2025-26 Academic Courses
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Fall 2025
WMS 020: Cultural Representations of Gender (S. Thompson)
GSW 050: Introduction to Critical Gender Studies (J. Hua)
GSW 070: Theory and History of Sexualities (C. Decker)
GSW 102: Colonialism (A. Mama)
GSW 103: Introduction to Feminist Theory (S. Thompson)
WMS 145: Women's Movements in Transnational Perspectives (A. Mama)
GSW 201: Special Topics in Feminist Theory & Research (A. Kim) *OPEN ONLY TO GRADUATE STUDENTS*
Winter 2026
WMS 025: Gender & Global Cinema (A. Mama)
GSW 050: Introduction to Critical Gender Studies (C. Hanssmann)
WMS 104: Feminist Research (A. Mama)
WMS 138: Critical Fashion Studies (S. Thompson)
GSW/AMS 139: Feminist Cultural Studies (J. DeCristo)
WMS 162: Feminist Film Theory (S. Thompson)
WMS 170: Queer Studies (A. Kim)
GSW 179: Literature as Aesthetics of Resistances (TBA)
WMS 189: Special Topics in Critical Gender Studies (TBA)
GSW 200B: Problems in Feminist Research (R. Jaleel) *OPEN ONLY TO GRADUATE STUDENTS*
Spring 2026
GSW 050: Introduction to Critical Gender Studies (S. Thompson)
WMS 060: Feminist Critiques of Western Thought (B. Jafri)
WMS 137: Contemporary Debates in Western Feminist Theory (R. Jaleel)
GSW 140: Gender & Law (R. Jaleel)
GSW 148: Science, Gender, & Social Justice (C. Hanssmann)
WMS 164: Gender & Cinema (S. Thompson)
GSW 182: Globalization and Gender Culture (C. Decker)
GSW 190: Senior Seminar (B. Jafri)
GSW 200A: Current Issues in Feminist Theory (C. Hanssmann) *OPEN ONLY TO GRADUATE STUDENTS*