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Women’s and Gender Studies Program

Introduction

The Women’s and Gender Studies program considers historical and current analyses of women and gender in the US and globally. This program draws on the unique offerings of several departments and programs at Manhattanville. This interdisciplinary program provides students the opportunity to study women’s lives and gender through the perspectives of anthropology, art history, communication studies, English, film studies, history, political science, sociology, world literatures and languages, and world religions.

Women’s Studies began as the academic outgrowth of women’s and feminist activism in the late 1960s and 1970s. At this time, women’s voices and experiences were rarely represented in the social or natural sciences. The Women’s Studies program at Manhattanville was founded in 1981. Students in the program have gone on to be community organizers, attend graduate school, and work in a variety of professional fields.

Degree

Women’s and Gender Studies is offered as a minor.

Program Administrators

Beth Williford, Program Director, (914) 323-5143, Beth.Williford@mville.edu

Faculty and Staff

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Beth Williford

AFFILIATED FACULTY

Maria José Lujan (World Language and Literatures)

Xia Zhang (Sociology and Anthropology)

Christopher D’Amico (Communications Studies)

Lisa Rafanelli (Art History)

Caralyn Bialo (English)

Nancy Harris (Professor Emeritus, Sociology and Anthropology)

Overview

Women’s and Gender Studies at Manhattanville is a broadly-based, interdisciplinary program.

To receive a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies students need to complete a total of five courses, including WGS 1040: Women in Society: An Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies.

Women’s and Gender Studies Minor Requirements

A minor in Women's and Gender Studies requires WGS 1040: Women and Society: An Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, and a minimum of four other courses such as those from the samples listed in the related courses section.

Possible Related Courses

Possible related courses include but are not limited to the following:

Art History

Communications

English

History

Political Science

Sociology-Anthropology

Spanish

World Religions

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