Women's Studies -

Faculty

Chip Beal, Assistant Professor, Indian Studies and Multicultural Coordinator

Hal Bertilson, Professor, Psychology

Joan Bischoff, Professor, English

Elizabeth Blue, Associate Professor, Social Work

Cindy Christian, Lecturer, Political Science, Coordinator, Women's Studies Program

Khalil Dokhanchi, Associate Professor, Political Science

Cindy Graham, Assistant Vice Chancellor

Suzanne Griffith, Associate Professor, Coordinator, School Psychology Program

Richard Hudelson, Senior Lecturer, Philosophy

Marshall Johnson, Associate Professor, Sociology

Albert Katz, Professor, Communicating Arts

Gary Keveles, Professor, Sociology (Criminal Justice)

Ronald Mershart, Professor, History

William Morgan, Professor, Visual Arts

Gladyce Nahbenayash, Associate Professor, Indian Studies

Debra Nordgren, Assistant Professor, Library Science

Mary Pulford, Senior Lecturer, Anthropology

Deborah Davis Schlacks, Assistant Professor, English

Joel Sipress, Associate Professor, History

Priscilla Starratt, Associate Professor, History

Patricia Thomas, Assistant Professor, Spanish

A 21-credit minor is available in Women's Studies (WST).  

The program is located in the Department of History, Politics and Society. It is governed by the Women's Studies Committee, a free-standing advisory committee made up of interested faculty and staff.

The Women's Studies undergraduate minor was approved in 1976. It is an interdisciplinary minor, with courses offered by a number of different
academic departments. Members of the Women's Studies Committee serve as the faculty advisors for this minor. Students choosing this minor
must take 21 semester credits from courses in the approved list in consultation with a Women's Studies faculty advisor.

The Women's Studies undergraduate minor has the following objectives for each student taking the minor:

1.  To provide information about women's contributions, nationally and internationally, to the different academic disciplines offered by the
university.

2.  To help the student understand how women's and men's traditional roles in society, nationally and internationally, have differentially
shaped women's and men's perceptions of reality and directed or influenced their behavior.

3.  To help the student become aware of social, political, legislative and philosophical movements, nationally and internationally, which
enhance, or inhibit, the self-actualization and self-esteem of girls and women in society.

4.  To help the student realize that women who belong to minorities or other protected classes (such as persons with disabilities) may face additional barriers to self-actualization and self-esteem.

Minor

Required courses 2000-2001 Catalog
WST 150 Introduction to Women's Studies 3 credits
WST 210 Sociology of Gender 3 credits
or
WST 358 Psychology of Women
or
WST 230 Women and Philosophy
WST 310 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 credits
or
WST 460 The Study of American Indian Women
WST 322 Women and Men in American Society 3 credits or
WST 375 Women in American Thought
or
WST 390 Emergent Women
WST 403 Voices of African Women 3 credits
or
WST 404 Voices of Arab Women
or
WST 406 Voices of East Asian Women
or
WST 315 Voices of Hispanic Women
Elective courses - six credits

Minor Requirements 2002-2003 Catalog

Required courses - 12 credits in all:

WST 150    Introduction to Women's Studies and

WST 456    Feminist Theory

Multicultural Focus Students should choose one course:

WST 229    Literature by Women

WST 315    Voices of Hispanic Women

WST 325    Writing Women, Women Writing

WST 328    Gender and Ethnicity in American Literature

WST 460   The Study of American Indian Women

WST 481    The Geography of Difference

International Focus Students should choose one course:

WST 310    Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective

WST 403    Voices of African Women

WST 404    Voices of Arab Women

WST 406    Voices of East Asian Women

Plus nine additional credits in  Women's Studies

Women's Studies minors also need to fulfill the UW-Superior goals in multicultural and international awareness.