REP. COLLINS: University of Iowa Renames the Gender Studies Program [Video]

In a press release issued last month, the University of Iowa announced that their College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is proposing creating a School of Social and Cultural Analysis that would combine several departments and programs in the areas of African American Studies; American Studies; Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies; Jewish Studies; Latina/o/x Studies; and Native American and Indigenous Studies. Due to this, the college plans on closing the departments of American Studies and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, as well as majors in American Studies and Social Justice, which have less than 60 students combined, to create a new major in Social and Cultural Analysis. If approved by the Board of Regents, the new School of Social and Cultural Analysis would go into effect July 1, 2025, the same as the new School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability.

Initially the decision to close the Gender, Women’s and Sexuality …