Gender Studies Minor

Gender roles, biological differences, sexuality and reproduction, media images, gender and government, law and the economy are just some of the topics explored as part of the interdisciplinary Gender Studies minor.

Created in response to overwhelming student demand, the minor, with more than 30 faculty members, now offers 12-15 courses a semester, cross-listed with other departments. In addition to one required course (either the Sociology of Gender or Sex, Gender, and Culture), students may take courses on women in politics, history and the economy, on female artists and writers, and on the subject of gender as a social construction.

Regardless of your particular interests, the Gender Studies minor will give you a firm grasp on the concept of gender and will enrich your study of anthropology, sociology, history, art, literature, political science, and more.

students listen to Professor Elizabeth O'Connor in the Sophie Kerr Room
Gender was a central theme in a recent class: Feminist Modernism(s): Editing Sophie Kerr

Elizabeth Foley O'Connor, Director of the Gender Studies Minor, Associate Professor of English, Co-Chair of the Department of English

Erin Anderson, Associate Professor of Sociology & Gender Studies, Director of the Social Welfare Minor 

Jennifer Benson, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Dean of Transfer Pathways

Katherine Charles, Associate Professor of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literature

Elena Deanda-Camacho, Professor of Hispanic Studies, Director of the Black Studies Minor

Richard De Prospo, Ernest A. Howard Professor of English and American Studies, Director of American Studies

Rachel Durso, Associate Professor of Sociology & Black Studies, Chair of the Department of Sociology, Director of Justice, Law & Society Minor

Nick Garcia, Assistant Professor of Sociology

James Hall, Associate Professor of English, Director of the Rose O'Neill Literary House

Julie G. Markin, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Archaeology

Matthew McCabe, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion

Ken Miller, Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of History

Carrie Reiling, Associate Professor of Political Science & International Studies

Courtney Rydel, Associate Professor of English, Chair of the Department of English, Director of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Minor

Emily Steinmetz, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Co-Director, Cromwell Center for Teaching and Learning

Aileen Tsui, Nancy L. Underwood Associate Professor of Art History

Christine Wade, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Chair of the Department of Political Science,  Louis L. Goldstein '35 Chair of Public Affairs, Director of the Latin American Studies Minor

Carol Wilson, Arthur A. and Elizabeth R. Knapp Professor of American History

Gender Studies Minor