GWS 495-01 - Senior Seminar

4 credits (Spring)

Where Are We Now? Current Scholarship in GWSS. In this senior seminar, we will read a wide range of recent texts within Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWSS) to assess both the current state of the field of GWSS and the current socio-political realities that the field has attempted to critically respond to and address. We will examine how the field of GWSS has changed since its origins in the late 1960s, focusing in particular on the field’s theories, methodologies, and institutional location(s), as well as discuss how the field has interacted with contemporary social justice movements. Students will develop their own projects within the field, building on their previous study and (inter)disciplinary interests in GWSS, culminating in a substantial research paper which will be presented publicly at the end of the semester.

Prerequisite: GWS-111, 249 and Senior Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies major.
Instructor: Henry