{"id":395,"date":"2021-10-06T16:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:40:20","slug":"race-gender-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Race, Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies (RGSS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section style=\"--hero-accent:#8bcec4\" class=\"hero hero--standard alignfull has-no-block-start-margin hero--has-image hero--no-social-links wp-block-butler-hero-standard\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"hero__headline butler-auto-contrast\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tRace, Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__subheadline-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero__subheadline\">(Formerly Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__subheadline-description-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWith this major, Butler University lives up to its groundbreaking abolitionist and coeducational beginnings. \u2014Professor Ann Savage\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"hero__inner-blocks\">\n\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons hero__button-list is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right butler-auto-contrast\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/major-minor\/\">RGSS Major &amp; Minor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__extra\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1424\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/08103026\/GenderRaceSexualityHero.png\" class=\"hero__image\" alt=\"Class photo in front of Clowes Hall\" style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/08103026\/GenderRaceSexualityHero.png 1424w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/08103026\/GenderRaceSexualityHero-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/08103026\/GenderRaceSexualityHero-1024x224.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/08103026\/GenderRaceSexualityHero-768x168.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1424px) 100vw, 1424px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Race, Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/gender-women-studies\/major-minor\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">RGSS Major &amp; Minor<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">RGSS Faculty &amp; Staff<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/gender-women-studies\/graduates\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Where Are They Now? Butler RGSS Grads<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/study-abroad\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">RGSS Study Abroad Programs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/student-awards\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Student Awards<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 id=\"h-well-prepared-to-work-in-a-diverse-and-multicultural-world\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Well prepared to work in a diverse and multicultural world.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary program housing both a major and a minor in Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RGSS) founded on the premise that gender, sexuality, class, race, and other markers of difference are historical and intersecting constructs affecting all persons. The program offers students a unique opportunity to question and challenge the power structures that perpetuate privilege and inequality, providing a formalized setting for students to interrogate identity and agency locally and globally, and across time and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Majoring in Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RGSS) prepares students for professions in public administration, health and human services, the arts, law, medicine, social work, journalism, and non-governmental social justice organizations, as well as graduate work in a number of programs.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"three-column-text-links alignfull has-no-block-start-margin wp-block-butler-three-column-text-links\">\n\t<div class=\"three-column-text-links__inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"three-column-text-links__headline-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"three-column-text-links__headline butler-auto-contrast\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOur Faculty\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"three-column-text-links__body-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"three-column-text-links__body butler-auto-contrast\">\n\t\t\t\t\tProfessors of Art, Anthropology, Communications, English, Journalism, History, Media Arts, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, Spanish, and more teach classes in the program.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-column-text-links__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons three-column-text-links__button-list is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fb128502 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right butler-auto-contrast\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/faculty-staff\/\">RGSS Faculty &amp; 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