FOR FALL 2023
WST 001D(IS)
WOMEN,SEX & POWER
Brenda Elsey
MW 9:40-11:05
WST 103
THEORIES OF FEMINISMS
Karyn Valerius
MW 4:20-5:45
WST 150O(IS)
SEX & THE BODY IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Ann Burlein • TR 1:00-2:25
WST 150P(IS)
GLOBAL WOMEN’S PROTEST
MOVEMENTS: DEFYING & DOING
Margaret Abraham • MW 11:20-12:45
WST 151A
Katrina Sims
TR 9:40-11:05
WST 103 Theories of Feminisms
This course will examine some of the theories that exist within the field of feminism, focusing on their differences from each other and on the significance of their contributions to the concept of gender equality. This course serves as an in-depth introduction to the various theoretical frameworks that continue to inform scholarship in the field of women's studies.
WST 150O (IS) Sex and the Body in Religious Studies
Given that religions often claim to be concerned with "spirit," why are so many religions so preoccupied with sexuality, gender, and the body? Students will select topics to explore the complex intersections of religion with the body in terms of race, gender, sexuality, and disability
WST 150P (IS) Global Women’s Protest Movements: Defying and Doing
This course examines women’s protest movements, past and present, and their roles in challenging structures of oppression in diverse contexts across the intersections of patriarchy, race, global capitalism, democracy, and authoritarianism. It explores the causes and consequences, debates and dialogues, as well the strategies and actions for building national, transnational and global solidarity to bring about transformative social change.
WST 150U (IS) Communication, Culture and Illness CRN: 93650 TR 11:20-12:45 L. DeTora
In this health communication class, students the ways that individuals communicate about health and illness as well as how experts consider the influence of factors like gender, race, class, and language on these communications. Through close readings of seminal texts and exploration of community resources, students gain a deeper understanding into how we understand health and illness in lived experience.
WST 151A Women in America: Women’s Health and Reproduction
This course will explore women's health in the United States, from the formation of modern gynecology to the current reproductive justice movement. We will adopt an intersectional approach to examine the (historical and contemporary) barriers that impede women’s access to healthcare and how structures limit women’s ability to exercise freedom over their bodies.
WST 151J Gender & Sexuality in Manga& Anime. TR 6-7:25PM Keiko Miyajima
This course explores various works of manga, anime, and other forms of popular media with a particular focus on how gender, sexuality, and LGBTQ+ figures are historically situated in Japanese culture and society. We will learn about the social and cultural currents within Japanese modernity that gave rise to specific formations of gender and sexuality, and situate these works within a broader historical field. Cross-listed with LGBT 180X and LIT 096A.
CRM 003 - (IS) Domestic Violence CRN: 92675. MW 9:40-11:05 Margaret Abraham.
CRM 187L – (IS) Gender and Law CRN: 93387 T/TH, 2:40 p.m.- 4:05 p.m., Kristen Maziarka
GS 108 - (CC, IS) Globalization & Human Trafficking CRN 92563. TR 1:00-2:25
L. Longmire
LGBT 001 - (IS) Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies CRN: 90374. MW 2:40-4:05 Lisa Dresner
SOC 140 - (BH) Social Inequality CRN: 93643. MW 11:20-12:45 William Lopresti
SOC 153 - (BH) Sociology of Human Rights 92678. TR 1:00-2:25
R. McGunnigle-Gonzales
SOC 160 - (BH) Sociology of Gender CRN: 92196. T/Tr 9:40-11:05 Carlos Encina
HUHC 020D – Race, Gender & Representation CRN: 93579. T/Tr 1:00-2:25 Lisa Merrill
RTVF 158 Film Authorship: Femme Fatales. CRN: 92608 W 940-12:40 Paula Uruburu