Our mission is to support teaching, interdisciplinary learning, and research in the expanding, multi-faceted fields of Women's and Gender Studies. We offer a major and minor in Women's and Gender Studies, upper-levels which explore theoretical and methodological concerns, a variety of offerings drawn from different disciplines in the College and encourage student work in the field.

In support of research in Women's and Gender Studies, we organize a lecture and performance series in the field, the Women's Culture Series, and encourage research by our own faculty through informal presentations of work in progress and feminist and gender theory discussion groups. We encourage student research in Women's and Gender Studies through thesis and essay direction, public presentation of senior projects and papers at professional meetings, and performance of original work in theatre and art. Each spring we announce prizes for student work in the field, drawn from across the curriculum.

We maintain a presence in Chellis House, Middlebury's Women's Resource Center, and support vigorous debate and practice of Women's and Gender Studies by students, faculty and staff throughout the College. Chellis House was dedicated in November, 1993. The building houses a large living room used for classes and meetings of students, faculty and staff. Also in Chellis House are the Alison Fraker Women's Studies Library (furnished by the Fraker family in memory of a former student active in the program), and faculty and administrative offices. The program also supports a group of student monitors engaged in research and activist projects involving the College community, alumni, and the greater Middlebury community. We will continue to deepen and broaden our curriculum through regular core courses at all levels of instruction, and through appointments that will solidify the support that the program demands.