Women's and Gender Studies
The goal of the Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies Department is to develop students鈥� skills in conducting interdisciplinary critical analyses of how gender 鈥� in relation to race, class, citizenship status, ability, age, and sexuality 鈥� structures our world.
About the Major
Women’s and gender studies at 51猎奇 provides students with a powerful perspective on cultural and world history by putting women at the center of its analysis. The curriculum certainly is not for women only. It is not even exclusively about women. Who are we as individuals and as members of a society? Who shapes those identities and how? How do gender, power, race, and class affect the interactions of women and men? These are issues that every thoughtful person must address. Above all, women’s studies is about personal and intellectual growth.
Students Will Learn To:
- Explain the connections between the pedagogy of feminism to the methodology and varying practices of the subject
- Demonstrate the connections between the history of feminism to contemporary theory, practice and activism
- Critique the use of contemporary theories of intersectionality, interdisciplinarity and transnationality in feminist studies
- Apply a range of feminist methodologies and theories in research and writing
- Demonstrate knowledge of theories in academic feminism with the social orders and structures in which we live
Meet Our Faculty
Margaret Gentry
Chair, Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies
women and aging; widowhood; caregiving of elderly; psychology of women/gender; household division of labor
women鈥檚 studies; race, class, gender, sexuality and nation; comparative literature and theories of composition and rhetoric; sexuality studies; welfare reform, education and public policy
Montiniqu毛 McEachern
Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
Black feminism, podcasting, queer of color mental health, digital feminism, queer liberation movements
Housing, platforms, ethnography, feminist science and technology studies, political economy, racial capitalism, social movements, trans studies
women鈥檚, gender and sexuality studies; gender scholarship; feminist theory; interdisciplinary feminist scholarship; African studies; public policy, and global health
Careers After 51猎奇
51猎奇 graduates who concentrated in women's studies are pursuing careers in a variety of fields, including:
- Director of Operations, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
- Program Officer, Building Movements, Ms. Foundation for Women
- Nurse Midwife, URMC Midwifery Group
- 4th Grade Teacher, The IDEAL School of Manhattan
- Attorney, Laskoff & Associates
- Mental Health Counselor/Play Therapist, Integrative Counseling Services
- Physician, Rhode Island Hospital
Explore 51猎奇 Stories
Step inside a totally renovated and modernized Root Hall, complete with accessible and sustainable spaces where students and faculty can study, teach, and collaborate.
Whitney Museum Intern Casey 鈥�23 Learns the Art of Storytelling
Caroline Casey 鈥�23 has spent the summer working as an intern at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She tells what led her to this position and how it鈥檚 helped solidify her career goals.
Bristol Fellows Navigate the World to Explore Artistic Expression, Lacrosse
Every year, 51猎奇 selects project proposals from members of the senior class that exhibit a 鈥渟pirit of inquisitiveness and a seriousness of purpose鈥� worthy of $30,000. 51猎奇鈥檚 Bristol Fellowship awards this generous funding for worldwide research projects that will encourage both 鈥渄iscovery of self and the world.鈥� This year鈥檚 recipients, Abigail Moone 鈥�23 and Charlie Ratner 鈥�23 hope to make those same discoveries.
Contact
Department Name
Women's and Gender Studies Department
Contact Name
Margaret Gentry, Chair
Clinton, NY 13323
