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Careers & Alumni
No matter your path, you’ll leave the program ready to succeed
You will graduate with core skills in critical thinking, research, writing, and organization. The curriculum foregrounds dialogue and active learning and students gain strong communication and leadership skills.
Graduates are prepared to enter fields like politics and government, law, business, social services, activism and community organizing. In addition, CRGS alumni will be in a strong position to enter and successfully complete graduate study programs in a number of disciplines, as well as professional and credential programs, leading to a range of career paths.
Related Job Titles
The following list is not meant to be all inclusive; many other job alternatives and titles may exist. Some require further education. As an ESM major, careers could reach across other concentration areas; refer to those career guides.
Gender/Race issues advocate
Campaign Worker
Social Worker
Non-Governmental Agencies Worker
Youth Counselor
Volunteer Services Coordinator
Community Planning Specialist
Special Programming Coordinator
Gender/Race issues coordinator
Public Information Coordinator
Census/Survey Worker
Social Science Researcher
Data Analyst
Research Associate
Social Services Case Manager
Social Worker
Public opinion analyst
Editor
Journalist
Teacher
Resource consultant
School administrator
Sexual Assault Prevention Educ.
Victim Advocate
Family Services Specialist
Public Relations Advisor
Intake Counselor/Eligibility Worker
Immigration Specialist
Policy Analyst
Market Research Analyst
Cultural Resource Manager
Non-profit Administrator
Community Organizer/Outreach
Marketable Skills
Multi-Disciplinary Perspective
Background in CRGS, Ethnic Studies, Psychology, English, Women's Studies, Legal Issues, Globalization, Environmental Issues and Anthropology.
Extensive Analytical and Investigative Skills
Gathering Information Through Research
Conducting Field Studies
Sampling and Surveying
Policy Analysis
Multi-Faceted Human Relations
Sensitivity to People and Problems/ Assessing Needs
Understanding of Institutional, Personal, and Interpersonal Dimensions of Class, Race, Gender, Sexuality, Physical Ability, Age and Nationality
Ability to Communicate Across Differences
Engage Ethically with Differences and Commonalities
Understand Human Relationships/Social Processes
Ability to Represent Others
Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies have given alumni opportunities to work in their fields around the world.
Some alumni have gone on to graduate schools. Others lead non-profits, work in journalism, education, law, policy and government. We are critical thinkers with progressive ideas that celebrate and elevate underrepresented voices.
Featured Alumni
Alumni Updates
Holly Lemyre
Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality StudiesAnthropology, 2017
Holly has had the unique pleasure of applying the toolkit gained in her CRGS degree to a field she'd never heard of before graduation: pelvic health. She's spent the last two and a half years working at Origin, a femtech startup committed to changing the future of health for individuals with a vaginal pelvic floor.
Diana Argueta
Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, 2017
Diana Argueta, Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, 2017, returned to the world of immigrant rights after many years of being away, and she loves it! She is am currently a social worker case managing two programs housing children in custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement and Unaccompanied Refugee Minors. She advocates for children who have no one to care for them in their country of origin or in the U.S. as they start their life over in this country and apply for political asylum.
Kimiko Nishitsuji
Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, 2016
After graduating with a degree in CRGS I'm 2016, Kimiko Nishitsuji spent the last three years as a county eligibility worker at the County of Humboldt. Prior to that, she served as the Patient Benefits Coordinator at Mad River Community Hospital. She recently relocated back to LA County and is the Medi-Cal Enrollment Specialist for WelbeHealth PACE, providing case management for medically complex at risk elders. She lives with her partner Patrick Notthoff (2012) and her cat Mr. Mochi.