2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Women’s Studies
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Michele Janette, Director
Professors: Cooper, Dickinson, Dodd, Hedrick, Janke, LeHew, Nel, Spears, and Thurston; Associate Professors: Baird, Bhattacharya, Breen, DePálio, Dinkel, Falcone, Gonzáles, Hubler, Janette, Karlin, Knoblauch, Kurtz, Longmuir, Matlock, McCrea, Muturi, Nelson, Pankl, Roshanravan, Tatonetti, Tolar, Wheatley, Wood, and Zschoche; Assistant Professors: Chronister, Fritch, Kanost, Kazemi, Leader-Picone, Luly, Padilla Carroll, Pakaste, Robertson, Shapkina, and Tushabe; Instructors: Diaz De Sabates, Earles, Franchitti, and Gott; Visiting Assistant Professors: Fialdini Zambrano and Fine.
003 Leasure Hall
785-532-5738
Fax: 785-532-3299
E-mail: womst@k-state.edu
www.k-state.edu/womst
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.
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
Minor
Women’s Studies
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