{"id":105,"date":"2018-10-24T16:19:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T16:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:42:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:42:22","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column two-thirds\">\n<p>A degree in Gender, Sexuality, and Women&#8217;s Studies (GSWS) is perfect for students interested in building well-paying careers that are exciting, fulfilling and challenging.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<p><span class=\"prpl-button full-width\"><a href=\"\/chss\/student-services\/career-development\/meet-with-a-career-counselor\/\">Meet with a Career Counselor<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>With a background in GSWS, graduates are poised to work with advocacy groups, human rights organizations, environmental and consumer groups, health care, and youth, elderly and social services.<\/li>\n<li>In understanding the multiple intersections among different forms of oppression (sexism, racism, heterosexism, etc.), you\u2019ll be ready to enter policy and lobbying organizations, research centers, trade and international associations, and union\/labor organizing.<\/li>\n<li>Our graduates&#8217; knowledge about power relationships and social injustices can lead to careers in government, politics or academia.<\/li>\n<li>The integration of race, class and gender issues provides a strong preparation for advanced graduate degrees.<\/li>\n<li>The interdisciplinary nature of Women\u2019s Studies is excellent preparation for careers in research, education and librarianship, which require expertise in finding and using information on contemporary social issues<\/li>\n<li>With the drive to use their knowledge to change the world in positive, life-affirming ways, many grads work with human rights organizations, environmental groups and health care agencies.<\/li>\n<li>Majors feel well prepared to enter the medical professions, where their expanded insight and sensitivity to social concerns prove useful.<\/li>\n<li>A degree in GSWS is increasingly relevant and cutting-edge in the legal profession.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Credit: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/nwsa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NWSA.org<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"contact-info\"><div class=\"contact-info-header\"><span>Contact CHSS Career Services<\/span><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-body\"><dl><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Location:<\/dt><dd>Dickson Hall 153<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Email:<\/dt><dd><a href=\"mailto:chsscareer@montclair.edu\">chsscareer@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a background in GSWS, graduates are poised to work with advocacy groups, human rights organizations, environmental and consumer groups, health care, and youth, elderly and social services. In understanding the multiple intersections among different forms of oppression (sexism, racism, heterosexism, etc.), you\u2019ll be ready to enter policy and lobbying organizations, research centers, trade and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":234,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-105","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}