G. G. Weix (Associate Professor, Anthropology),
Director
Women's Studies, as an interdisciplinary academic discipline, focuses
on women's experience in the analysis of human culture, examines the
contributions and status of women, and explores the dynamics of sex
roles and gender ideals past and present. The curriculum provides
options for studying women's cultural, historical, and contemporary
lives through a range of courses crosslisted with other departments,
such as anthropology, communication studies, English, foreign languages
and literatures, history, Native American studies, philosophy, psychology,
sociology and others. Women's Studies explores topics such as the
experience of women and gender relations in various periods of history
and cultures; women and artistic expressions; the impact of race,
ethnicity, class, age, and sexual orientation on women's lives; sex
roles and differences in political, economic, legal, and social status;
and biological, sociological and psychological influences on women
and gender.
The program is administered by the director in consultation with the
Women's Studies Steering Committee, an interdisciplinary group of
faculty with teaching and research interests in women. Students may
choose an option in Women's Studies within the Liberal Studies major
(see Liberal Studies) or may elect to complete the Women's and Gender
Studies minor. To be admitted to either program, students register
with the Women's Studies advisor, who will explain option or minor
requirements and supervise their program.
Special Degree Requirements
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For the Women's Studies option under the Liberal Studies major, the
following requirements must be met (not necessarily in sequence):
1) Completion of Liberal Studies core curriculum. (See the
Liberal Studies section of this catalog.)
2) Completion of WS 119H.
3) A minimum of 32 credits of course work in relevant, advisor
approved courses numbered above 299. At least 18 of those credits
must be from Group I, "focus" courses; the other 14 credits
may be from Group II, "significant content" courses. Each
semester a list of cognate "focus" and "content"
courses is published at pre registration by the Women's Studies
program office, LA 138A, 243-2584. Typical choices are listed below,
but may vary from year to year.
Group I: Focus Courses
ANTH 327 Anthropology of Gender
ART 480H Women Artists and Art History
COMM 380 Gender and Communication
COMM 455 Feminist Rhetoric
ENLT 321-324* Women's Literature
ENLT 422* Theoretical Approaches to Women's Literature
ENLT 430*/LS 455* Studies in Comparative Women's Literature
HIST/LS 370H Women in America: to the Civil War
HIST/LS 371H Women in America: Civil War to the Present
HIST 388H Women and Ethnic Minorities in the Middle East
HIST 470 Women and Slavery
HIST 471 Sosuthern Women in Black and White
HIST 420L* History through Women's Literature
HIST 495* Special Topics: Women in History
LS/FLLG 320 Women in Antiquity
LS 461*/ENLT 421* Feminist Critical Theory
LS 381* Women and Film
MGMT 495* Women in Business
NAS 342H Native American Women
PHIL 429E Feminist Ethics
PHIL/EVST 504* Ecofeminism
PSC 395* Women's Human Rights: International and Comparative Perspectives
PSYC 355 Psychology of Sex Roles
RELS 370* Mysticism: Women Mystics
SW 323 Women and Social Action in the Americas
SW 324 Gender and the Politics of Welfare
SW 395* Domestic Violence
SOC 300 Sociology of the Family
SOC 421 Issues in Sociology of Family
SOC 475 Gender, Economy and Social Change
SOC 495* Feminist Theory
Group II: Content Courses
AAS 325 Sexism and Racism
AAS 326 Violence and Nonviolence in Human Relationships
AAS 327 African American Family
ANTH 330H Peoples and Cultures of the World
ANTH 340H Cultures of Asia
ANTH 342 Economic Anthropology
ANTH 430 Social Anthropology
ANTH 480E Ethics and Anthropology
DAN 334 20th Century Dance
ENLT 301* Applied Literary Criticism
ENLT 321-324* Literature (with content on women)
ENLT/NAS 329 Native American Literature
ENLT 395* Gay and Lesbian Literature
FLLG 302H/HIST 302H Classical Greece II: Individual, Family and Civic
Life in Ancient Greece
FREN 311L French Literature: Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century
GERM 441 19th Century German Literature
HIST 300* The Historian's Craft
HIST 350* Human Rights
HIST 351* Colonial America
HIST 361 The American South: From Slavery to Civil Rights
HIST 384 Work, Workers, and the Working Classes in America
HIST 387 Iran Between Two Revolutions
HIST 394 Modernity and Identity in Latin America
HIST 395* Families in Early America
HIST 485 Piety and Power in Latin America and Imperial Spain
HHP 370 Introduction to Peer Health Education
LS 395* Lesbian and Gay Studies
LS 461/ENLT 421* 20th Century Critical Theory
PHIL 477 Philosophy of Society and Culture
PHIL 502* Philosophy of Law
PSC 343 Politics of Social Movements
PSC 463S Development Administration
PSC 472 Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Liberties
PSYC 385 Psychology of Family Violence
RELS 336* Medieval Christian Thought
SW 420S Child Abuse and Child Welfare
SW 395* Celebrating Spiritual Diversity
SW 410E Ethics and the Helping Professions
SOC 322 Sociology of Poverty
SOC 370S Social Change and Global Development
SOC/FOR 424 Social Forestry
SOC 470 Society and Environment
*These are generic courses. The specific course focus must be on women,
as listed here. Check with the Women's Studies director before enrolling.
Other courses not listed here may be applied toward the option or
the minor if approved by the Women's Studies director.
Requirements for a Minor
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The Women's and Gender Studies minor is available to all students.
It consists of 18 credits including WS 119H, WS 275S or ANTH/BIOL
265N or SOC 220S, three 300-level or 400-level courses outside of
the student's major that are cross-listed with other departments as
Women's Studies option courses, and the capstone seminar WS 494.
Courses
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U=for undergraduate credit only, UG=for undergraduate or graduate
credit, G=for graduate credit. R after the credit indicates the course
may be repeated for credit to the maximum indicated after the R.
U 119H Philosophical Perspectives on Women in the Western Hemisphere
3 cr. Offered spring. Same as LS and PHIL 119H. Introduction to
the discipline and scope of Western philosophy focusing on women as
the subject rather than men. A chronological study following the ideological
development in the West of social attitudes and scientific theses.
U 275S Gender and Society 3 cr. Offered spring. Same as SOC
275S. Exploration of the social construction of gender, especially
in western, post-industrial societies such as the U.S. How gender
ideologies affect the social definition and position of men and women
in work, family, sexual relationship, sexual divisions of labor, and
social movements.
U 320 Women in Antiquity 3 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered
years. Same as FLLG and LS 320. Examination of varied sources from
Ancient Greece, the Hellenistic World, and republican and imperial
Rome to clarify the place of women in communities. Women's contribution
to community and the mechanisms by which communities attempted to
socialize female populations.
U 323 Women and Social Action in the Americas 3 cr. Offered
autumn odd-numbered years. Prereq., one of SW 100S, SOC 110S, or ANTH
101H or consent of instr. Same as SW 323. Focus on women's experiences
of and contributions to social change in North, South and Central
America in the mid- to late-20th century. Through case studies, testimonials,
discussions with activists and Internet connections examine social
constructions of gender, compare forms of social action in diverse
cultural, political and historical contexts, link practice to theories
of social participation, and reflect on lessons learned from women's
experiences.
U 324 Gender and the Politics of Welfare 3 cr. Offered spring
even-numbered years. Prereq., SW 100S or consent of instr. Same as
SW 324. Exploration of the relationship between gender ideologies
and the development of social welfare policies. Examination of historic
and contemporary social welfare policies, practices and debates in
the United States through a gender lens.
UG 327 Anthropology of Gender 3 cr. Offered spring off-numbered
years. Same as ANTH 327. Comparative study of the history and significance
of gender in social life.
UG 342H Native American Women 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as NAS 342H. Focus on American Indian women and their cultural
continuity and historical evolution. National in scope with concentration
on certain tribes. Group analysis of contemporary issues relevant
to Native American women.
UG 370H Women in America: to the Civil War 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Same as HIST and LS 370H. Interpretive overview of women's experiences
in America before the Civil War. Exploration of new definitions of
womanhood and "women's sphere" emerging from women's varied
experiences in the American colonies and the American Revolution;
how immigrant, poor, slave, and western women transgressed the boundaries
of their sphere; and how women-from both inside and outside their
assigned sphere-reshaped their roles in American society.
UG 371H Women in America: from the Civil War 3 cr. Offered
spring. Same as HIST and LS 371H. Interpretive overview of women's
experiences in America after the Civil War. Exploration of such topics
as women's associations, the battle for suffrage, organized feminism
and its opponents, the industrialization of housework, women in the
workforce, reproductive rights, and welfare. Particular attention
to women's experiences shaped by class and race as well as by gender.
U 380 Gender and Communication 3 cr. Offered autumn. Same as
COMM 380. The meaning of gender in our culture and how gender is displayed
and perpetuated through our private and public verbal and nonverbal
interactions.
U 396 Independent Study Variable cr. (R-12) Offered intermittently.
U 397 Research Variable cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently.
U 398 Cooperative education Experience Variable cr. (R-12)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of director. Extended classroom
experience which provides practical application of classroom learning
during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from
the faculty supervisor and the Center for Work-Based Learning.
U 493 Omnibus Variable cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Prereq.,
consent of instr. Independent work under University omnibus option.
See index.
U 494 Seminar in Women and Gender Studies 3 cr. Offered every
term. Prereq., WS 119H, WS 275S or ANTH/BIOL 265N or SOC 220S, or
consent of instr. Capstone course for the Women and Gender Studies
minor.
U 495 Special Topics 1-6 cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental
offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses,
or one-time offerings of current topics.
U 496 Independent Study Variable cr. (R-9) Offered intermittently.
U 497 Research Variable cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently.
Women's Studies Steering Committee/Faculty
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Professors
Betsy Bach, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1985 (Communication Studies)
Jill Belsky, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1991 (Sociology)
Mary Birch, M.S.W., Columbia University, 1966 (Social Work; Emeritus)
Bari Burke, J.D., University of California, Davis, 1979 (Law)
Juliette Crump, M.A., George Washington University, 1975 (Dance; Emeritus)
Maureen Curnow, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1975 (French)
Deni Elliott, Ed.D., Harvard University, 1984 (Philosophy)
Kay Unger, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1974 (Economics)
Katherine Weist, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1970 (Anthropology;
Emeritus)
Lois Welch, Ph.D., Occidental College, 1966 (English; Emeritus)
Associate Professors
Elizabeth Ametsbichler, Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park,
1992 (German)
Ione Crummy, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1992 (French)
Christine Fiore, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, 1990 (Psychology)
Linda Rutland Gillison, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1975 (Classics
and Liberal Studies)
Ramona Grey, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1991 (Political
Science)
Sara Hayden, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1993 (Communication Studies)
Anya Jabour, Ph.D., Rice University, 1995 (History)
Deborah Slicer, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1989 (Philosophy)
Rita Sommers Flanagan, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1989 (Educational
Leadership)
Ruth Vanita, Ph.D., Delhi University, 1992 (Liberal Studies)
Pamela Voekel, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1997 (History)
Jennifer Waltz, University of Washington, 1993 (Psychology)
G.G. Weix, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1990 (Anthropology)
Assistant Professors
Hiltrudis Arens, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1997 (German)
Jill Bergman, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana, 1999 (English)
Heather Bruce, Ph.D., University of Utah, 1997 (English)
Charles Cabell, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1999 (Foreign Languages
and Literatures)
Carla Grayson, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1998 (Psychology)
Kimber Haddix, Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, 1993 (Anthropology)
Sarah Halvorson, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 2000 (Geography)
Neva Hassenein, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1997 (Environmental
Studies)
Maxine Jacobson, Ph.D., University of Utah, 1998 (Social Work)
Kathleen Kane, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1997 (English
Jannine Montauban, Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1997 (Foreign Languages
and Literatures)
Lorina Quartarone, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1996 (Classics
and Liberal Studies)
Celia Winkler, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1996 (Sociology)
Instructor
Judith Johnson, M.F.A., The University of Montana, 1990 (Liberal Studies,
Visiting)
