Michele Janette, Director

Professors: Cooper, Dickinson, Dodd, Hedrick, McElroy, Takemoto, and Thurston; Associate Professors: Anderson, Breen, Britton, Dinkel, Hubler, Janette, Janke, Nel, Nelson, Scott, Spears, Wheatley, Williams, Wood, and Zschoche; Assistant Professors: Askey, Baillargeon, Gonzáles, Knoblauch, Kozar, Longmuir, Martínez-Ortiz, Matlock, McCrea, Muturi, and Roshanravan; Instructors: Carroll, Franchitti, and Sabatés.

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Women’s studies explores how and why gender and related institutions of inequality have been created and are being transformed nationally and globally. It analyzes gender as a social institution that is one of the major ways in which society is organized. It focuses on understanding women’s lives, status, and contributions to society and the various disciplines.

Generally, women’s studies seeks to make women of all ages the central category of analysis, using feminist and other relevant theories and methods, and through multidisciplinary, historically based, academic and social action research. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which women are shaped by the major interlocking institutions of difference: gender/sexuality, “race”/ethnicity, class, and global inequality. Viewing knowledge as empowering, women’s studies has the goal of integrating theory and practice to redefine cultural and material relationships so as to eliminate gender inequality and other forms of hierarchy. In the classroom, women’s studies faculty members foster an interactive learning environment and encourage students to consider their own experiences in relation to course content.

With a degree in women’s studies, a graduate is prepared for a variety of career directions, including the administration of women’s programs, health or human services fields, and education. Women’s studies is also an excellent liberal arts major, providing a firm foundation for graduate work in any professional field or academic discipline. Graduates may continue their studies in women’s studies or, for instance, in the social sciences, the humanities, law, or a variety of social services or medical fields.

Programs

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science

• •  Women’s Studies B.A./B.S.

Minor

• •  Women’s Studies Minor

Courses

Women’s Studies

• •  WOMST 105 - Introduction to Women’s Studies
• •  WOMST 205 - Gender, Ethnicity, and Class
• •  WOMST 300 - Selected Studies of Women and Gender
• •  WOMST 321 - Latina’s Life Stories
• •  WOMST 345 - Women & Aging: Looking at Multicultural Female Aging Through a Gendered Lens
• •  WOMST 380 - Women and Global Social Change
• •  WOMST 410 - Feminist Thought
• •  WOMST 450 - The Stories of a Young Girl
• •  WOMST 480 - Women and Environmentalism
• •  WOMST 499 - Honors Project
• •  WOMST 500 - Topics in Women’s Studies
• •  WOMST 505 - Independent Study in Women’s Studies
• •  WOMST 550 - Women and Popular Culture
• •  WOMST 551 - The History and Politics of Family Violence
• •  WOMST 560 - Women and Violence
• •  WOMST 580 - Women and Religion
• •  WOMST 585 - Women and Islam
• •  WOMST 590 - Women’s Studies Practice and Theory
• •  WOMST 610 - Seminar in Women’s Studies
• •  WOMST 700 - Advanced Topics in Women’s Studies
• •  WOMST 784 - Internship in Women’s Studies
• •  WOMST 799 - Independent Study for Graduate Students or Advanced Undergraduate Students