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Interim Department Head:

Angela Hubler

Graduate Certificate Coordinator:

Tushabe wa Tushabe

Graduate faculty:

Kathleen Antonioli, Ph.D., Duke University
Chardie Baird, Ph.D., Florida State University
Soumia Bardhan, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
*Kakali Bhattacharya, Ph.D., University of Georgia
*Louise Breen, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Traci Brimhall, Ph.D., Western Michigan University
*Yolanda Broyles-González, Ph.D., Stanford University
Necia Chronister, Ph.D., Washington University- St. Louis
Cora Cooper, D.M., Florida State University
Maria Teresa DePaoli, Ph.D., Purdue University
Gabriela Diaz de Sabates, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Torry Dickinson, Ph.D., University of New York-Binghamton
Janice Dinkel, MSW, University of Kansas
Elizabeth Dodd, Ph.D., Indiana University
Jessica Falcone, Ph.D., Cornell University
Leigh Fine, Ph.D., The Ohio State 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
Laura Kanost, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Katherine Karlin, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Alison A. Knoblauch, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
Cameron Leader-Picone, Ph.D., Harvard University
*Melody L. A. LeHew, Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Anne Longmuir, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
Sara Luly, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Wendy A. Matlock, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
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
Valerie Padilla Caroll, Ph.D., Saint Louis University
Mervi Pakaste, M.F.A., Penn State University
Shireen Roshanravan, Ph.D., Binghamton University
Nadia Shapkina, Ph.D., Georgia State University
*Jacqueline Spears, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Lisa Tatonetti, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
*Linda Thurston, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Mary Tolar, Ed.D., Kansas State University
Caroline Tushabe, Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton
Harlan Weaver, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz
Alison Wheatley, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Naomi Wood, Ph.D., Duke University
*Susan Yelich-Biniecki, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
*Sue Zschoche, Ph.D., University of Kansas

*Denotes graduate faculty that are certified to serve as the major professor for doctoral students.

Graduate faculty associate:

Tom Sarmiento, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

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 Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies courses.

Programs

• Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Graduate Certificate

Courses

• GWSS 500 - Topics in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• GWSS 505 - Independent Study in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• GWSS 510 - Research Methods in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• GWSS 550 - Women and Popular Culture
• GWSS 551 - The History and Politics of Family Violence
• GWSS 560 - Women and Violence
• GWSS 580 - Women and Religion
• GWSS 585 - Women and Islam
• GWSS 605 - Social Change Field-Experience
• GWSS 610 - Capstone in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• GWSS 700 - Advanced Topics in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• GWSS 784 - Internship in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• GWSS 799 - Independent Study for Graduate Students or Advanced Undergraduate Students
• GWSS 810 - Gender: An Interdisciplinary Overview