Gen(der) Ed

Join us in welcoming two new Advocacy Coordinators to the Women's Center team. They work to provide support and advocacy services to those who have been impacted by power-based violence. Get to know more about our advocates and learn more about what utilizing our advocacy services looks like.

In celebration of Earth Day we talk with Dr. Shannon Elizabeth Bell, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at Virginia Tech, about the ways in which environmental justice activism is gendered. Join us for this important conversation about the ways in which gender roles impact our ability to show up in activist work as well as ways that everyone can get involved with this important issue. 

For Sexual Assault Awareness Month we talk with Chimi Boyd-Keyes, CEO of CBK Enterprises. As a seasoned Higher Education professional for 18 years, Chimi has worked extensively on women’s and gender issues and topics relating to other marginalized populations. She shares insights on doing work in violence prevention and the importance of constantly learning and evaluating the work you are doing to ensure that it is meeting the needs of the populations you are serving.

Join us as we talk with Dr. Bingham, Director for the Virginia Tech LGBTQ+ Resource Center. She shares the importance of having a Resource Center for our Queer students, faculty, and staff, as well as why celebrating and honoring days and weeks for this community is so important.

Listen in to learn more and check out all of the Pride week events happening at Virginia Tech April 5th - 9th.

On this episode we are joined by Laurie Fritsch, Assistant Director at Hokie Wellness, Taylor Welch, Health Education and Awareness Team Peer Educator, and Riley David, Health Education and Awareness Team Peer Educator and Sorority Body Project student coordinator. They talk with us about body image and eating concerns, body acceptance and neutrality, how to support a friend, and more. 

Join us for this discussion about societal messages about bodies and make sure to check out our website for more resources. www.womenscenter.vt.edu/gendered

In celebration of Women's History Month, we talk with Dr. Menah Pratt-Clarke, Vice President for Strategic Affairs and Diversity. This year we are featuring trailblazers who have led movements, broke down barriers, and began dismantling systems of oppression. Dr. Pratt-Clarke is not only a trailblazer with her contributions to academia but also in her current role at Virginia Tech leading efforts around diversity equity and inclusion.

Join us as she talks about her experiences of being a trailblazer and what it is like to be the "lonely only", the importance of remembering your "why", and more.

In honor and celebration of Black History Month, the Women’s Center will be gathering and sharing stories of achievement and joy from the Black women* in our community. During the entire month of February, we will be featuring stories shared with us on our podcast, Gen(der) Ed.

*We acknowledge that womanhood and gender identity are fluid and unique to each individual. We welcome stories from all who feel they may fall under the identity of “woman”.

On this episode we are featuring stories from Dr. Andrea Baldwin, Shannon Alford and Jariah.

Join us for this special episode in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the theme, We Cannot Walk Alone. We talk with Dr. Pat Hyer, Dr. Barbara Pendergrass, and Dr. Delores Scott, three women who were pivotal in advocating for women, Black students and faculty, students with disabilities, and other marginalized communities at Virginia Tech. They worked together, with many others, to establish programs and policies to help students, faculty, and staff be successful during their time at our university. Listen in as they share their experiences at Virginia Tech, the pivotal programs they launched that still exist today, and why leadership in advocacy is so important. 

On this episode we continue to talk about the detrimental impacts of gender expectations and how we can address a complex issue like sexual assault on a college campus. Listen to Part 2 of our masculinities conversation with Tyler Pugh, an industrial systems engineering student & Resident Advisor , Dr. Byron Hughes, the Dean of Students at VT, and Donte Morrison, the Violence Prevention Coordinator with the Women’s Resource Center of the NRV. 

On this week's episode we are talking about gender roles and expectations, and more specifically as it relates to sexual and relationship violence. Our guests are Tyler Pugh, an industrial systems engineering student & Resident Advisor , Dr. Byron Hughes, the Dean of Students at VT, and Donte Morrison, the Violence Prevention Coordinator with the Women’s Resource Center of the NRV. They share their experience with understanding and talking about gender as well as the detrimental impacts that gender expectations can have.