Women's Studies
Guilford House
Phone 368-2233
Fax 368-2216
Marie-Pierre Le Hir, Director
Barbara S. Krasner, Advisor
Marie-Pierre Le Hir, Ph.D. (The University of Iowa)
Elizabeth and William C. Treuhaft Associate Professor of Humanities; Director, French studies Program; Director, Women's Studies Program
19th-Century literature, emphasis on drama and fiction
Christa Carvajal, Ph.D. (The University of Texas at Austin)
Professor, Theater Arts
History of theater; dramaturgy
Thomas J. Csordas, Ph.D. (Duke University)
Professor, Anthropology
Psychological/medical anthropology; embodiment; comparative religion; American Indian cultures
Margaretmary Daley, Ph.D. (Yale University)
Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature
European women writers (especially German); contemporary women's poetry; feminist literary criticism
Atwood D. Gaines, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), M.P.H. (University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health)
Associate Professor, Anthropology; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Medical/psychiatric anthropology; cultural anthropology; religion; urban; social identity; United States; the Mediterranean
Mary Grimm, M.A. (Cleveland State University)
Associate Professor, English
Creative writing; writing; contemporary fiction
Susan Helper, Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Associate Professor of Economics
Labor economics
Susannah Heschel, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
Abba Hillel Silver Associate Professor of Jewish Studies
Jewish studies; modern German intellectual history; women and religion
Susan W. Hinze, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University)
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Medical sociology; sex and gender; social inequality
Janis Hunter Jenkins, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
Associate Professor, Anthropology; Asistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Psychological/medical anthropology; women's studies; Latin America
Catherine E. Kelly, Ph.D. (University of Rochester)
Assistant Professor, History
Early American history; women's history; cultural, social and intellectual history
Jill Korbin, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
Professor, Anthropology
Cultural/medical anthropology; cross-cultural rearing and family studies; family violence; Polynesia; United States
Barbara S. Krasner, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Assistant Professor, Philosophy; Advisor, Women's Studies Program
Political and social philosophy; ethics, philosophy of law; philosophy of feminism; Hegel; Frankfurt School
Ellen G. Landau, Ph.D. (The University of Delaware)
Professor, Art and Art History
20th-Century American and European Art
Miriam R. Levin, Ph.D. (The University of Massachusetts)
Associate Professor, History
Industrial culture; European technology; gender, science and technology
Shanna Beth McGee, M.F.A. (University of Georgia)
Associate Professor, Theater Arts
Acting; voice; analysis
Jacqueline C. Nanfito, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
Assistant Professor, Spanish and Comparative Literature
Colonial and 19th-century Latin American literature; Golden Age Hispanic literature; literary theory; Chicano literature; contemporary Latin American women writers
Jonathan Sadowsky, Ph.D. (The Johns Hopkins University)
Assistant Professor, History
African history; comparative history; cultural anthropology; medical history
Marilyn Samuels, Ph.D. (City University of New York)
Associate Professor, English
Technical communications; 18th-century literature
Athena Vrettos, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
Associate Professor, English
19th-century British literature and culture; literature and the body; feminist criticism and theory; women writers; 19th-century history of medicine and psychology
Molly Whalen, Ph.D. (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Assistant Professor, English
Renaissance and 17th-century literature; literary theory; cultural studies; gender studies
Martha Woodmansee, Ph.D. (Stanford University)
Professor, English
Literary theory; 18th- and 19th-century literature; comparative literature
Angela Woollacott, Ph.D. (The University of California, Santa Barbara)
Associate Professor, History
Modern British and women's history
The goal of the Women's Studies Program is to educate students in interdisciplinary approaches to feminist theories of women, gender, culture, and society. Students are exposed to a variety of forms of critical thinking in relation to (1) the social construction of knowledge and philosophy; (2) approaches to science and medicine informed by "feminist empiricism" and "feminist standpoint" theories; (3) historicized and cross-cultural accounts of gender and gender inequality; (4) literary criticism; (5) contemporary theories of art, performance, language, jurisprudence, psychology and religion in the context of women's experience; and (6) studies of the body as a focal point for theorizing relations among the arts and sciences.
The program in women's studies offers an undergraduate minor.
Fulfillment of the minor requires completion of eighteen credit hours according to the following course distribution:
- Introduction to Gender Studies (offered every fall semester)
- Four cross-listed courses (see list below)
- Independent study
To help ensure a comprehensive course of study in a particular area of interest, the specific combination of courses and structure of the independent study must be approved by the program advisor.
ANTH 306/406 Anthropology of Childhood and the Family
ANTH 309/409 Child Abuse and Family Violence
ANTH 345/445 Ethnicity, Gender and Mental Health
ANTH 354/454 Women and International Health
ANTH 365/465 Gender and Sex Difference: Cross Cultural Perspectives
ANTH 505 Women and Mental Health
ANTH 508 Maternal and Reproductive Health
ANTH 542 Human Body: Discourse and Experience
ARTH 383/483 Gender Issues in Feminist Art
ENGL 365B/465B Women's Writing
ENGL 365G/465G Women's Voices
ENGL 524A Women and Comedy
FRCH 376 Images of Women in French Literature
GRMN 315 Female Self: German Women Authors
HSTY 240 The Body in History
HSTY 313 Women in Modern European History
HSTY 320 Women in Modern British History
HSTY 340/ENGL 340/PHIL 340 Introduction to Gender Studies
HSTY 350 Gender Issues in the History of Technology and Science
HSTY 353/453 American Women in the 19th Century
HSTY 354/454 American Women in the 20th Century
JAPN 341 Japanese Women Writers
LAWS 356 Feminist Jurisprudence
NURS 454 Well Woman Health Care
PHIL 325/425 Philosophy of Feminism
PHIL 334/434 Social and Political Philosophy
POSC 346/446 Women and Politics
PSCL 390 Women and Depression
RLGN 207 Religion and Feminism
SOCI 222 Sociology of Sex Roles
SOCI 326 Women in Societies in the Modern World
SOCI 372 Women and Family in the United State and Japan
SPAN 342 Latin American Women Authors
THTR 338 Women in Theater
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