Career Opportunities
"My Women's Studies experience has helped me delve deeper in self-exploration and has given me the tools to dissect the intricate workings of gender in the workplace and to thrive in the male-dominated industry of finance."
-Lindsay McKeever, '04
"My academic investment in Women's Studies prepared me for a career in the business world by teaching me to think systemically about history and power. As a result, I learned what happens in organizations when systems are out of balance. I loved the fact that Women's Studies was so multi-disciplinary, applying to every aspect of my life. Following Denison, I earned a Masters in English, with a concentration in Black women's literature, then went on to work in a variety of Human Resources roles, eventually becoming the US Manager for Diversity at Digital Equipment Corporation, then the Director of Workforce Effectiveness & Diversity for BankBoston. My Women's Studies experience at Denison has served me extremely well, both personally and professionally."
-Kim Cromwell, '81
Women's Studies majors and minors have become successful in human resources, personnel, community organization, government, social services, and in nonprofit organizational work. Majors and minors find positions in various businesses that make use of their special knowledge of gender issues. Women's Studies is a valuable liberal arts major that prepares students to take leadership positions in the corporate world as well as to participate in today's changing society.
Some of our students do graduate work in Women's Studies to prepare for college teaching, public policy research, social services, or public administration; other Denisonians enter medical school, law school, business school or pursue other advanced degrees.
Some possible career paths for Women's Studies majors include:
- Administration
- Advocacy
- Case Management
- City Planning
- Community Affairs
- Consulting
- Corrections & Rehabilitation
- Counseling
- Data Analysis
- Demography
- Development, Fundraising
- Education
- Employee Benefits
- Finance
- Human Resources Development
- Human Resources Training
- Human Services
- Information Sourcing
- Law Enforcement
- Management
- Marketing
- Market Research
- Museum Curator
- Museum Conservation
- Museum Research
- Policy Analysis
- Politics
- Program Development
- Programming
- Public Interest
- Public Relations
- Public Welfare
- Recruiting
- Research at public & private colleges or universities
- Sales
- Social Statistics
- Teaching at public & private colleges or universities
- Victims Assistance
- Youth Services
For additional information concerning career options for Women's Studies graduates, contact Career Services at x6656 or stop by Burton Morgan 306.