GRADUATE SEMINARS IN THE CENTER
The following courses are graduate seminars offered in the Center. They are available to graduate students in the Center and those students working on certificates. Please also see this link for a complete listing of approved graduate electives offered outside the center.
Proseminar
Devan Johnson
WST 5933-Section 5933/Class # 18799
T 6-8; UST 108; 3 Credits
Proseminar (seminar that prepares you for more advanced work) introducing graduate students to Women’s Studies scholarship. Overview of feminist thought, interdisciplinary research, and feminist practice. Students are introduced to scholars in the field, and learn how to design and implement an independent research project appropriate to Women’s Studies.
The syllabus can be found here.
Feminist Methods in Research and Scholarship
Maddy Coy
WST 6004-Section 6004
W 6-8; Room: LEI 207; 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to critical questions about knowledge production and conductingresearch through a feminist lens.The framework for the course is ‘research practices’; youwill engage with intellectual debates about what it means to position yourself as a knowerby exploring feminist epistemologiesand research ethicsand applying these to your own projects. Designed primarily for M.A. students who are seeking to shape their research approach to a topic, it will be helpful to have some prior familiarity with feminist theory and/or women’s and gender studies.
The syllabus can be found here.
Independent Study
Kendal L Broad-Wright
WST 6905-Section departmentally controlled
Variable Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and department chair and 1 Women’s Studies course or course that counts for women’s studies, For advanced graduate students who desire to supplement their regular courses by independent reading or research under guidance. On-line application.
Data Feminism
Hina Shaikh
WST6935– Section 69EG – Class # 18723
R 6-8, Ustler 108; 3 Credits
In this course, we center how racial capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy define who is the subject or object of data collection, cleaning, analysis, and management. We learn how to read datasets with a critical feminist science and technology studies lens and critically examine technologies of surveillance such as Big Data, facial recognition, and biometric data collection. We will additionally learn some fundamental ways that Python programming and practices of data visualization, such as GIS mapping, are essential tools for achieving feminist, racial, and social justice. In the end, we consider whether data justice is possible.
The syllabus can be found here.
Masculinities, Gender, Environment
Susan Paulson
WST6935– Section 17SP/Class 18724
R 4-6; Grinter 376; 3 Credits
Feminist movement(s) and identities have historically been attributed to white women in the United States. Intersectional feminism has made interventions into the mainstream image of feminism problematizing and expanding the definitions and identities of feminist activism and activists. This course aims to situate Latina women within feminism by looking at their histories, discourses, and practices through a feminist lens. Through interdisciplinary readings we will explore how Latinas theorize about feminism through their lived experiences; have practiced feminist activism and advocated for feminist issues; and articulate Latina feminist identities. (WST: HUM)
The syllabus can be found here.
Race, Sex, Representation
Jlllian Hernandez
WST6935-Section 69JH/Class 19830
M 6-8; UST 108; 3 Credits
This course engages scholarly debates around the injuries and pleasures that attend the sexual representation of racialized gender in art, film, performance, and other media. Although the forms of representation we will engage will primarily be in the form of visual depictions, the politics of representing racialized gendered sexual subjects in scholarship and cultural, social, political discourse will also be areas of concern. We will survey recent work in the field, and center questions of methodology and research design for intersectional sexuality studies in our discussions. We will also explore how scholars engage in artistic and erotic media production as they transform racialized sexuality from a colonial construct to a creative practice.
The syllabus can be found here.
Internship
Kendal L. Broad-Wright
WST 6946-Section departmentally controlled
Variable Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of Graduate Coordinator. Designed for students desiring practical experience in the community. Students intern with a local agency, group or business involved in women’s issues. Click here for more information and an on-line application.