Dr. Susan Heinzelman appointed as new director for CWGS

Susan Heinzelman, Associate Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed director of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS).   Building the center’s teaching and research strengths has been a high priority for Heinzelman, who served as the center’s interim director last year. During the next four years, she will help the center remain competitive with the best women’s and gender studies programs in the nation by pursuing a range of funding opportunities. “Under the visionary leadership of past directors, the Center for Women's and Gender Studies has become an essential part of the university's research and teaching mission,” Heinzelman said. “I am honored to have the opportunity to build on the work of these talented women and to advance the center's reputation for academic excellence.”
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