Women's Studies Program

The Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Superior is an undergraduate minor program located within the Department of Social Inquiry. The mission of the Women's and Gender Studies Program is to raise awareness of issues of gender and gender inequality and to transform the university and the community through teaching, learning, and social action.

Students studying Women's and Gender Studies will
-Analyze and challenge notions of femininity and masculinity in relation to people’s experiences.
-Recognize the varieties of masculinities and femininities that exist across time, cultures, space, etc.
-Relate social structures and institutions to the creation and perpetuation of inequality.
-Understand other social differences intersecting with gender.
-Appreciate intersections of thought and action and engage in theoretically informed social and political action.
-Employ experience as evidence for developing an understanding of power, privilege, and disadvantaging.

We have offered a Women's Studies undergraduate minor since 1976. In 2007, the Women's Studies Committee revised the minor, and the program and minor became Women's and Gender Studies.

Students may earn a 21-credit minor in Women's and Gender Studies by selecting courses from diverse fields such as Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, American Indian Studies, English, Sociology, History, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Business Administration, Literature, Visual Art, Geography and Philosophy.

This is a picture of various women in action, smiling, singing, on a scooter, and a women's studies forum.

Fall 2007 Women's and Gender Studies Internship

Congratulations to Jacci Rivard and Michelle Gutsch, winners of the Fall 2007 Women's Studies internship competition.

Jacci is pictured (left) with Eleanor Smeal, Director of the Feminist Majority Foundation, at the March 27, 2007, ceremony marking the reintroduction of the Equal Rights Amendment, now called the Women's Equality Amendment. Jacci was in Washington, D.C. pursuing a political science internship in Minnesota Representative Jim Oberstar's office.

Events and notices
The UW-Superior Women¹s and Gender Studies Program invites you to the annual WOMEN¹S AND GENDER STUDIES ESSAY CONTEST RECEPTION Honoring students from last year¹s contest: First Place in the Expressive-Creative Category: Laura Gaspke, for "The Hidden Cost of a Diamond Ring" First Place in the Scholarly Category: Silva Kahl, for "Woman Warrior in Vietnam: Gender Identity in When Heaven and Earth Changed Places" Thursday, November 8 At Noon Multicultural Center Please join us as we recognize these students for their fine work. Information about submitting essays for this year¹s contest will also be available at the reception. CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE $1000 SPRING 2008 WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES INTERNSHIP Review of applications begins Nov. 19. For more details, see the call for proposals by clicking here. COMING SOON: The first issue of MINERVA for 2007-08: Women and War CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURA GAPSKE, one of six statewide winners of the Wisconsin Women in Government scholarship. Laura is a Women's Studies minor and a Sociology major at UW-Superior. As our spring 2007 Women's Studies intern, she founded the feminist zine Minerva. New Courses for 2007-08 Fall 2007: SOCI/WST 490 Gender and Globalization in Transnational Asia To learn more, contact Dr. Eri Fujieda. Click here to email her. Spring 2008 ENGL/WST 255 Gender and Sexuality in Writing Click here to learn more about Gender and Sexuality in Writing. If you have questions or need more information, contact Dianna Hunter. Click here to email her.

Teaching and learning women's studies at UW-Superior
Click here to see the Women's and Gender Studies Minor Requirements for the 2008-10 catalog

Click here to see Women's Studies Minor Requirements for the 2006-08 catalog

Click here to see The Women's Studies Undergraduate Minor Objectives prior to 2007

Click here to see Philosophy of teaching and content of Women's Studies course prior to 2007

Click here to see Women's Studies courses in 2006-08 catalog

Course Syllabi

Click here to see Fall 2007 syllabus for Introduction to Women's Studies

Click here to see Fall 2006 syllabus for Psychology of Women

Click here to see Spring 2006 syllabus for Advanced Psychology of Women

Click here to see Spring 2006 syllabus for Feminist Theory

Links of Interest

UW-Superior Women's Studies Program

UW-Superior Women's Resource Center

Career opportunities in Women's Studies

University of Wisconsin System

Women's Studies Consortium

Women's Studies Librarian's Office

UWS Office of Women's and Gender Issues

Support, advocacy, education, and networking on women's issues, other gender issues and sexual identity issues.

UWS Women's Resource Center

Click here for the Women's Resource Center located in Rothwell Student Center 19 sponsors seminars and other programs focused on women's current interests and concerns. The center serves as a lounge for students to meet, talk, and study, as well as a helpful informational resource for classes.

The Association for Women Students (AWS)

The Association for Women Students has identified three objectives:

	1.	To promote equal opportunity for women in all situations within the university
	2.	To collaborate with other local, state, and national women's organizations to assist in improving the status of women in the general social structure
	3.	To stimulate and encourage women students at UW-Superior to become aware of their potential as women and to participate in activities designed to explore concerns, issues and interests of women as students

For additional information about UW-Superior's program in Women's Studies, please contact:

Dianna Hunter, Coordinator
Women's Studies Program
Women and Gender Issues Coordinator
Sundquist 143
Belknap & Catlin PO Box 2000
Superior, WI 54880-4500
(715) 394-8405
Click here to email Dianna Hunter at dhunter@uwsuper.edu

General admissions information may be obtained by contacting:

Click here for the Admissions Office web page
UW-Superior
Old Main 136
Belknap & Catlin PO Box 2000
Superior, WI 54880-4500
(715) 394-8230

For question about the web page
Click here to contact Dianna Hunter
Women's Studies Program Coordinator
(715)394-8405