{"id":529,"date":"2018-06-13T11:25:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T15:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/mission-statement\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:41:09","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Program in Gender and Intersectionality Studies Program at Monmouth University critically investigates gendered power relations in all fields of social life, popular culture, and the arts through exciting course offerings and relevant campus events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We support the rigorous examination of the social construction of gender in various cultural and historical contexts and encourage students to become keen analysts of how gender inequalities in a range of domains intersect with other structures of advantage and disadvantage, such as race, class, nation, and sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In so doing, we aim to equip all students with critical thinking skills essential to effectively bringing about positive changes in a world deeply impacted by gender injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Program in Gender and Intersectionality Studies Bylaws are available by request of the Gender and Intersectionality Studies director. Faculty members wishing to become a member of PGIS\u00a0should <a href=\"mailto:kparkin@monmouth.edu\">email\u00a0the Gender and Intersectionality Studies Director Katherine Parkin, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"director-of-program-in-gender-and-intersectionality-studies-pgis\">Director of Program in Gender and Intersectionality Studies (PGIS)<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" style=\"object-position: 29.3075% 53.05%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/DSC_6898-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/DSC_6898-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/DSC_6898-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/DSC_6898-2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/DSC_6898-2-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/katherine-parkin\/\">Katherine Parkin, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Professor;<br>Jules Plangere, Jr., Endowed Chair in American Social History<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">History and Anthropology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">James and Marlene Howard Hall, 335<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 571-4492\">732-571-4492<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:kparkin@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Katherine'>kparkin@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pgis-executive-team\">PGIS Executive Team<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group threeGrid is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-mu-person card wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-vertical person-40802241762  white has-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"560\" height=\"560\" style=\"object-position: 54.41% 45.635%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Melissa-Alvare-Profile.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Melissa A . 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