阿克伦大学的妇女研究计划让学生就美国和全球范围内对妇女的压迫，性别和性行为的社会建构性质，妇女的压迫与种族，种族的交集进行批判性探究。 ，阶级，性别和其他形式的不平等，以及重要的是女性主义抵抗的历史和模式。妇女研究通过各种课程鼓励学生辩论假设，探索不同观点以及调查影响世界各地妇女生活的社会，经济和文化习俗。
The Women's Studies Program at the University of Akron engages students in critical inquiry on women's oppression in the U.S and globally, the socially constructed nature of gender and sexuality, the intersection of women's oppression with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and other forms of inequality, and importantly, histories and modes of feminist resistance. Through a wide variety of classes, Women's Studies encourages students to debate assumptions, explore divergent viewpoints, and investigate the social, economic, and cultural practices that have shaped the lives of women around the world.