Northern Star
DeKALB – In 1972, students and faculty began a planning committee for a Women’s Studies Program at the university. In 1981, the plan was approved and the first Women’s Study course was offered during the fall semester. As of 2020, NIU began to offer a Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Major.
“I think the Center for the Study of Women Gender and Sexuality includes the study of women from a very diverse perspective and also includes the study of LGBT people, so that’s one issue that I think is important in contemporary time,” acting director Jessica Reyman said. “The other issue I guess that I would highlight today is raising the visibility and allowing us to see the importance of Black feminism, as we collectively work toward anti-racism and anti-sexism.”