Fall 2024

Exploration of identity development in terms of social, political, and cultural constructs; examination of collegiate athletics and the contributions of women of color.

Multidisciplinary survey of gender assumptions in relation to sexuality, mental health, social and political relations, and artistic expression.

History and theory of global feminist movements; case studies in bodily autonomy; labor rights; gender justice.

Emergence of feminist thought from the Enlightenment to the present; historical development of female subjectivity; advancement of womens rights; feminisms from alternative ideological perspectives.

Contemporary debates and research in three areas: health bodies, science technologies; feminist/queer analytics in media and representation; critical approaches to race, culture and power.

Exploration of the ways in which developments and policies, including neoliberalism, the carceral state, and economic precarity, are connected and gendered.

Intensive experience with gender-focused community organizations; analysis of relationships between organizations and feminist and queer theory.

An examination of the role women have played in world politics focusing on issues of war and peace, the environment and the global economy.

Cross-cultural notions of the body, health, and healing; historic and cultural variability of ideas of reproduction, birth, sexuality, mental illness and disability.

Psychological and physiological base of sexuality; gender identity, childbearing, birth control, venereal diseases; dysfunctions and treatments.

Issues of gender in communication, including: mediarepresentations of femininity and masculinity; and gender's rolein communication at the interpersonal, public, and cultural levels.

Application of gender and sexuality research methods to individual student projects with an emphasis on feminist, queer and post-colonial scholarship.

Examines how gender and sexuality are figured in cinema and television with an emphasis on the development of feminist media theory.

Methods for studying patterns of spatial differentiation of women throughout history from home to city, embodied in gender specific language and gendered spaces.

Gender and news media evolving images of women and men in print and electronic media. Impact of gender in content and style of news, television and cinema. Open to non-majors.

Independent research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Research leading to the master's degree in cognate fields. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.