By choosing to pursue work in women and gender studies, students at all levels engage in an interdisciplinary exploration of gender in social, political, cultural, and economic life; gender in history; women and the media; feminist theory; the relationship between sex and gender; the impact of sex, race, class, disability, and sexual orientation on people’s lives; and the ways in which gender stereotypes influence the self in relationship to others. Students in many courses have the opportunity to investigate these issues in a cross-cultural and global perspective.
Undergraduate Programs
The Women and Gender Studies Program offers two interdisciplinary minors. The minor in women and gender studies and the minor in LGBTQ studies are open to students from any major. Students have the opportunity to earn credit toward the minor while doing an internship that helps prepare them for the work place, a service learning course that combines work in a specific course with a service project, or research on gender issues on Mason’s campus. Students pursuing these minors can take advantage of the many activities and resources provided by the Women and Gender Studies Center.
The program also sponsors the concentration in women and gender studies in the BA in integrative studies.
Graduate Programs
The program sponsors the concentration in women and gender studies in the master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies (MAIS). This concentration promotes advanced scholarship that transcends traditional boundaries. Students combine required coursework in women and gender studies with courses in a discipline of interest such as history, literature, sociology, anthropology, health, education, philosophy, social work, conflict analysis and resolution, or the arts.
The program also offers a graduate certificate in women and gender studies. Students may take this as a stand-alone certificate or pursue it concurrently with any graduate degree program. A portion of the certificate coursework may be applied to the degree with the approval of the director of the graduate degree and dean. Students must apply and be accepted to a graduate certificate program.
Women and Gender Studies Center
The academic program in women and gender studies is integrated with the Women and Gender Studies Center. The center organizes a wide variety of lectures, conferences, workshops, and other public events throughout the year. The center houses a library and functions as a community space for students and faculty.
Program Faculty
Professors
Supriya Baily
Ann C Baker
Frederic Bemak
Amy L Best
Giovanna Chesler
Shannon N Davis
Lisa Eckenwiler
Pamela Watkins Garner
Lisa Koch
Rachel A. Lewis
Michael G Malouf
Wendi N. Manuel-Scott
Priscilla M Regan
Jennifer Ritterhouse
Kristin Samuelian
Kelly Schrum
Emeritus Professors
Debra B Bergoffen
Dina M. Copelman
Sheila ffolliott
Sheryl A Friedley
Paula Ruth Gilbert
Karen E Rosenblum
Anita Taylor
Susan Tichy
Ellen Wiley Todd
Margaret Yocom
Associate Professors
Leah M Adams
Anu Aneja
Jo-Marie Burt
Meagan Call-Cummings
Cher Weixia Chen
Rose M Cherubin
Maria M Dakake
Sharon P. Doetsch-Kidder
Leslie Dwyer
Kimberly Eby
Cynthia Fuchs
Rachael Goodman
Sumaiya A. Hamdani
Nancy W Hanrahan
Tamara Harvey
Cortney Hughes Rinker
Rachel Jones
Yevette Richards Jordan
Linn Jorgenson
Maria Karametou
Vicki Kirsch
Michelle LaFrance
Heidi Y. Lawrence
Janette Muir
Julie E. Owen
Christy L Pichichero
Rashmi Sadana
Ricardo F Vivancos-Pérez
Alexandria Zylstra
Assistant Professors
Samirah Alkassim
David Powers Corwin
Karen Trister Grace
Samuel Clowes Huneke
Jessica Hurley
Shayna Maskell
Rick W. A. Smith
Janani Umamaheswar
Andrea K Zach
Instructor
Women's Studies (WMST)
100 Level Courses
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
200 Level Courses
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
300 Level Courses
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
400 Level Courses
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
500 Level Courses
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
600 Level Courses
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
800 Level Courses
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy or Graduate.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.