WGSS Events
Disability World Making: Gender, Art, and Culture
Featuring Rosemarie Garland-Thomson: Disability Studies Scholar, Bioethicist, Public Intellectual, Educator, and Feminist Theorist
Thursday, April 15
4 - 5:30pm, AW Skyway:
Reception Honoring Kathryn Anderson
6 - 7:30pm, AW 204:
Public Talk, “Disability World Making: Gender, Art, and Culture”
Category: Woman
Who Gets to Decide?
March 5th, International Women’s Day
WWU Communications Facility 115
- Film: 5:00pm
- Panel: 6:30pm
Film Followed by Speaker Panel:
- Phyllis Ellis (writer and director)
- Dr. Jessyca Arthur-Cameselle (HHD)
- Dr. Kimi Bryson-Reilly (WGSS)
- Dr. Dan Pollard (Biology)
Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Scholar's Week Event
Student scholars will provide brief presentations of their research followed by an informal time to ask questions about their research posters and work. Light refreshments will be served.
When:
Monday, May 11, 4 - 5:30pm
Where:
College Hall 231
Featured Student Scholars:
Reese Andersen
Rosali Bailey
Abby Buchanan
Piper Chandler
Emily Gouge
Cameron Kolb
Elianna London
Joelle Pagdilao
Leo Saunders
2025-2026 WGSS Events
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| WGSS Faculty Lightning Presentations | Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 4:00-5:00pm | College Hall 231 |
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category: Woman Film & Panel | Thursday, March 5, 2026 | 5:00-7:30pm | CF 115 |
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemarie Garland Thompson Public Talk | Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 6:00-7:30pm | AW 204 |
| WGSS Scholars Week Presentations | Monday, May 11, 2026 | 4:00-5:30pm | CH 231 |
| Whatcom Youth Pride Parade and Festival | Saturday, May 30, 2026 | 11:00am - 2:00pm | Bellingham High School |
| WGSS Graduation Celebration | Thursday, June 11, 2026 | 4:00-5:00pm | Miller Hall (MH 102) Collaborative Space |
Past WGSS Events
2024-2025 Events
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bans Off Our Bodies | Friday, January 17, 2025 | 1:00-3:00pm | VU Multipurpose Room |
| Building Unity Under a New Administration | Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | 4:00pm | Fraser Hall 201 |
| Generations of Feminist Ecologies in Restoration and Land Stewardship Featuring Native Voices from Around the Salish Sea | Thursday, March 6, 2025 | 4:00-7:00pm | VU Multipurpose Room |
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Intimacies: A Multiracial History of the Pacific Northwest w/Dr. Megan Asaka | Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 4:30pm | Fraser Hall 201 |
| Book Panel: The Biopolitics of Childhood in the Long American 19th Century w/Dr. Laura Soderberg, Dr. Allison Giffen, and Dr. Maude Hines | Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 4:00-5:30pm | College Hall 245 |
| We Are Also in Bondage Here: Black Women's Civil Rights Activism in Seattle w/ Dr. Quin'Nita Cobbins-Modica | Thursday, May 8, 2025 | 4:30pm | Fraser Hall 201 |
| WGSS Scholar's Week Event | Monday, May 12, 2025 | 4:00-6:00pm | College Hall 245 |
| WGSS Graduation Celebration | Thursday, June 12, 2025 | 4:00-5:00pm | Miller Hall Collaborative Space |
2023-2024 Events
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queering Research: LGBTQ+ Liberation in Bellingham, Today and Tomorrow | Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 4:00 - 5:30pm | Miller Hall 152 |
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| LGBTQ+ Legislative Update | Thursday, January 11, 2024 | 4:30 - 6:00pm | Haggard Hall 153 |
| Here & Queer: Black LGBTQ+ Leaders | Thursday, February 15, 2024 | 4:00 - 5:30pm | Miller Hall 152 |
| Framing Feminism: Interview w/ Dr. Catharine Stimpson and Dr. Liz Woods | Thursday, March 7, 2024 | 4:00 - 6:00pm | Goltz-Murray Archives Building |
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Here and Queer: Out in the Archives | Thursday, May 9, 2024 | 4:00 - 5:30pm | Goltz-Murray Archives Building |
2022-2023 Events
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major/Minor Meeting - or perspective students | Thursday, Sept 29th | 4:00pm | Bond 103 |
| Latinx Heritage Event: Bodily Autonomy & Reproductive Justice | Thursday, Sept 29th | 12-1:30pm | MCC Multipurpose Room |
| Kick Off in Red Square Domestic Violence Awareness Event - Survivor Advocacy Services | Tuesday, October 4th | 11:00am - 2:00pm | Red Square |
| Queerientation | Thursday, October 6th | 4:00 - 5:30pm | Viking Union Multipurpose Room |
| Pickford Film: Hidden Letters | Thursday, October 6th | 7:30pm | PICKFORD FILM CENTER 1318 Bay St. Bellingham, WA 98225 |
| MBPP Weekend of Action: Rally at Town Hall | Saturday, October 8th | 3:00 - 5:00pm | Bellingham City Hall, 210 Lottie Street |
| Wellness Wednesday - Domestic Violence Awareness Event | Wednesday, October 12th | 3:00 - 4:00pm | VU 462B |
| Clothesline Project - Domestic Violence Awareness Event | Thursday, October 13th | 11:00am - 3:00pm | Underneath the Library Skybridge |
| Queering Research Series: Abortion Rights & Activism | Thursday, October 20th | 4:00 - 5:30pm | Carver 104 |
| Pickford Film: Hidden Letters | Wednesday, October 26th | 2:50pm | PICKFORD FILM CENTER 1318 Bay St. Bellingham, WA 98225 |
| VU Gallery Presents: LUSH | Wednesday, October 26th - Tuesday, November 29th | Reception w/ artist: Oct. 26th @ 6:00pm | VU Gallery |
| Award Winning Poet & Drag Artist: Wo Chan | Monday, October 31st | 12:00pm | WWU Multicultural Center |
| Roadblocks and Thruways: The Experience of Seeking Insurance Coverage for Gender Affirming Surgery | Wednesday, November 16th | 12:00 - 1:00pm | Miller Hall 113 Zoom |
| Native American Heritage Month Pre-game Reception and Basketball Game | Tuesday, November 29th | Reception 5:00-6:30pm Men’s basketball game 7pm | Miller Hall Collaborative Space Carver Gym |
| Zoom and In-Person Community Vigils | Wednesday, November 30th | On Zoom at Noon 5:00pm | Miller Collaborative Space |
| Remembering and Learning: Honoring World AIDS Day | Thursday, December 1st | 12:00-1:00pm | Multicultural Center 735 |
| Gender-Affirming Care Info Session | Thursday, December 1st | 2:00-3:00pm | VU 567 |
| ADEI Unit Fall Graduation and End of Quarter Celebration | Friday, December 2nd | 4:00pm | Miller Hall Collaborative Space |
| Love Space with the Black Student Coalition | Friday, December 2nd | 6:30-8:30pm | Black Student Coalition, VU 504 |
| End of Quarter Gathering | Friday, December 9th | TBD | TBD |
| Event | Date | Time |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Major/Minor Meeting |
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023 | 4:00pm | Bond 103 |
| Bodily Autonomy Open Mic Night | Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 | 6:00 - 8:00pm | WinkWink (1302 Commercial St. Bellingham Washington) |
| Douglas Day | Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 | 9:00am - 2:00pm | Multicultural Center Multipurpose Room |
|
Feminist Queer Trans Love (Anti-Valentines) Kick Back |
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 | 4:00 - 6:00pm | Multicultural Center Classroom & Kitchen/Social Space, 7th Floor VU |
| Sara Ahmed - Virtual Public Lecture "Feminist Killjoys at Work" | Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 | 8:00 - 10:00am |
Centre for Gender and Intersectional Studies, Utah State University Zoom |
| Digital Humanities Faculty Workshop | Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 | 4:00pm | Zoom |
| Sara Ahmed - Launch of The Feminist Killjoy Handbook (Livestream) | Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 6:30 - 8:00pm | Zoom |
|
Queer Research Series: Food Justice Speakers: Masks Required |
Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 4:00 - 5:30pm | Carver 104 |
| Sara Ahmed - Traveling with Feminist Killjoys | Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | 6:30 - 7:30pm |
T118- Tara Building, Mary Immaculate College South Circular Road V94 VN26 Limerick Ireland Also on Livestream |
| Trans Awareness | Thursday, March 9, 2023 | 4:00 - 5:30 | Bond 104 |
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Imagining Feminist Future (IFF) Book Club Book: Abolition Feminism Now |
TBD | TBD | TBD |
| WGSS Student Meeting | Thursday, April 13, 2023 | 4:00 - 5:00pm | BH 103 |
| WGSS Scholars Presentation | Monday, May 15, 2023 | 4:00pm | TBD |
|
The Decision to Lead Speaker: LaToya Green |
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 | 5:00pm | CF 110 |
| WGSS Graduation Reception | TBD | TBD | TBD |