ways to get involved that meet your needs. All members of the Tufts are welcome in the Women's Center regardless of gender.

First Year Students

• Connect with a peer mentor
  The Women's Center offers a First Year Peer Mentoring Group for students of all genders during the fall semester. First year students have the opportunity to be paired up with an upper-class Women's Center Peer Leader. While this program only runs in the fall, if you are a first year in need of support, please write to womenscenter@tufts.edu with first year mentor in the subject and one of our peer mentors will get back to you.
   
• The Women's Center Student Collaborative, SAGE (Students Acting for Gender Equality)
  Getting involved with SAGE is an excellent way for first year students to connect with other student who are interested in exploring and addressing gender issues in their own lives and on campus and beyond.
   
• Find a student group to join
  There are many student groups on campus that address issues of social justice, gender, and women. A list of groups will be posted soon.

Undergraduates

• The Women's Center Student Collaborative, SAGE
• Find a student group to join.  A list of groups will be posted soon.
• Take a Women's Studies or gender related course - download list of courses >

Graduates

• Undergraduate and Graduate Feminist Reading Group
  Our theme for the 2010-2011 academic year is "Histories of the Body." In our four readings—by Susan Bordo, Nancy Mairs, Dorothy Roberts and Anne Fausto-Sterling—we hope to explore how bodies, male and female, are constructed through race, class, physical ability and sexual identity. All bodies are not created equal and the way we value bodies changes over time; how do we come to read different bodies differently? How does capitalism reify gendered norms? What impact do standards of beauty and sexuality have on girls and women?  Our discussion group meets twice each semester and is open to all students, regardless of gender. We encourage people to attend even if they do not have time to complete the short readings, made available at the Women's Center two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. You do not have to commit to any or all of the meeting dates to join, so come, and bring a friend!  Discussions are led by Nino Testa, a graduate student intern at the Women's Center and instructor of the Women's Studies class "Introduction to Queer Studies."  View upcoming books >
   
• Unless otherwise noted, graduate students are welcome to attend Women's Center events and programs with the exception of SAGE meetings and retreats as SAGE is an undergraduate student group.
   
• Take a Women's Studies or gender related course - download list of courses >

Faculty/ Staff

• Hold a class here or student meetings
• Lead a Dinner and a Movie discussion
  This is an opportunity for students to watch a film with fellow students and critically discuss its use of gender as well as its use of other aspects of identity. Discussion time at the end of each film is led by a guest faculty member and the Women's Center Director.
• Present your research to students and/or colleagues

Please email Steph Gauchel if you are interested in doing any of the above.

Alumnae/Alumni

• Please visit our resource page for two specific alum group opportunities, the ATA (Association of Tufts Alumnae) and the Tufts Feminist Network
• Would you like to visit the center, attend a Women's Center event, and/or host an alum event at the center? Please contact Steph Gauchel.

Parents

• Visit the center or come to a program with your student.
• Educate yourself on issues that are important to your student.
• If you have questions or need resources please contact Steph Gauchel.
• Please see our FAQ section for more information.