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  1. Business students working together around a table.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Creating Case Studies of Women in Business

    School of Business professors contribute to the Case Research Journal. College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences and School of Business Professor of Practice Cynthia Ingols was guest editor for a special issue of Case Research Journal. The issue, focused...

  2. Headshot of Shayne Zaslow
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Shayne Zaslow ‘11MA: The GCS Program Is Very Unique

    A PhD student in Sociology at University of Virginia, Shayne shares his thoughts on how GCS prepared him for his current studies. What did you study at Simmons? I completed a dual degree program to earn my MA in gender...

  3. The front of the Main College Building in the Fall
    Campus & Community

    Simmons Among Peace Corps’ Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges

    Simmons is among the Peace Corps' 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges & Universities List! The Peace Corps announced that Simmons ranked No. 13 among small schools on the agency’s 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. There are 10 Simmons alumni...

  4. Headshot of Ally Day
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Ally Day '09MA: GCS Will Always Be My Intellectual Home

    Ally reflects on how her MA in gender and cultural studies made her more competitive in applying to PhD programs. Which graduate program did you complete at Simmons? What were your areas of focus? I graduated with my MA in...

  5. Front of the Main College Building

    Support for Transgender Students

    A Message from President Helen Drinan. I am writing today to reflect on the recent reversal of the Education and Justice Department’s joint guidance directing school districts and colleges to enable transgender students to use facilities that correspond with their...

  6. Alumnae/i Feature

    Hope Shannon '13MA: Choose Simmons

    We chatted with Hope about her MA in history and how Simmons prepared her for PhD work. Where are you doing your doctoral work? I'm a PhD student in the dual United States History and Public History program at Loyola...

  7. Headshot of Sarah Shives
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Sarah Shives '13MA Applies Gender Theory at Work

    Sarah filled us in on her job as the Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Puget Sound! What attracted you to the gender and cultural studies (GCS) program at Simmons? I was particularly attracted to the intersectional approach...

  8. Amar, Neighborhood Market. By Edith Bresler.
    Faculty Spotlight

    We Sold a Winner

    Professor Edie Bresler focuses on small family-run convenience stores and marketplaces where winning jackpot tickets are sold. Since 2009 Professor Bresler has been looking at the American landscape through the lens of state-run lotteries. By focusing on small family-run convenience...

  9. Feet standing on a bathroom scale.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Risk Factors for Excessive Gestational Weight Gain

    Risk factors for excessive gestational weight gain among low income women receiving WIC services. This project is a collaboration between Simmons University and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and includes nine years of longitudinal data representing a large proportion...

  10. Students using computers.
    Faculty Spotlight

    The Use of Google Scholar and Academic Library Websites Among Academics

    Examining the use and efficacy of Google Scholar and academic library websites in finding scholarly information resources. This study aims to investigate and compare the use of Google Scholar and academic library websites among academics including undergraduate students, graduate students...