2013-2014 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Women’s Studies
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3 Leasure Hall
785-532-5738
Fax: 785-532-3299
womst@k-state.edu
http://www.k-state.edu/womst/
Program Director:
Michele Janette
Graduate Certificate Coordinator:
Torry Dickinson
Graduate faculty:
Chardie Baird, Ph.D., Florida State University
*Louise Breen, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Cora Cooper, D.M., Florida State University
Maria Teresa DePaoli, Ph.D., Purdue University
Torry Dickinson, Ph.D., University of New York-Binghamton
Janice Dinkel, MSW, University of Kansas
Elizabeth Dodd, Ph.D., Indiana University
Abby Franchitti, Ph.D., University Francois Rabelais, France
Tonya Gonzalez, Ph.D., University of California Riverside
Don Hedrick, Ph.D., Cornell University
Angela Hubler, Ph.D., Duke University
Michele Janette, Ph.D., Yale University
Rhonda R. Janke, Ph.D., Cornell University
Laura Kanost, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Katherine Karlin, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Alison A. Knoblauch, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
Joy Kozar, Ph.D., Iowa State University
*Melody L. A. LeHew, Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Anne Longmuir, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
Wendy A. Matlock, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
*Mary McElroy, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Heather L. McCrea, Ph.D., SUNY-Stony Brook
Nancy Muturi, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Philip W. Nel, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Bonnie Nelson, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Mervi Pakaste, M.F.A., Penn State University
Cheryl Ragar, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Shireen Roshanravan, Ph.D., Binghamton University
Nadia Shapkina, Ph.D., Georgia State University
*Jacqueline Spears, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Lisa Tatonetti, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Caroline Tushabe, Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton
Alison Wheatley, Ph.D., University of Virginia
*L. Susan Williams, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Naomi Wood, Ph.D., Duke University
*Sue Zschoche, Ph.D., University of Kansas
*Denotes graduate faculty that are certified to serve as the major professor for doctoral students.
Program description
The program offers a Graduate Certificate for students in M.A., M.S., doctoral, and professional programs at Kansas State. Students have the opportunity to work with specialists in feminist theory, scholarship, and pedagogy from different disciplines. The certificate will enhance job opportunities by broadening students’ perspective on gender issues and by preparing them to teach women’s studies courses.
Graduate Certificate
Women’s Studies
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WOMST 500 - Topics in Women’s Studies
Topics vary.
Credits: (1-3)
When Offered:
Fall or Spring
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WOMST 505 - Independent Study in Women’s Studies
Independent, interdisciplinary, supervised study in an area which does not fall within the boundaries of a traditional department.
Credits: (1-3)
Note:
May be repeated once for credit with change of topic.
When Offered:
Fall, Spring
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WOMST 510 - Research Methods in Women’s Studies
An advanced course in practices of research in Women’s Studies, with attention to what distinguishes interdisciplinary, feminist research from traditional, disciplinary practices. Methods explored may include survey, interview, oral history, ethnography, hermeneutics, content analysis, case study, experimental, and action research.
Credits: (3)
Requisites:
Pr.: WOMST 305 and WOMST 410.
When Offered:
Spring
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WOMST 550 - Women and Popular Culture
Images of women in a variety of popular media forms: fiction, film, television, music (including MTV), magazines, advertising, and material culture. Women are explored as objects, consumers, and producers of popular culture. Material is drawn from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, history, literary criticism, and cultural studies.
Credits: (3)
Requisites:
Pr.: WOMST 105 or at least 3 hours of Women’s Studies credit.
When Offered:
Fall or Spring, alt years
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WOMST 551 - The History and Politics of Family Violence
Explores the history of family or domestic violence in America as a social, cultural, legal, and public policy issue from the colonial period to the present. Stress is placed upon the cultural roots and evolution of domestic law. The development of state-controlled social welfare agencies as well as the emergence of the “battered women’s movement” is particularly emphasized.
Credits: (3)
Requisites:
Pr.: sophomore standing or above.
When Offered:
Intersession
Crosslisted:
HIST 551
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WOMST 560 - Women and Violence
The roots of male violence against women, cultural forms of sexual coercion and violence, and strategies for envisioning and enacting social change. Topics addressed include rape/sexual harassment.
Credits: (3)
Requisites:
Pr.: WOMST 105 or at least 3 hours of Women’s Studies credit.
When Offered:
Fall or Spring, alt years
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WOMST 580 - Women and Religion
How gender relations and women have been shaped by religious traditions throughout history and in the contemporary world. Analysis of the construction of gender in the world’s major religions including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism as well as in tribal societies, new religious movements and Humanism.
Credits: (3)
When Offered:
Fall or Spring
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WOMST 585 - Women and Islam
A study of the history and sources of Islam with particular reference to women in a variety of cultures, ranging from South east Asia, Aftica, the Middle East to the Western World.
Credits: (3)
When Offered:
Intersession
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WOMST 590 - Women’s Studies Practice and Theory
An active exploration of local-to-global change in relation to feminist and nonviolence theories, concepts, and methods. Includes a social change project consisting of 52 hours of skill and research-based field experience with a campus or community organization. Students will read and discuss academic writings on inclusive approaches to social change, participatory action research, community building, social movements and theory. This course provides students with professional and academic skills that relate to employment and graduate work in diverse fields.
Credits: (3)
Requisites:
Pr.: 3 hrs of women’s studies credit or by instructor permission.
When Offered:
Spring, alt years
Crosslisted:
DAS 590, Applied Nonviolence
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WOMST 610 - Capstone Seminar in Women’s Studies
An advanced seminar for in-depth investigation of a specific topic. Students will conduct independent research and produce a substantial project or paper.
Credits: (3)
Requisites:
Pr.:WOMST 510.
When Offered:
Fall
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WOMST 700 - Advanced Topics in Women’s Studies
Provides an in-depth theoretical and empirical analysis of scholarly works relating to an interdisciplinary topic in Women’s Studies.
Credits: (1-3)
Requisites:
Pr.: Junior standing or above and instructor permission.
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WOMST 784 - Internship in Women’s Studies
Supervised field work at the local, state, national, or international level in a community, volunteer, activist, or political organization.
Credits: (1-12)
Note:
A maximum of 3 credits can count toward the Women’s Studies minor, and a maximum of 6 towards the major.
Requisites:
Pr.: Consent of instructor and two courses in Women’s Studies
When Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
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WOMST 799 - Independent Study for Graduate Students or Advanced Undergraduate Students
Topics Vary. Independent study in problems, issues, topics in Women’s Studies.
Credits: (1-3)
When Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
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WOMST 810 - Gender: An Interdisciplinary Overview
Advanced overview of feminist scholarship, including theories and methods. Examines the social construction of gender inequality and feminist movements for equity. The historical development of feminist theory, contemporary debates, and multicultural and global feminism will be studied. Required for Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies.
Credits: (3)
When Offered:
Spring
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