Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies

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Director: Professor Erika Nelson Mukherjee (Modern Languages & Literatures)
Faculty: Professors C. Batson (Modern Languages & Literatures), C. Bracken (English), A. Burkett (English), J. Cramsie (History), M. Ferry (Modern Languages & Literatures), W. Garcia (Modern Languages & Literatures), T. Gazzarri (Classics), M. Goldner (Sociology), D. Hill Butler (Sociology), L. Marso (Political Science), J. Matsue (Music), Z. Oxley (Political Science), S. Raucci (Classics), M.F. Sener (Economics), K. Scheiter (Philosophy), G. Seri (Political Science), B.K. Tuon (English), P. Wareh (English); Associate Professors L. Cox (Visual Arts), D. Friedell (Philosophy), K. Lynes (English), S. McAuliffe (English), E. McGrath (History), E. Nelson Mukherjee (Modern Languages & Literatures), D. Ogawa (Visual Arts), S. Mueller (Spanish and Hispanic Studies) J. Troxell (English), D. Venning (Theater & Dance/English), D. Catherine Walker (Psychology); Assistant Professors A. Dang (Economics), M. Cruz, M. Guerrant (Psychology/GSWS), Mercedes Mayna-Medrano (Spanish and Hispanic Studies), Silvina Ye (Spanish and Hispanic Studies)

Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) is an interdisciplinary program that draws from the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Centering gender as a critical category of analysis, GSWS challenges traditional assumptions, advances feminist and queer methodologies, and fosters an understanding of the complex social positions and global forces shaping all genders. Courses examine how cultures construct gender and sexuality, emphasizing differences of race, class, ethnicity, and age across diverse societies. Students are encouraged to think critically about intersectionality and to question taken-for-granted ideas about sex, gender, and power.

Programs

• Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Approved Courses

• Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, B.A.

• Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (ID), B.A.

• Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Minor

Courses

• GSW 100 -  Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
• GSW 101 -  LGBTQ+ Studies
• GSW 200 - Beyond Woman/Body/Nature: Ecofeminism, Systems Theories, and Social Activism
• GSW 201 - Global Queerness
• GSW 213 - Sex and Power
• GSW 300 -  Transnational and Indigenous Feminisms
• GSW 301 - Queer Science and Health
• GSW 311 - Queering Masculinities
• GSW 479 - Internship in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
• GSW 490 - Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Independent Study
• GSW 495 -  Capstone Course on Theories of Gender, Sexuality, and Women
• GSW 498 - Gender Sexuality & Women’s Studies Senior Thesis 1
• GSW 499 - Gender Sexuality & Women’s Senior Thesis 2

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