News
(March 19, 2026)
WGS Professor Featured on New Books Network PodcastWomen's and gender studies faculty member Carmel Christy K. J. explored Malayalam cinema's role in shaping identity and daily life in Kochi, India.
(Oct. 30, 2025)
Scholar's Work Honored at National SymposiumGwendolyn D. Pough’s book contributed to hip hop scholarship and Black feminist thought.
(Nov. 27, 2023)
Indigenous Studies Researcher Advises the UN on Inequalities in Food Security and NutritionA&S scholar, Mariaelena Huambachano, travels the world gathering and sharing research on the wisdom of “Traditional Ecological Knowledge”, while passing it down to the next generation through her teaching at Syracuse.
(Nov. 6, 2023)
A&S Professor Wins Award for a Career Record of Outstanding MentorshipGwendolyn D. Pough, a scholar of Black feminist theory, is recognized by the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition.
(July 19, 2023)
Remembering Minnie-Bruce Pratt, Professor Emerita of Women's and Gender Studies and Writing and RhetoricPratt was a faculty member in A&S for over a decade and played an instrumental role in developing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies program.
(April 5, 2023)
Raising Awareness to End Caste DiscriminationApril marks Syracuse University’s second Dalit History Month campus observance with a lecture and graduate student workshop bringing visibility to caste-based oppression.
(Feb. 13, 2023)
2023 Humanities Center Faculty Fellows Focus on Critical Societal ConcernsProjects examine race and language, the genealogy of slavery, women’s marital rights in Arab nations and the impact of 1990s alternative rock.
(Feb. 6, 2023)
Mellon Foundation Recognizes Syracuse Black/Arab Racial Justice Research ProjectProfessors Carol Fadda and Dana Olwan will examine the impact of racism and discrimination on the interconnected histories and lived experiences of Arab and Black communities living in the city of Syracuse.