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The UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center works towards a world in which education and scholarship are tools for social justice feminism, improving the lives of people of all genders.

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The UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center is an internationally recognized center for research on gender, sexuality, and women’s issues and the first organized research unit of its kind in the University of California system.

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Current projects include Coastal Resilience, Gender and Water, Feminist Anti-Carceral Studies, and Sexual Violence and Intersectionality.

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Each year, CSW|Streisand Center offers grants and funding support to faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, departments, and CSW research affiliates.

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Cover of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women | Barbra Streisand Center 2025–2026 Annual Report, covering July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026. Lists Jessica Cattelino, Director, and Nina Eidsheim, Associate Director. The UCLA College Social Sciences and CSW Barbra Streisand Center logos appear at the top.

Announcing the 2025–2026 Annual Report

Dear President Michael Kothkoff, I am writing as Director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women Barbra Streisand Center, home to Survivors + Allies, a student-led survivor advocacy and research initiative. We were deeply concerned to leam of the recent news from Cornell University and are glad to see the reopening of the criminal investigation into the 2024 assault at the Chi Phi fraternity house. Our thoughts are with the survivor and fellow survivors in the Cornell community. Our first responsibility in writing is not to offer outside prescriptions, but to underscore the students, survivors, and advocates on your own campus as the ones who know Comell best. We understand that Cornell's Presidential Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault, led by Dean Rachel Dunifon and Dean Marla Love, has already done substantial work, including its March 2026 final report responding to the 2025 Comell Survey on Sexual Assault and Related Misconduct. We believe such data-driven, student-informed efforts are a foundation to build on. We would encourage you to listen closely to survivors themselves as next steps are decided. Survivors + Allies' research began in the space between what Title IX promises and what it requires of universities. Survivors + Allies built its own evidence base because those gaps left students' experiences largely undocumented.

Our letter to Cornell and What the Dreaming Together Report Offers

Flier for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s University Press Editor-in-Residence Program: an individual consultation with Leah Pennywark, Humanities Editor at the University of Minnesota Press. Applications are due Sunday, December 13, 2026, for consultations on February 23-24, 2027. Open to ladder faculty, adjuncts and lecturers, postdocs, and advanced graduate students. A QR code labeled “Scan to learn more and apply” links to the application. Logos of the Barbra Streisand Center and UCLA co-sponsoring units appear at the bottom.

Meet with a Humanities Editor: Editor-in-Residence Program

Events

"Event flyer for a Graduate Student Workshop titled 'Asking Different Questions: Feminist Approaches to Research, Knowledge & Academic Culture,' hosted by UCLA CSW (Center for the Study of Women)/Barbra Streisand Center and UC Davis Feminist Research Institute. Header text asks: 'Are you a feminist grad student doing research in STEM? Ever wondered how to apply feminist principles in your work?' An abstract illustration on the right shows a stylized eye, geometric shapes, and a microscope-like form in teal, navy, and gold tones. The workshop is led by Sarah McCullough of UC Davis Feminist Research Institute (FRI). Event details: December 3, 2026, 10:30 am–12:00 pm, free with lunch provided, at the Center for the Study of Women / Barbra Streisand Center, 1500 Public Affairs, UCLA. Below, workshop subtitle reads 'Redressing Systemic Biases in Research & Living Your Values in Academia.' Participants will gain: intellectual frameworks from feminist science studies; tools for recognizing systemic bias in research; strategies for aligning academic practice with personal values; approaches for taking action toward greater equity; and new ways to strengthen the accuracy, relevance, and impact of research. A QR code and link for registration appear in the bottom right: https://asking-different-questions-graduate.eventbrite.com."

Graduate Student Workshop: Asking Different Questions

December 3 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pmCenter for the Study of Women"Event flyer for a Faculty Workshop titled 'Asking Different Questions: Feminist Approaches to Research, Knowledge & Academic Culture,' hosted by UCLA CSW (Center for the Study of Women)/Barbra Streisand Center and UC Davis Feminist Research Institute. Header text asks: 'Are you a feminist doing research in STEM? Ever wondered how to apply feminist principles in your work?' An abstract illustration on the right shows a stylized eye, geometric shapes, and a microscope-like form in teal, navy, and gold tones. The workshop is led by Sarah McCullough of UC Davis Feminist Research Institute (FRI). Event details: December 3, 2026, 1:00–2:30 pm, free with lunch provided, at the Center for the Study of Women / Barbra Streisand Center, 1500 Public Affairs, UCLA. Below, workshop subtitle reads 'Faculty & Researcher Workshop: How do histories of eugenics, colonialism, and patriarchy continue to shape research?' Participants will explore how addressing systemic bias can: improve the accuracy and impact of scientific research; generate more innovative approaches to pressing contemporary issues; create more equitable and welcoming research environments; support junior scholars and strengthen lab culture; and turn feminist insights into actionable research practices. A QR code and link for registration appear in the bottom right: https://asking-different-questions-faculty.eventbrite.com."

Faculty & Researcher Workshop: Asking Different Questions

December 3 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pmCenter for the Study of Women

Blog

Cover of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women | Barbra Streisand Center 2025–2026 Annual Report, covering July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026. Lists Jessica Cattelino, Director, and Nina Eidsheim, Associate Director. The UCLA College Social Sciences and CSW Barbra Streisand Center logos appear at the top.

Announcing the 2025–2026 Annual Report

A celebratory graphic announcing 'Breaking News: The HEAR Survivors Act (AB 2212) Passed!' with confetti and exclamation marks over an image of the California State Capitol building.

HEAR Survivors Act Signed Into Law, Expanding Protections for College Students

Laine Barriga, Gina Hsu, Didem Ozan, Jordan Packer, TG26 panelists stand together smiling in front of a doorway or hallway at the Thinking Gender 2026 conference.

2025-2026 Year in Review

The Barbra Streisand Center

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