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Student Perspective
鈥淢y education at Lawrence propelled me with the audacity to start an organization dedicated to actualizing equity through healing in my hometown of The Bronx. 鈥 My Lawrence experience taught me to dream big, to not be stopped by one or two peoples鈥 opinions, thoughts, or behaviors, and to bring my community with me in all endeavors.鈥澛
Brienne Colston 鈥15
Gender Studies
Bronx, New York
The Chandler Senior Experience
You will design an independent research project with one or more of our 20+ gender studies faculty members from all across campus鈥攆rom biology, anthropology, psychology, art, film, music, theatre and literature鈥攖o explore the ways gender shapes personal identities, relationships and social structure.
Recent Senior Experiences include:
- Trans Women's Lived Experiences in the Sex Work Industry
- Affecting the World: My Queer Love Letter to Difference
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Gender Studies Outcomes
Because gender is a foundational aspect of our identities, it has great cultural impact and is important to many different career paths and areas of advanced study like law, social work, media, education, business, and more.