School of Gender, Race & Nations

Social Justice in Pedagogy, Scholarship and Practice

The School of Gender, Race, and Nations creates new intellectual and community connections among its founding partners—Black Studies; Indigenous Nations Studies; Chicanx/Latinx Studies; and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies—to better understand and advocate for historically under-served populations crucial to Oregon’s success.

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Black Studies

Chicanx Latinx Studies

Indigenous Nations Studies

Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies

NEW CLASS! Introduction to Pacific Islander Studies - PIAA 301 CRN 14791

This course critically examines the lived (historical) and living (present-day) experiences of Pacific Islander people in Oceania and the Continental US. Through an interdisciplinary approach, it will explore the resistance, resilience, and ongoing struggles of Pacific Islander communities.

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SGRN: Interdisciplinary at Its Core

The overarching areas evident in the school's name feature the rich constellation of interlocking and challenging factors key to understanding our society and making changes for a more socially just future.

Graduate Certificate

Proposed Master's

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What people are saying about the establishment of the School of Gender, Race & Nations

The proposal to establish a School of Gender, Race, and Nation is visionary, creative and has the potential to develop leaders who understand the importance of viewing higher education from a global perspective. The integration of epistemologies or ways of knowing from a wide variety of perspectives, including Indigenous Nation Studies, will add strength to teaching and research opportunities for faculty and students....[T]his new school ...will put Portland State University in the forefront of strong academic programs from a world view of gender, race, and Nation building.

^{-- John W. Tippeconnic, III

Professor and Director, American Indian Studies, Arizona State University}

The creation of a School of Gender, Race and Nations would position PSU to provide intellectual leadership on some of the most intransigent issues that continue to plague us in the 21st Century--growing inequalities, as well as life-constraining racism, sexism and homophobia. [The faculty] should be lauded for envisioning such a bold and rich intellectual initiative.

^{-- Mary E. Hawkesworth

Professor, Political Science & WGS, Rutgers University}

The proposal to establish a School of Gender, Race and Nation is a brilliant response to the challenges facing Higher Education today.

^{-- Mary Margaret Fonow

Director of the School of Transformation, Arizona State University}