Courses

Analysis of the images of women and minorities in the media and their status as media professionals. Includes study of the alternative media. (MULT).

Advanced seminar exploring the diverse roles women have played in the visual arts as subjects, patrons, and artists from antiquity to the present. May be taught concurrently with ARTH 6070.

The legal status of American women from the adoption of the Constitution to the present: constitutional developments; the 19th Amendment and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment; employment; family law; reproductive rights; education; sexual equality in context of other claims to equality; law and social norms.

The legal status of American women from the adoption of the Constitution to the present: constitutional developments; the 19th Amendment and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment; employment; family law; reproductive rights; education; sexual equality in context of other claims to equality; law and social norms.

Case studies of women and war in the African diaspora in a wide historical and comparative context; social, economic, and cultural influence of war on women’s lives; women as victims, combatants, and refugees; historical construction of race, ethnic and gender identity during times of conflict.

Case studies of women and war in the African diaspora in a wide historical and comparative context; social, economic, and cultural influence of war on women’s lives; women as victims, combatants, and refugees; historical construction of race, ethnic and gender identity during times of conflict.

An exploration of the changing situation of women in the U.S. workforce. Included is a study of the causes and consequences of job segregation by sex, and sex differentials in pay. The relationship between women's paid work and their role in the family and society will also be explored.

This course examines the impact of the ancient world on the life of modern women. More specifically, this course examines the evolution of women’s life, starting from ancient Greece and following its trajectory to the modern day.

History of women, gender, and sexuality in Islam from early Islamic history to the modern period.

An exploration of the major historiographical works and controversies of women, health, and history in the western world.