DNA: Definitions Not Applicable. Join students from the Gen Sex program to learn about gender, sexuality, allyship, and more. Special events and guest speakers will join throughout the semester. Contact dcbarton [at] haverford.edu for more information.
Gender and Sexuality Studies

Students gather for bi-weekly workshops as part of the DNA (Definitions Not Applicable) discussion group. Photo: Sabine Mejia '25.

Students gather for bi-weekly workshops as part of the DNA (Definitions Not Applicable) discussion group. Photo: Sabine Mejia '25.

Students gather for bi-weekly workshops as part of the DNA (Definitions Not Applicable) discussion group. Photo: Sabine Mejia '25.
The Program in Gender and Sexuality is an interdisciplinary program that can be integrated with certain majors or pursued independently. Students graduate from the program with a high level of fluency and rigor in their understanding of the different ways issues of gender and sexuality shape our lives as individuals and as members of larger communities, both local and global.
The program offers several different options. Students majoring in certain disciplines may complete a concentration Gender and Sexuality Studies via Haverford College. The details of these programs are provided below. Students can petition with the special committee on their respective home campus (CSSP at Haverford and the Committee on Independent Majors at Bryn Mawr) to design an Independent Major in Gender and Sexuality Studies.
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Becca Matson ’22 is working with digital and physical archives this summer as a summer programs assistant at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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Richie hopes to teach after gradution, before pursuing law study in graduate school to expand modern conceptions of civil rights.