Current and Alumni

The goal of this page is to offer you practical guidance and inspiration for navigating college and planning for your future employment and career.

For those of you who are near graduation, we want to provide you with some ideas and strategies for answering the important question: “What’s next?” Keep in mind that on and off-campus civic engagement projects, internships, study abroad, and independent studies are also important components of your WGST education and future career. You are also encouraged to reach out to your advisor or any of the WGST faculty or staff – we are here to help you succeed!

A minor in Women’s and Gender Studies gives you invaluable skills such as critical thinking, research, analysis, communication, and problem solving – making you an informed, engaged member of society.

Our alumni have gone on to successful careers in media, business management, administration, education, finance, public administration, health, hospitality, human services, information technology, public safety, marketing, sales, engineering, and more! WGST alumni also report that their minor impacted both their career goals and community involvement. UNC Charlotte’s University Career Center is available to assist you in figuring out the best path for your career during and after college, as well as how to make the best use of your WGST education.

Suggested ReadingS:

• College 101: A Girl’s Guide to Freshman Year by Julie Zeilinger
• Transforming Scholarship: Why Women’s and Gender Studies Students Are Changing Themselves and the World (Contemporary Sociological Perspectives), 2nd Edition by Michele Tracy Berger and Cheryl L. Radeloff (Outline)
• Careeranista: The Woman’s Guide to Success After College by Chaz Pitts-Kyser (Table of Contents)
• On My Own Two Feet by Monisha Taylor
• Five For Your First Five: Own Your Career and Life After College by Allison E. McWilliams PhD 
• The Anti 9 to 5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube by Michelle Goodman
• Wisdom of Wildly Creative Women: Real Stories from Inspirational, Artistic, and Empowered Women (True Life Stories, Beautiful Photography) by Angela LoMenzo 
• Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxanne Gay

Suggested Sites for WGST Career Related Information:

• Career Opportunities for Majors in Women’s & Gender Studies (Rutgers University)
• Using Your Degree (New Paltz, State University of New York)
• What can you do with a Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Degree? Anything you want! (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
• What can I do with a Degree in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies? (Portland State University)
• Guide to Majors – Women’s Studies (WorldWideLearn)
• What Can I do with my WGS degree? (Wake Forest University)
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Field of Degree: Culture and Group Studies
• Vault
• Ready to explore career options? PathwayU can help! (UNCC Career Center)

Post-Baccalaureate Education Suggestions:

• Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (UNC Charlotte)
• Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (UNC Charlotte)
• Master of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies (UNC Greensboro)
• Women’s Studies Graduate Programs & Graduate Schools (Nationwide, GradSchools.com)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Emory)
• Doctor of Philosophy: Ph.D. in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Rutgers)
• M.A. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (The Ohio State University)
• Doctor of Philosophy: Ph.D. in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (The Ohio State University)
• Doctor of Philosophy: Ph.D. in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (University of Maryland)
• Joint Ph.D. Programs in Women’s and Gender Studies (University of Michigan)