Tufts University's Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies program in Medford Massachusetts provides an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the complex roles of gender and sexuality in society. It offers students a critical lens to examine how gender intersects with race class ethnicity and other aspects of identity and power within local and global contexts. The curriculum explores historical and contemporary constructions of gender roles and relations emphasizing power dynamics and social justice. Students cultivate critical thinking research and interdisciplinary analysis skills preparing them for a wide range of academic and professional paths.
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Tufts University is a private research university located in the Greater Boston area. The main campus is located in the Walnut Hill neighborhood of the towns of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, with additional facilities located in Boston and Grafton, Massachusetts and in Talloires, France. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. Tufts remained a small liberal arts college until the 1970s, when it transformed into a large research university offering several doctorates.
