Director of Graduate Studies:
Ayesha Ramachandran (ayesha.ramachandran@yale.edu) through June, 2026.
Dara Strolovitch (dara.strolovitch@yale.edu) beginning July 1, 2026.
General Information
The Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is open to doctoral students currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Yale whose research engages the foregoing questions and approaches. Interested students are encouraged to (1) complete the Certificate Declaration Request form on the YaleHub and (2) fill out the certificate completion record form on the WGSS website upon finishing all requirements. The Director of Graduate Studies in WGSS is available to answer any questions.
Students who wish to receive the certificate must fulfill the following requirements:
-complete WGSS 6600, Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies;
-complete two WGSS-titled or substantively themed electives;
-enroll in and attend WGSS 9900, the WGSS Working Group and Colloquium, for two sequential semesters (preferably in the same academic year);
-present a research paper at a meeting of the WGSS Colloquium or a similar venue.
These requirements should be met in consultation with the DGS.