Gender and Women’s Studies

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Professors: Stephen Maynard Caliendo, Beverly Richard Cook, Sara Eaton, Gerald Gems, Sophie Hand, Lisa Long, Stephen Macek, Francine Navakas, Wioleta Polinska, John Zenchak
Associate Professors: Mara Berkland, Michael de Brauw, Shereen Ilahi, Jennifer Jackson, Jennifer Keys, Wendy Koenig, Matthew Pons, Christine Rabenold
Assistant Professors: Natalia Bracarense, Suzanne Chod, Kristin Geraty Bonacci, Kelly Howe, Dee Anna Phares, Joanne Quimby, Carin Silkaitis
Adjunct Faculty: Jelena Sanchez

Mission Statement

The Gender and Women’s Studies program is an interdisciplinary minor that prepares students to think critically about the categories of sex, sexuality and gender. We facilitate processes through which students integrate analysis of these categories into their experiences as leaders and global citizens who value lifelong learning and social justice.

The program equips students to analyze power, inequality, identity and privilege from local, transnational and historical perspectives. We aim to educate students about the process and politics of being an ally to oppressed populations. We provide opportunities to engage in activism, service-learning, feminist inquiry and the study of diverse sexualities.

Programs

• Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

Courses

• GWS 100 - Women and Men in Society
• GWS 210 - Gender Studies
• GWS 220 - Family
• GWS 230 - Gender in the Judeo-Christian Traditions
• GWS 235 - Sexuality and Christianity
• GWS 250 - U.S. Women’s History
• GWS 280 - Introduction to Women’s Literature
• GWS 301 - Human Sexuality: A Clash of Values
• GWS 312 - Women and American Politics
• GWS 350 - Gender and World Religions
• GWS 389 - Gender and the Mass Media
• GWS 390 - Intercultural Seminar in Gender and Women’s Studies
• GWS 395 - Leadership, Ethics, and Values Seminar in Gender and Women’s Studies
• GWS 490 - Seminar
• GWS 497 - Internship
• GWS 499 - Independent Study

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