Irene Pappas, B.A. 2005

2005 Major: Women's Studies and Political Science

How has being a GSF (or Women's Studies) graduate from Duke helped shape you personally and/or professionally?

"More than anything I think my professors and classes prepared me for critical thinking in real-life scenarios."

What advice would you give students in Duke's Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies programs?

"Choose your own adventure - I'm not sure if this exists anymore but I was able to create my own course and I read and wrote about women's fashion as it relates to societal control over women's bodies (in history and even today) and I ended up working in fashion public relations!."