Gender Studies Conference

About the Conference

The CHSS Gender Studies Confer​ence brings together an interdisciplinary audience of students and scholars to discuss the complexities and confluences of gender and sexuality in human experience.

We welcome abstracts or proposals from Houston area undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines for individual papers, panels, poster presentations, visual art presentations, creative writing, or performance art.

Call for Papers for 2026 Conference

18th Annual Gender Studies Conference Call for Abstract / Proposals deadline is March 6, 2026.

Submit Abstract / Proposal

Suggested Topics For Abstracts

Gender and…

• Media (social, screen, literature, video games, music)
• Intersectional differences (race, ethnicity, or nationality)
• Health (healthcare, mental health, medical bias and discrimination)
• Economics (discriminatory policies, access to resources, unpaid work, gendered product pricing)
• Legislation (gender rights, democracy, power structures, immigration, reproductive justice)
• Representation (politics, media, sports, STEM fields, male-dominated fields and industries)
• Equality (marriage, sex, sexism, discrimination, oppression) 
• The workplace (wage gap, advancement, treatment, representation, harassment)
• Biology (the body, sex differences)
• Identity (gender identity development, feminization, male identity challenges, masculinity studies)
• The penal system (incarceration, police brutality, domestic violence, prison industrial complex)
• Sports (wages, bias, representation)
• Social movements
• Disability studies
• Education

LGBTQ+ Issues

• Legislation (sexual orientation and the law, gender identity and the law)
• Transgender studies
• Media (social, screen, literature, video games)
• Health (healthcare, mental health, medical bias and discrimination)
• Equality (marriage, sex, sexism, discrimination)

Other Relevant Topics

• Historical constructions of gender and gender socialization
• Impact of climate change on women’s lives (environmental inequality, reproductive justice) 
• Intersectionality
• Women in nonprofits, philanthropy, and volunteering