The mission of the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities is to provide support for faculty, students, and community partners who investigate gender and sexuality through intersectional scholarship and activism. We advocate for work that bridges the diverse communities represented at Cal State LA and its surrounding community.
CSGS Initiatives
Fall 2024 Calendar
October 3rd:
CSULA CSGS Faculty Fellows Research Symposium, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Alhambra Room, USU
November 15th:
CSULA Faculty Research Showcase, Time: TBD, San Gabriel Room, USU
December 8th:
Transchool Vol. 1 Book Celebration, in collaboration with the Feminist Center for Creative Work, Time: TBD Located at the Feminist Center for Creative Work in Glendale, CA
Spring 2024 Calendar
February 29th:
Cyprus Marques
Philosophy Dept.
Trans Studies Graduate Fellow
Montebello Room, USU 3:00pm - 4:15pm
March 14:
The Young Lords: Puerto Rican Radicals Fight for Gender Justice in the 1960s
Dr. Johanna Fernandez
CUNY Baruch
WGSS Co-Sponsored Event
Gender & Sexualities Resource Center, USU, 3rd Floor 10:50am-12:05pm
March 25th
Archiving Chicanx and Latinx Feminisms
Dr Bernadine Hernández - University of New Mexico
Dr. Anita Huízar-Hernández - University of Arizona
Dr. Viviana Beatriz MacManus - Occidental College
Room TBD 3:00pm-4:30pm
April 16th
Dr. Alisa Bierria - UCLA
The Ann Garry and Sharon Bishop endowed lecture in Feminist Philosophy
Room TBD 3:00pm-4:30
CSGS Annual Student Research Conference
April 25-26: 20th Annual Student Research Conference
Gender, Sexuality, and Power
Alhambra Room, USU
April 25: Keynote Lecture with Dr. C. Riley Snorton - University of Chicago
LA Rooms AB, USU
Fall 2023 Calendar
CSGS Advisory Board, 2024-2025
Ren Heintz (they/them) Current CSGS Director, 2020-present; English
https://www.calstatela.edu/al/english/ren-heintz
Pau Abustan (they/siya) Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
https://www.calstatela.edu/al/wgss/faculty-staff
Talia Bettcher (she/her) Ex-Officio Past Director; Philosophy
https://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/talia-mae-bettcher-professor
Dionne Espinoza (she/her) Ex-Office Past Director; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
[email protected]
https://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/dionne-espinoza
Ann Garry (she/her) Ex-Officio Founding Director; Emeritus Philosophy
[email protected]
https://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/ann-garry
David Green (he/him) Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
https://www.calstatela.edu/al/wgss/faculty-staff
Linda Greenberg (she/her) Ex-Officio Past Director; English
https://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/dr-linda-margarita-greenberg
Libby Lewis (she/they) Pan African Studies and Sociology
https://www.calstatela.edu/academic/pas/pan-african-studies-libby-lewis
Alejandra Marchevsky (she/her) Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, WGSS Representative
https://www.calstatela.edu/al/wgss/faculty-staff
Allison Mattheis (she/her) Education
[email protected]
https://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/allison-mattheis-professor
Oliverio Rodriguez (he/him) Art
https://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/oliverio-rodriguez
Molly Talcott (she/her) Sociology
[email protected]
https://www.calstatela.edu/nss/sociology/faculty-and-staff
Shikha Upadhyaya - (she/her) Marketing
https://www.calstatela.edu/business/facultyprofiles/shikha-upadhyaya