The Gender Studies for Women is not a well-known program at the University of Mississippi. I asked a student, Kirstie Campbell, if she could point me in the direction of the Gender Studies building. She replied, "We have a Gender Studies program?" The Sarah Isom Center is located in Paul B. Johnson Commons on the west side of campus. The Gender Studies program is to provide a place where groups concerned with gender-related issues can gather, educate the community and campus on gender issues, support student research on Gender Studies.
After talking to Kevin Cozart, coodinator of operation, he said, "Half the student body is female; but those connected to the Isom Center is a very small portion of the Unversity's population; not to say that the work and resources is for women only".
TheGender Studies has a Brown Bag Luncheon on occasions, in the Johnson Commons. The main event the Isom Center looks forward to having is the Isom Student Gender Conference. This conference does not have a set date, but it open to the public and welcome for anyone interested to attend.
"We are always looking to become more well-known and always looking for feedback of what people are looking for from us to be more relevant in their lives on a day to day basis. The ways for us to best serve you is for you to tell us what you are looking for from us."
To contact the Sarah Isom Center email isonctr@olemiss.edu or call (662)915-5916.
www.olemiss.edu/depts/sarah_isom_center/about.html
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