Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies (CRGS) is an undergraduate program focused on the critical examination of race, class, gender, sexuality, dis/ability and nation as intersecting categories of identity, oppression and resistance.

The CRGS B.A. degree offers three concentrations:
12th Annual Hip-Hop Conference: More Power to the People
Please join us for the 12th Annual Hip-Hop Conference: More Power to the People on Thursday April 17, 2025- Friday April 18, 2025
Check out some of our flyers here
FREE for everyone!
Thursday April 17: Keynote Speaker and Performer Dre-T
Fulkerson Hall (MUSB_132) from 7:30-9pm
Friday April 18: Presentations & Celebration
Presentations at Siemens Hall (SH_108) from 5-8pm
Hip Hop Celebration @ D Street Community Center 8-10pm ft. MC NacOne, Ra, Binta, and More
Call for Papers: 12th Annual Hip-Hop Conference
April 18th 5-8pm
Submission Dealine: April 13, 2025 (Email to rb1337@humboldt.edu)
We are accepting proposals from students, faculty, staff, and community members for presentations. Prospective participants are invited to submit proposals. Prospective participants may submit individual papers or full panels. All submissions must include the author/speaker(s) name, title of paper, and contact information.
Possible topics include but are not limited to:
★ Hip-Hop & Education ★ Hip-Hop to create unity ★ Hip-
Hop as resistance ★ Hip-Hop as a resiliency factor ★
Hip-Hop as a social/political movement ★ Hip-Hop &
identity ★ Hip-Hop as creative self expression ★ Hip-
Hop Performance ★ Your topic here!
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Your gift to this fund will provide general support to the Critical Race Gender Sexuality (CRGS) Program and help with current needs and priorities. College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (CAHSS)
Dr. Nancy Pérez's New Position
Dear Campus Community,
It is with a mix of joy and sadness that we announce that Dr. Nancy Pérez has accepted a position at California State University, Northridge in the Department of Central American and Transborder Studies beginning this Fall 2024. Dr. Pérez joined the Department of Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies (CRGS) in 2018 and in Spring 2024 was awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Please see the Department's letter of support on Dr. Nancy Pérez's New Position with the pdf below.
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