Women’s and Gender Studies Program

‘Whisper networks’ don’t work as well online – women are better able to look out for each other in person

In this essay for The Conversation, Carrie Ann Johnson, assistant teaching professor of Women's and Gender Studies, discusses how women use "whisper networks" – informal channels used to warn other women about sexual harassment, abuse or assault – to keep safe in organizations.

September 30, 2025

Ann Oberhauser receives Jan Monk Service Award

Ann Oberhauser, professor of sociology and director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, has received the Jan Monk Service Award from the Feminist Geographies Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). The award recognizes a geographer who has made an outstanding service contribution to women in geography and/or…

April 29, 2021