2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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UDSC 171 - Urban Politics: People, Power and Conflict in U.S. Cities Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Focuses on the major socioeconomic and political forces that affect city, government and politics in the United States. Topics include: the growth and decline of cities; fiscal constraints; federal urban policies; the rise and demise of political machines; reforms; the post-Reform Era; the community power debate; regimes and coalition building; and efforts by African-Americans and Latinos to gain political incorporation.
Cross Listed: PSCI 171 , RER 171
Instructor: Ms. Krefetz
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Sharon Krefetz, Ph.D. - Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Government
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UDSC 172 - Suburbia: People and Politics Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Focuses on the causes and consequences of the rapid growth of suburbs in the United States after World War II,and their impact on metropolitan areas. What are the characteristics of the people who live in suburbs? Is suburban homogeneity a myth or reality? How have suburbs been changing in recent times? How are suburbs governed? What is suburban political participation like? What are the patterns of policy making on issues such as education, zoning and property taxes?
Cross Listed: PSCI 172
Instructor: Ms. Krefetz
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Sharon Krefetz, Ph.D. - Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Government
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UDSC 221 - Urban Policy/Seminar and Internship
Focuses on how cities make and implement policies and deliver services, exploring especially downtown redevelopment, neighborhood revitalization and housing policies. Students intern at a Worcester redevelopment, housing or other urban agency. Students discuss course readings and share experiences, combining perspectives of scholars and practitioners. Limited to 12 students juniors and seniors.
Prerequisites: GOVT 171, UDSC 171 or permission of the instructor is required.
Cross Listed: PSCI 221
Instructor: Ms. Krefetz
When Offered: Offered every other year
Faculty: Sharon Krefetz, Ph.D. - Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Government
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UDSC 223 - Urban and Suburban Housing Policies
This course will consider a broad range of topics, with special focus on the causes and consequences of the dominant spatial pattern of racial and income segregation in metropolitan areas and efforts to expand the supply and locations of affordable housing for low and moderate-income households. Specific topics we will examine include the history and politics of federal housing policies; public housing; homeless-ness; exclusionary zoning and efforts to “open up” the suburbs to lower income households; and community development corporations as producers of affordable housing.
Cross Listed: PSCI 223
Instructor: Ms. Krefetz
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Sharon Krefetz, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Government
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UDSC 232 - Population, Environment and Development Type of Course: Variable Format
Studies the statistical description and analysis of human populations. Focuses on relationships between and among social, cultural, political and economic forces; and population structures, processes and characteristics. Such demographic factors contribute to the understanding of social issues, such as the aging of the population, the changing status of women, rapid world urbanization and Third World economic problems.
Cross Listed: EPP 232 , IDCE 333 , SOC 232
Instructor: Mr. London
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Bruce London, Ph.D. - Professor of Sociology
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UDSC 248 - Social Justice and the City
Cities today face unprecedented challenges. Migration, rapid urbanization, growing inequality, authoritarian governments, racial tensions, terrorism, climate change, and the list goes on. This course examines the concept of social justice in light of contemporary philosophical debates and explores its various relations to the city and urban development, using a geographical perspective. After engaging various dialogues on social justice, the course turns its attention to the ‘urban question’. It asks what is distinctive about the issue of social justice in an urban context and whether we need a more geographically-informed viewpoint from with to deploy our positions on social justice. In the final section of the course, various urban issues and problems are explored using developed understandings of social justice.
Prerequisites: The prerequisites are GEOG 020 - American Cities: Changing Spaces, Community Places , GEOG 025, GEOG 125 or GOVT 171 Urban Politics or SOC 125 - Cities and Suburbs . A Values Perspective (VP) course.
Cross Listed: GEOG 248 , GEOG 348
Instructor: Mr. Davidson
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Mark Davidson, Ph.D.
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UDSC 257 - Utopian Visions, Urban Realities: Planning Cities for the 21st Century Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Although utopia literally means “no place” and utopias do not exist in any concrete sense, utopian thinking exerts a powerful hold on our imagination and continues to inspire a lot of approaches to urban policy, design and planning today. This course explores this thinking and will attempt to come to grips with various ideas about what utopias should be, how they have animated our thinking about city form and function, and how they have achieved certain material expressions in the twentieth-century urban context. It will also examine the contradictions and unintended consequences of utopian thinking in planning. Amongst other things, the course will grapple with questions of order versus disorder in the city, heterogeneity versus homogeneity, openness versus closure, and individual freedom versus collective necessity. It will draw upon geographical sources as well as a diverse array of other materials.
Cross Listed: EPP 258 , GEOG 258 , GEOG 356
Instructor: Ms. Martin
When Offered: Offered every other year
Faculty: Deborah Martin, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Geography
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UDSC 264 - Sustainable Urban Economic Development
This interdisciplinary course will explore contemporary issues related to the creation, attraction, and retention of urban businesses, with particular attention to environmental impact and to equity. The definition and classic purposes of government-supported economic development will be addressed and critiqued, and strategies for long-term sustainable initiatives will be explored. The course will include a review of employment and economic indicators, micro-enterprise and incubators, business development assistance programs (especially for women, minorities, immigrants, youth), and alternative forms of business organization, such as co-ops, community entrepreneurship, and employee ownership.
Instructor: Ms. Boyle
When Offered: Offered every other year.
Faculty: Mary-Ellen Boyle, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Management
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UDSC 280 - Urban Ecology: Cities as Ecosystems Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Explores ecology and the social and physical geography of cities as systems built, inhabited and managed by people. This class of ecosystem is often neglected except in studies of pollution, yet it is home to many of the world’s people and to a surprising number of plant and animal species as well. Readings, lectures, discussion and written work combine landscape and systems ecology with physical and urban geography and environmental justice to broaden our understanding of city environments, both present and possible. Four day field trip to New York City is required in late Sept/early Oct;a $50 fee is charged to students at time of registration to cover administrative and transportation costs. In addition, students should bring $20 for a subway pass and enough to cover meals. Book costs for the course are minimal. Registration is by Permission only (email: drocheleau@clarku.edu).
Cross Listed: GEOG 280 , GEOG 380 , GES 280 , ID 280, IDCE 380
Instructor: Ms. Rocheleau
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Dianne Rocheleau, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Geography
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UDSC 282 - Housing Policies and Politics Type of Course: Seminar
Focuses on social, economic and political factors that shape the federal government’s housing policies and their implementation by local governments in metropolitan areas of the United States. Explores the myths and realities of public housing, urban renewal, gentrification, linkage, homelessness, redlining, exclusionary zoning, and racial and gender discrimination in housing.
Cross Listed: EPP 283, PSCI 282
Instructor: Ms. Krefetz
When Offered: Offered every other year
Faculty: Sharon Krefetz, Ph.D. - Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Government
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UDSC 285 - Social Policy, Immigration and Poverty Type of Course: Seminar
Analyzes who is poor and how government policy affects the poor. Compares the U.S. experience to Western Europe, and addresses the question of whether there is a permanent underclass of poor people. Additional issues of policy and analysis vary by year.
Prerequisites: SOC 200 or instructor’s permission.
Cross Listed: IDCE 39912 , SOC 285
Instructor: Mr. Ross
When Offered: Offered every other year
Faculty: Robert Ross, Ph.D. - Professor of Sociology Director, International Studies Stream
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WS 037 - 19th-Century America Through Women’s Eyes Type of Course: First-Year Seminar
How is our understanding of the past transformed when we look at it through women’s eyes? This seminar explores the major developments of 19th-century American history industrialization, slavery, westward expansion, immigration, and reform, as captured in women’s narrative writings, diaries, letters, autobiographies and autobiographical fiction. Its goals are three-fold: to introduce students to history as a lively scholarly discipline (as opposed to a timeless and fixed story of the past); to familiarize students with the central questions of women’s history; and to train students in the reading, analysis and critique of primary sources. What will emerge at the end of our investigation is an understanding of the ways in which the experience and production of history are shaped by gender and, in turn, how the experience and production of gender are shaped by history. Fulfills the Historical Perspective.
Cross Listed: HIST 037
Instructor: Ms. Richter
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Amy Richter, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History
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WS 040 - The Witchcraze: Witch Hunts in Early Modern Europe Type of Course: First-Year Seminar
From 1450-1750, hundreds of thousands of people were investigated for the crime of witchcraft across Europe and North America. Tens of thousands of them, mainly women, were executed. Over the course of the era, the figure of the witch as an ally of the Devil emerged and became an indelible part of Western culture. Yet scholars doubt that very many people in this period actually practiced witchcraft, or at least did so in the ways imagined by their prosecutors. The question then is why did all of this happen? How were the figure of the witch and the practice of witchcraft constructed? Why did they engender such panic at this particular time? Why were women so often accused? Why did the hunts begin and just as important, why did they end? This course will explore the history of the witch craze in order to provide the perspective to answer these questions. In the process, we will work on developing skills essential to the study of history: How do you pull the main points, the argument, out of a reading? How do you assess that argument? What is the raw material of history and how do historians use this raw material to write history?
Instructor: Ms. Kushner
When Offered: Offered every other year.
Faculty: Nina Kushner, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of History
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WS 091 - The Gender Gap and American Politics Type of Course: First-Year Seminar
This first-year seminar explores how since the early 1980s, the “Gender Gap” has received substantial attention from the media, politicians and scholars. Differences between women and men in the general public have been found in voter turn-out, candidate and party preferences, as well as in attitudes on important domestic and foreign policy issues. On the other hand, women and men, overall, hold remarkably similar opinions on some political issues. A major focus of our course is on comparing the political attitudes and behavior of women and men and understanding the factors that result in gender differences and similarities in politics, for example, differences in political and gender role socialization, education, employment, etc. We also consider how different subgroups of men and women compare to each other and to political patterns for their genders. The biggest gender gap in American politics continues to be at the elite level, where men still greatly outnumber women in running for and securing elective political offices. Another major focus is on explaining the reasons for this difference. We consider the characteristics, backgrounds and motivations of people - men and women - who run for local, state and national elective offices, and the factors that affect their electoral success or failure, including party support, campaign funding and media coverage. Finally, we examine whether there are any important differences in the policy preferences, issue priorities, representational styles and impact of female and male elected officials.
Cross Listed: PSCI 091
Instructor: Ms. Krefetz
When Offered: First-Year Seminar
Faculty: Sharon Krefetz, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Government
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WS 092 - Women and War Type of Course: First-Year Seminar
This first-year seminar is part of the International Studies Stream (ISS): “to succeed in contemporary society, students must be familiar with the ways common problems such as economic growth, immigration, social welfare, environmental regulation are dealt with differently across the globe. They need to understand the historical, social and political foundations for these differences, and they need to be able to assess their own societies within an international context.” That said, this first-year seminar examines the impact of war on women as both victims (i.e. refugees, rape victims) and participants (i.e. warriors) as part of the larger understanding of women’s role in society, both domestic and international society. The course will introduce students to the theoretical approaches in international relations for understanding the connection between gender and war. Various case studies of wars will be explored. Questions to be considered include: How do we understand gender, particularly in conflict situations? Does war affect women and men differently? If so, how? How does militarization and conflict perpetuate patriarchal power arrangements? What can the various case studies tell us about women’s role in society before, during and after conflict and war?
Cross Listed: PSCI 092
Instructor: Ms. Williams
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Kristen Williams, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Government
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WS 109 - Contemporary Women Playwrights
This course is designed to introduce the student to the works of major women playwrights of the past 100 years. While there is some focus on the early part of the 20th century, the primary study will be of plays written in the past 30 years. In studying the plays, a number of different points of view and reference will be considered including that of the playwright, actor, director, historian and dramaturge. The student is encouraged to formulate a personal opinion of these plays and dramatists.
Cross Listed: ENG 112 , TA 109
Instructor: Mr. DiIorio
When Offered: Offered biannually
Faculty: Gino DiIorio, M.F.A. - Associate Professor of Theater Adjunct Associate Professor of English Director, Theater Arts Program
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WS 110 - Introduction to Women’s Studies
In this course we will explore the ways in which ideas about femininity and masculinity have shaped women’s lives—-locally and globally, in the present and historically—-and how some women have challenged, even transformed, those meanings and the social relationships that flow from those two potent ideas. Among the topics that may be considered are: beauty, war, sports, politics, women’s movements, sexuality, race, work, violence, fashion, family, globalization, feminism, creativity, religion, media and girlhood. This course is open to all students in all majors.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites.
Faculty: Patricia Ewick, Ph.D. - Professor of Sociology, Beth Gale, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of French, Amy Richter, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History, Valerie Sperling, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Government
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WS 112 - Fairy Tales of the World Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion/First-Year Seminar
Fairy tales are among the oldest and simplest forms of literature. They communicate archetypal patterns of human experiences and societal behavior; they reflect human wisdom of all ages derived from all cultures, and their moral teaching is universal and universally applicable. This course will apply a variety of critical analysis methods to a selection of fairy tales from different countries, with an emphasis on the Brothers Grimm and Perrault. Fulfills the Verbal Expression requirement. You must have been placed at the Verbal Expression level to select this seminar.
Cross Listed: CMLT 112 , FREN 112
Instructor: Ms. Gale
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Beth Gale, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of French
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WS 117 - Revolution and Political Violence Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Analyzes the concept, the causes and process of revolution. Is revolution inevitable? How does it differ from terrorism, guerrilla warfare or coups? This course examines the Russian and Chinese revolutions as 20th-century prototypes; comparisons are then drawn to more recent revolutions in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and South Africa.
Cross Listed: PSCI 117 , PSTD 117
Instructor: Ms. Sperling
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Valerie Sperling, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Government
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WS 121 - Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology-Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology - From Cannibals to Corporations: Humanity in Context
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a rich anthropological understanding of culture. What does it mean to be human across our many differences and similarities? How do people give meaning to their lives across time and space? How are some of the most intimate features of our lives socially patterned? Students will learn to see the familiar in the strange and the strange in the familiar—in other words to appreciate something about other cultures and, through this mirror, to learn something new about their own. The class also provides an introduction to anthropological history, ethnographic method, and social theory. From the U.S. suburbs to hunter-gatherers in the Amazon, students will explore the diversity of human societies around the world through the lens of critical issues such as development, power, identity, war, globalization, inequality, and cultural survival in the twenty-first century. Through class assignments, students will also have the opportunity to use tools of anthropological observation and problem-solving. Throughout the semester, we will discuss the politics and practicality of applying anthropological knowledge for a more just world.
Cross Listed: ID 120 , RER 120
Instructor: Professor Liza Grandia
Faculty: Liza Grandia, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of IDCE, Marianne Sarkis, Ph.D. -
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WS 124 - Women in the Ancient World
The ancient Mediterranean was a man’s world, but Greek and Roman literature is full of powerful, often frightening women – who challenge society, change laws, commit family murders, rule kingdoms and empires openly or from behind the scenes, or lead armies. Along with recent work in social history, readings will include works (in English translation) by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Catullus, Cicero, Tacitus, and Virgil.
Cross Listed: CLAS 125
Instructor: Mr. Parks
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: TBA
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WS 131 - Local Action/Global Change: The Urban Context
Introduces students to urban settings as sites of political action and social and economic change. Texts explore the role of cities not only as local spaces but as nodes in global processes and networks. Texts focus on urban forms of activism including citizens organizing campaigns, anti-globalization protests, and grassroots claims to urban space such as guerrilla gardening. Students participate in a project at the community or wider level in order to learn about how activism works practically. Students will experience first-hand the opportunities and challenges to affecting change, protecting human rights or raising public awareness.
Cross Listed: ID 131 , PSTD 131
Faculty: Anita Häusermann Fábos, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, International Developement, Community, and Environment Department, Ellen Foley, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of International Development, Community and Environment
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WS 134 - Survey of Women Writers II Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Examines developments in British and American prose fiction by women in the 20th century. Authors include Cather, Woolf, Lessing, Rhys, Silko, Morrison, Winterson, Cisneros and Kincaid. Close attention is paid to textual reading and defining, revising and challenging traditional definitions and expectations of women’s writing on various levels: thematic, linguistic and formal. The course also addresses current critical approaches to women’s writing. For undergraduate English majors and minors this course partially satisfies the Historical Sequences (A) requirement.
Prerequisites: Verbal-expression course.
Cross Listed: ENG 134
Instructor: Ms. Valerio
When Offered: Offered 2010-2011
Faculty: Lucilia Valerio, Ph.D.
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WS 138 - Gender and Environment Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Explores how gender is reflected in the landscape, in our settlement and land-use patterns, in environmental history, and in our present ecological science and practice from the global to the local level. Combines lectures, readings, discussions, films and local field trips. Reviews feminist and other alternative explanations of the gendered nature of knowledge, access, use and control of space and resources in environments - past, present and possible. Regional focus on New England. Fulfills the Values Perspective.
Cross Listed: GEOG 136 , GES 136 , ID 138
Instructor: Ms. Rocheleau
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Dianne Rocheleau, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Geography
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WS 147 - World Order and Globalization Type of Course: Discussion
Explores the ways in which states have attempted to establish order in an anarchical international system. An overriding challenge to the existing world order, particularly in the post-Cold War period, comes from globalization (economic, political, social issues). Is globalization leading toward a single system of values, or fragmenting into incompatible pockets of pluralist identities?
Cross Listed: EPP 147, PSCI 147
Instructor: Ms. Williams
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Kristen Williams, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Government
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WS 175 - Women and U.S. Politics Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Explores the political attitudes, behavior and status of women in the United States. Views on the nature of women and their “proper” role in society and the state, set forth by classical political philosophers in ancient times, are contrasted with ideas introduced by women’s-rights theorists, beginning in the 18th century. Focus is on contemporary U.S. politics, including gender differences in political socialization and political participation, the gender gap in voting preferences, women as politicians and bureaucrats, and the influence of women on public policies.
Cross Listed: PSCI 175
Instructor: Ms. Krefetz
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Sharon Krefetz, Ph.D. - Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Government
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WS 190 - Japanese Women Writers
Explores Japanese poetry and prose in translation, from the literary tradition of 10th- through 11th-century Japan, through the reawakening of women writers in the early modern period to contemporary writers popular both in Japan and abroad. Emphasis is on the cultural context of author and audience and the changing role of women in Japanese society.
Cross Listed: CMLT 190 , JAPN 190
Instructor: Ms. Valentine
When Offered: Offered every other year.
Faculty: Alice Valentine, M.A.
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WS 200 - Feminist Theory
The course provides students with a survey of feminist theories, in national and international context, and traces development of distinct strands of feminist ideas in the academy, popular culture, social movements, and political arenas. While the readings include some historical background, the focus is on late-20th century and contemporary schools of thought. The class combines lectures, discussions and seminar-style student presentations on the intersection of gender with race, class, sexuality, age and other dimensions of social identity, and the pathways toward social change and full equality. Throughout the class, students consider the commonalities and contrast in gender relations across cultures and the tensions between several major feminist schools of thought. The review of multiple theories prepares students to read, think and write critically in upper-level classes based in specific approaches within this broader spectrum.
Faculty: TBA
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WS 204 - Sacred Space Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion, Projects
Explores traditional and contemporary experiences of the sacred in spatial terms-—through study of spatial and natural archetypes (i.e., mandala, threshold, cave, mountain); geometric harmonies in nature, art and architecture; sacred and secular architectural forms (temple, stupa, shrine, indigenous village architecture); geomancy or the relationship between built and natural environments; and ancient and contemporary expressions of the natural world as Gaia, manitou or sacred geography.
Cross Listed: ARTS 204
Instructor: Ms. Buie
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Sarah Buie, M.F.A. Professor of Graphic Design
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WS 207 - Her Story: History and Fiction of Caribbean Women Writers Type of Course: Seminar
Traces the history of the Caribbean through contemporary women’s writing from the Anglophone, Francophone and Hispanic areas. Examines the portrayal of Caribbean women from slavery and colonial times to the present day, and the depiction of women’s participation in the construction of their past. Authors studied include Julia Alvarez, Maryse Condé, Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica Kincaid, Jean Rhys and Mayra Santos.
Cross Listed: CMLT 208 , RER 208
Instructor: Ms. Ferly
When Offered: Offered every other year
Faculty: Odile Ferly, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of French
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WS 209 - Beyond Victims and Guardian Angels: Third World Women, Gender and Development Type of Course: Seminar
How did Third World women and gender concerns enter economic development discourses? How have Third World women and gender been conceptualized within development practices? In turn, how have feminist theories about women and gender shaped economic development discourses? In exploring these issues this graduate seminar will eschew the divide between theory and praxis that plagues development literature.
Cross Listed: ID 209 , IDCE 354 , WS 353
Instructor: Ms. Asher
When Offered: Offered every year.
Faculty: Kiran Asher, Ph.D. Associate Professor of IDCE
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WS 210 - Spirited Rebellion: Adolescence French Novel and Film Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
A close look at youth and the construction of adult identity in the French novel of the 19th and 20th centuries. Discussion of instruction vs. education, family structures, friendship, love relationships and sexuality, gender roles and society, and the transformation of narrative forms. Authors may include Balzac, Sand, Zola, Rachilde, Colette, Gide and Duras. Taught in French.
Prerequisites: FREN 131 , FREN 136 or above, or permission.
Cross Listed: FREN 210 , FREN 211
Instructor: Ms. Gale
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Beth Gale, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of French
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WS 212 - History of Sexuality: 1750 to the Present Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Covers the history of sexuality from the Enlightenment to the present focusing on Western Europe. Students will examine how different societies in different times determined what was licit and what was illicit sexual behavior. Considers the efforts of governments, religious bodies, moralists, the medical profession and interest groups to regulate, repress or indeed encourage certain behaviors and attitudes. Specific topics include marriage, prostitution, birth control, the emergence of homosexual subcultures, and sexuality as identity.
Cross Listed: HIST 212 , HIST 312 , LAS 212
Instructor: Ms. Kushner
When Offered: Offered every other year
Faculty: Nina Kushner, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of History
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WS 213 - Gender and the American City Type of Course: Seminar
Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries, examines where urban life for men and women diverged and where it met. Readings on men, women and urban space, reform movements, utopian ideals and other topics are followed by student research projects using local resources.
Cross Listed: HIST 213 , HIST 313
Instructor: Ms. Richter
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Amy Richter, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History
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WS 219 - History of American Women Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Examines female experience in the United States, focusing on issues of power, race, ethnicity and class, and on concepts of work, family and gender, with their ramifications for the world of both sexes. Fulfills the Historical Perspective.
Cross Listed: HIST 219 , HIST 319
Instructor: Ms. Richter
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Amy Richter, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History
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WS 229 - Women in European History Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Examine the history of European women up to 1800. Topics will include premodern ideas about women and gender; women’s role in and relationship to religion; women’s work; women’s position within the household; comparisons between rural and urban women, and among elite, middle-class and peasant women; the effect of marital status on single, married and widowed women; the effects of major historical changes such as the Reformation and the rise of capitalism on women; and the emergence of movements for women’s rights.
Cross Listed: HIST 229 , HIST 329
Instructor: Ms. Kushner
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Nina Kushner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History
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WS 236 - Women in Hispanic Literature Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Topics include alienation with women’s “culture,” identity, family structure, violence against women, and women in the national imagination. Readings are from the Spanish and Latin-American tradition. Conducted in Spanish or English.
Cross Listed: SPAN 236
Instructor: Ms. Acosta Cruz, Ms. Atienza, Staff
When Offered: Offered periodically.
Faculty: María Acosta Cruz, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Spanish, Belén Atienza, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Spanish
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WS 237 - Feminism, Nature and Culture Type of Course: Seminar
The purpose of this course is to expose students to major currents of contemporary social theory that have developed around “nature” and “woman” or nature and gender. We will explore a number of important contemporary topics including: biotechnology and “life,” food and identity, the body/science/fashion, human and nonhuman animal relations, and the manner in which conceptualizations of nature and of women (or gender roles) mutually constitute and reinforce one another. Our principal goals are to analyze and critique the normative idea of what is “nature” or what is “natural” as it pertains to gender, environmental processes, other life forms, and human social and economic existence in general. Because feminists have been instrumental in leading much of this analysis and critique, we lean heavily on feminist theories. We will explore these ideas through science fiction, magical realism, cartoons, movies, other fiction, social histories and biographies. By the end of the semester, students should be adept at decoding representations of nature and gender in the popular media as well as in academic scholarship. Students should also have a reasonable understanding of the development of and debates surrounding biotechnology and gender, identity and gender, and ecofeminist thought.
Cross Listed: GEOG 237 , GEOG 337 , GES 237 , WS 337
Instructor: Ms. Emel
When Offered: Offered every other year
Faculty: Jody Emel, Ph.D. - Professor and Acting Director, Graduate School of Geography
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WS 247 - Women in Society Type of Course: First Seminar
Examines how women’s psychological functioning and development can be understood in societal context, with a central attention to differences as well as commonalities among women. To examine the workings of the societal context, we discuss anthropological and sociological studies of women’s status in various societies and of different women’s status within a given society and we examine how gender, race/ethnicity and class operate jointly in structuring societies and cultures. The focus of the seminar is on how economic, historical and cultural processes impinge on the individual, for example how cultural representations of femininity and masculinity, the workings of social institutions, or language as the symbolic carrier of meaning, configure social life and individual subjectivity, and we discuss the interconnections between those social and cultural processes. We center on individual women’s functioning within that context, covering such topics as women’s personal development, life issues of women, intellectual functioning, personal power, and women’s roles and functions in society, including issues relating to role choices and adult development. The objective of the course is to guide students to approach individual functioning and development as the functioning of social agents participating in, and shaped by a complex social and cultural world.
Cross Listed: PSYC 249
Instructor: Ms. Joffe Falmagne
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Rachel Falmagne, Ph.D. - Professor of Psychology
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WS 248 - Gender and Representation Type of Course: Seminar
An exploration of the manifold ways gender affects the production and reception of art. The course will consider the role of gender in art from three perspectives: 1) how gender affects the artist’s sense of self; 2) how gender affects pictorial representation; and 3) how gender impacts the way one views a work of art. The course will focus primarily on late-19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century art, with individual classes devoted to selected artists or thematic issues.
Cross Listed: ARTH 248
Instructor: Ms. Wilson
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Kristina Wilson, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Art History
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WS 252 - Gender, Families and Close Relationships Type of Course: First Seminar
The primary objective of this seminar is to explore how intimate family relationships change and develop over time, and the role of gender in understanding close relationships. We will examine how popular culture and everyday family life reflect and perpetuate patterns of gender inequality. Gender relations and family life are so intertwined it is impossible to understand one without paying attention to the other. We will explore concepts such as gender, family, masculinity, and femininity, to name just a few. In addition, we will examine the ways that larger social, economic and political structures shape the meanings we give to family, gender and close relationships. Seminar participants are expected to engage fully with the readings and actively participate in class discussion.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101
Cross Listed: PSYC 250
Instructor: Ms. Goldberg
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Abbie Goldberg, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Psychology
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WS 254 - The Psychology of Couples and Intimacy Type of Course: First Seminar
This course presents the scientific study of couples’ intimate relationships. The course provides a broad overview of what is currently known about adult romantic relationships, mate selection, intimacy development, marriage, relationship distress and divorce.
Cross Listed: PSYC 256
Instructor: Mr. Cordova
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: James Córdova, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Psychology
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WS 260 - Studies in 18th-Century British Literature Type of Course: Seminar-Making Gender through the 18th-Century Novel
Gender roles became more clearly defined in the eighteenth century. This course traces the construction of masculinity and femininity through the discourses of sexuality, sensibility, and sociability in the eighteenth-century British novel. Through contemporary theory on the construction of subjectivity, sexuality and gender, we will examine the popular forms of the 18th-century novel—adventure, domestic, romance, and pornographic—to understand the ways in which these texts helped to shape perceptions of gender socially and culturally. A student may take this seminar more than once, as long as the topic for the course is different. For undergraduate English majors this course satisfies the Period (C-2) requirement.
Cross Listed: ENG 260 , ENG 360
Instructor: Ms. Kasmer
When Offered: Offered 2010-2011. Offered every other year with different topics.
Faculty: Lisa Kasmer, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of English
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WS 262 - Studies in 19th-Century British Literature Type of Course: Seminar - The Nineteenth-Century British Literature
The nineteenth-century British novel, the predominant literary form in mid-to-late nineteenth-century Britain, not only maintained cultural norms, but also upheld the value of the British Empire itself. With specific attention to both literary form and historical contexts, we will explore the ways in which the novel shaped and was shaped by nineteenth-century British culture, mired in emergent notions of psychology, the ‘woman question,’ and the issues of class and imperialism. By surveying both canonical novels, like Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” and Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations,” and non-canonical novels, we will place these works within the larger framework of the British literary tradition. Theories of the nineteenth-century novel as a popular and a complex form, and cultural critical studies will assist us in understanding the novel of this time-period. A student may take this seminar more than once, as long as the topic for the course is different. For undergraduate English majors, this course satisfies the Period (C-2) requirement.
Cross Listed: ENG 262 , ENG 362 , SCRN 262
Instructor: Ms. Kasmer
When Offered: Offered every other year with different topics. Offered 2010-2011.
Faculty: Lisa Kasmer, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of English
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WS 263 - British Romantic Literature: Race and Imperialism in Romanticism Type of Course: Seminar
the 18th century to the mid-19th century was one of great expansion and empire building for England, but at what cost? In 1772, after the Mansfield Judgment proclaimed that England was “a soil whose air is deemed too pure for slaves to breathe in,” the issue of slavery, as well as the issue of British identity, became particularly contested. This course will examine issues of slavery and colonial rule, as well as the ideals of political and social freedom, through the narratives of former slaves; the texts of authors, such as Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, and Thomas De Quincey; and Romantic poetry. Through these works, we will look at the ways in which race and imperialism impacted attitudes towards Englishness during the period, in particular, notions of English womanhood. To understand the cultural context of race and imperialism, the course will incorporate post-colonial criticism, as well as cultural and historical documents. For undergraduate English majors this course satisfies the Period (C-2) requirement.
Cross Listed: ENG 263 ENG 363 , RER 263
Instructor: Ms. Kasmer
When Offered: Offered 2010-2011
Faculty: Lisa Kasmer, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of English
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WS 266 - The European Mind, History & Theory, 1700-2000 Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
What are the principal ideas that inform the modern mind? Designed to complement the department’s European history offerings and instrumental to a variety of subject areas - - such as Holocaust and genocide studies, women’s studies, and Jewish studies – this upper level lecture course provides a critical framework for the study of modernity. Through a variety of primary sources, we explore an intellectual tradition that has given us some very provocative views of the human condition - - including, for instance, that civilization is the source of inequality (Rousseau), that sexual desire empowers the intellect (Freud), that creation has no discernible moral purpose Darwin), that there is nothing outside the text (Derrida), that kindness is an expression of weakness (Nietzsche), that popular culture is a form of thought control (Adorno). What were these people thinking? What are the factors that lay at the root of their modern discontent and their aspiration toward the new? As we will see, their anxieties intersect with our own and their radical conceptions of politics, gender, economy and society helped to shape the world in which we live.
Cross Listed: HIST 264 , HIST 364
Instructor: Ms. Litvak
When Offered: Offered biannually
Faculty: Olga Litvak, Ph.D. Associate Professor; Michael and Lisa Leffell Chair in Modern Jewish History
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WS 268 - Peace and War
Through an examination and analysis of the various theories in the field of international relations as related to the origins, duration, and conclusion of wars. Looking at both historical and contemporary cases, we will assess the factors that contribute to the outbreak of war (i.e., nationalism, territory, economics and security dilemmas) as well as the emergence of peace (i.e., international institutions, alliances and the balance of power). The course concludes with an exploration of the challenges for preventing future wars and enhancing the possibility of peace.
Cross Listed: PSCI 268
Instructor: Mr. Butler, Ms. Williams
When Offered: Offered every year
Faculty: Michael Butler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Government, Kristen Williams, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Government
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WS 269 - Capitalism, Nature Development
Concerns about the environment and “local” needs appear central in diverse disciplinary, discursive and organizational realms across the globe. This reading-intensive interdisciplinary seminar will explore the complex and contradictory connections between economic development, the environment, and the needs of “local” peoples. The following questions will frame the seminar discussions: (1) how, why and when did concerns about the “global” environment get linked to economic development? (2) how are “local” peoples shaped by, and shape, these interactions? (3) How do the interconnected discourses of environment and development reconfigure or reinforce existing power relations (especially those that are “raced” and “gendered”)?
Prerequisites: Open to undergraduate students with permission only.
Cross Listed: ID 269 , IDCE 30269
Instructor: Ms. Asher
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Kiran Asher, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of IDCE
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WS 273 - Gender, Politics and Development in Africa Type of Course: Seminar
The course examines a range of issues involving questions of gender, politics and development, including gendered political participation at the local and national levels, gendered rights under customary and introduced law, and the role and impact of gender on civil conflict, war and genocide. The course also explores the role of gender in the HIV/AIDS crisis, Structural Adjustment Programs, Islamic Shariah law and female genital cutting.
Cross Listed: ID 275, IDCE 30223 , PSCI 275
Instructor: Ms. Grier
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Beverly C. Grier, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Government Chair, Department of Government and International Relations
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WS 278 - Family Issues in an Aging Society Type of Course: Seminar
Examines how the aging of the American population has affected family life for both older and younger generations. Emphasizes a life-course perspective and gives attention to the impact of mid-life family events on later life relationships. Topics include family caregiving, divorce and remarriage, widowhood, grandparenthood, and intergenerational relationships.
Prerequisites: SOC 175 or SOC 180 .
Cross Listed: SOC 275
Instructor: Ms. Merrill
When Offered: Offered every other year
Faculty: Deborah Merrill, Ph.D. - Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology
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WS 282 - Chinese Women in Literature and Society Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Examines the changing role of women in Chinese society from the 17th century to the present, primarily through the reading and discussion of Chinese literature in English translation.
Cross Listed: AS 282 , HIST 282
Instructor: Mr. Ropp
When Offered: Offered every other year
Faculty: Paul Ropp, Ph.D. Professor of History
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WS 288 - Gender and Film
Explores the ways that gender is produced by the “social technologies” of film and video. Examines concepts of sexual difference (masculinity and femininity) and organizing representation, narrative and spectatorship in Hollywood and alternative cinemas, and in some television and video. Readings will be primarily theoretical and critical.
Cross Listed: COMM 288, SCRN 288
Instructor: Ms. Butzel
When Offered: Offered every other year
Faculty: Marcia Butzel, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Screen Studies Adjunct Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature Director, Screen Studies Program
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WS 291 - Dangerous Women Type of Course: Seminar
This course will explore the history of dangerous women from Bible through the present, concentrating most heavily on early modern Europe. We will focus primarily on England, France and Germany (though occasionally we will draw on scholarship about the U.S. and other regions). We will examine discourses of dangerous women developed in religious writings, myth, literature and fairy tales, medicine, crime reporting, social science and legal texts in order to interrogate the very concept of the dangerous woman and ask why certain women at certain times were considered dangerous. We will also look at the experiences and treatment of women labeled dangerous specifically examining saints, heretics, prostitutes, witches, step-mothers, queens, lesbians, criminals, mentally-ill women and women’s rights activists.
Cross Listed: HIST 295 , HIST 395
Instructor: Ms.Kushner
When Offered: Offered periodically.
Faculty: Nina Kushner, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of History
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WS 295 - Gender and Discourse Type of Course: Seminar
Focuses on how cultural conceptions of gender guide language use for males and females and on ways in which discourse in its cultural context constructs gender. The implications for language use of ideology, enculturation and socialization patterns, dominance and inequality, and cultural diversity are considered. Both theory and research are covered and students conduct their own research projects. For undergraduate English majors and minors, this course satisfies the Theory or Criticism (D) requirement.
Cross Listed: COMM 295 , ENG 295 , ENG 395
Instructor: Ms. Johnson
When Offered: Offered 2010-2011
Faculty: Fern Johnson, Ph.D. Professor of English
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WS 296 - Internship Seminar:Gender
Focus changes each year depending on interest. Foci include gender, community organizing and aging.
Prerequisites: SOC 110 or SOC 175 or WS 110 or instructor’s permission.
Cross Listed: SOC 296
Instructor: Ms. Tenenbaum
When Offered: Offered periodically
Faculty: Shelly Tenenbaum, Ph.D. - Professor of Sociology Adjunct Professor of Jewish Studies
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WS 299 - Undergraduate Directed Readings in Women’s Studies Type of Course: Tutorial
Faculty: TBA
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WS 361 - Gender, Militarization and Development
This intensive seven-week seminar explores how the processes of militarization–in war time and in alleged peacetime–rely on certain ideas and policies about masculinity and femininity. Asking, “Where are the women?” will be central to the entire course. Among countries considered will be the Philippines, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Chile. Among the topics whose gendered dynamics affecting development will be investigated are violence against women, militias, peacekeeping efforts, trade in small arms, definitions of “security” and the interventions of foreign governments and aid agencies.
Cross Listed: IDCE 30207
Instructor: Ms. Enloe
When Offered: Offered periodically. 7-Week Module (1/2 credit)
Faculty: Cynthia Enloe, Ph.D. -
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WS 386 - Gender in Development Planning
This mini-course explores the rationale for incorporating gender into development planning and analysis and builds knowledge, expertise and skills, which will enable course participants to integrate gender analysis into their various fields of academic and professional responsibility. We clarify approaches and identify tools for gender analysis in the context of participatory research, institutional change and community empowerment. We also explore methods of gender analysis for their usefulness to national policies and programs and for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects.
Cross Listed: IDCE 30275
Instructor: Ms. Thomas-Slayter
When Offered: Offered periodically. 7-week module (1/2 credit)
Faculty: Barbara Thomas-Slayter, Ph.D. - IDCE Research Professor
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