2018-2019 University Catalog 
    
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Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)


The Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies allows students to explore questions about women’s lives, gender and sexuality from a variety of perspectives in the humanities and social sciences. Courses examine how gender and sexual identities have been and are constructed, how they intersect with the categories of race, class, and ethnicity, and how we can create a more just and equitable world for people of all genders.

Program Head: Sarah Horowitz

Core Faculty

First date is the year in which the faculty member began service as regular faculty at the University. Second date is the year of appointment to the present rank.

N. Melina Bell, Ph.D.—(2005)-2017
Professor of Philosophy and Law
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Alexandra R. Brown, Ph.D.—(1987)-2001
Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Bible
Ph.D., Columbia University

Jenefer M. Davies, M.F.S., M.A.L.S.—(2006)-2014
Associate Professor of Dance
M.F.A., George Washington University
M.A.L.S., Hollins University

Megan Fulcher, Ph.D.—(2004)-2012
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Virginia

Genelle C. Gertz, Ph.D.—(2003)-2016
Professor of English
Ph.D., Princeton University

Sascha L. Goluboff, Ph.D.—(1999)-2013
Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Illinois

Sarah Horowitz, Ph.D.—(2008)-2014
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Wan-Chuan Kao,Ph.D.—(2013)-2013
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D. City University of New York

Robin Le Blanc, Ph.D.—(1998)-2008
Professor of Politics
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Ellen C. Mayock, Ph.D.—(1997)-2008
Ernest Williams II Professor of Romance Languages
Ph.D., University of Texas

Deborah Miranda, Ph.D.—(2004)-2013
John Lucian Smith Jr. Term Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Washington

David Robert Novack, Ph.D.—(1976)-1988
Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., New York University

Domnica V. Radulescu, Ph.D.—(1992)-2003
Edwin A. Morris Professor of Romance Languages
Ph.D., University of Chicago

Roberta H. Senechal, Ph.D.—(1988)-2007
Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Virginia

Katharine L. Shester, Ph.D.—(2011)-2017
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Florentien Verhage, Ph.D.—(2008)-2016
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., McGill University

Taylor Fontaine Walle, Ph.D.—(2016)-2016
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Lesley M. Wheeler, Ph.D.—(1994)-2006
Henry S. Fox Professor of English
Ph.D., Princeton University

Julie A. Woodzicka, Ph.D.—(2000)-2012
Abigail Grigsby Urquahrt ‘11 Term Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Boston College

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Courses

Courses relevant to the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies are as follows:

The following courses may also meet program requirements when the topic is appropriate:

Degrees/Majors/Minors

Interdisciplinary Minor

Courses