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Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department
Nationally and internationally women's studies has grown into an important and well-established field of academic inquiry. Women and gender are studied in relation to other important aspects of identity, including race, ethnicity, religion, class, disability, nationality, and sexuality. Women's Studies analyzes the ways in which social and institutional power is structured in part around social identities, and it examines the meanings attached to these identities through interdisciplinary lenses. This broader understanding has implications not only for what is studied but how it is studied. Emory scholars working in the study of women and gender reflect this development in their work, which covers a range of disciplinary and methodological approaches. The Emory Department of Women’s Studies is proud to support a generous and pluralistic understanding of women’s studies in its work, and it has done so for over 20 years. It remains the only WS Ph.D. program supported by a private institution.
Faculty
Core Faculty
- Irene Browne
- Frances Foster
- Carla Freeman
- Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
- Lynne Huffer
- Mary Odem
- Beth Reingold
- Deboleena Roy
- Pamela Scully
- Holloway Sparks
- Kimberly Wallace-Sanders
- Elizabeth Wilson
Associated Faculty
- Deborah Ayer
- Deepika Bahri
- Angelika Bammer
- Peggy Barlett
- Edna Bay
- Matthew Bernstein
- Martine Brownley
- Elizabeth Bounds
- Julia Bullock
- Patricia Cahill
- Rong Cai
- Maria Carrion
- Cathy Caruth
- Sheila Cavanagh
- Cheryl Crowley
- Timothy Dowd
- Wendy Farley
- Martha Fineman
- Robyn Fivush
- Joyce Flueckiger
- Sarah Freeman
- Eric Goldstein
- Carole Hahn
- Pamela Hall
- Leslie Harris
- Wan-Li Ho
- Carol Hogue
- Fleda Jackson
- Cathryn Johnson
- Dalia Judovitz
- Walter Kalaidjian
- Bruce Knauft
- Corinne Kratz
- Barbara Ladd
- Gary Laderman
- Kay Levine
- Deborah Lipstadt
- Valerie Loichot
- Kim Loudermilk
- Joy McDougall
- Rosemary Magee
- Kristin Mann
- Elissa Marder
- Patricia Marsteller
- James Meyer
- Patricia Owen-Smith
- Barbara "Bobbi" Patterson
- Michael Peletz
- Judith Rohrer
- Susan Socolow
- Juliette Apkarian
- Claire Sterk
- Devin Stewart
- Karen Stolley
- Sharon Strocchia
- Sheila Tefft
- Natasha Trethewey
- Allen Tullos
- Nagueyalti Warren
- Regina Werum
- Andrea White
- Cynthia Willett
- Gina Wingood
- Kathryn Yount
Courses
Women's Studies 300-Level Courses
- WGS 301: Histories of Feminist Thought
- WGS 302: Contemporary Feminist Theory
- WGS 305: The Psychology Of Gender
- WGS 328: Women, Religion & Ethnography
- WGS 330: South African History & Issues
- WGS 333: Language, Gender And Sexuality
- WGS 335: Women's Hlth:Anth&Feminist Per
- WGS 336: Multicultrl Hist Of U.S. Women
- WGS 337: Women in India
- WGS 340: Women In Cross-Cultr Perspect
- WGS 342: Global & Transnational Culture
- WGS 347: Gender and Global Health
- WGS 349: Gender and Crime
- WGS 352R: Gender and Religion
- WGS 357: Gender Politics
- WGS 358: Women And The Law
- WGS 359: Women and Religion in China
- WGS 360: Mod Chn Women In Film & Fict
- WGS 361: Genji: Sensuality & Salvation
- WGS 362: Japanese Modern Women Writers
- WGS 363: Russia's Amazon-Women
- WGS 365: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Studies
- WGS 370: Beauty Myths:Appearnce in Amer
- WGS 381: Stud In Afro-Amer Women's Lit
- WGS 382: Studies In Women's Poetry
- WGS 383: Studies In Women's Literature
- WGS 385: Spec Tops: Women's Studies
Programs
Honors Program
The honors program is a senior-year program for outstanding students with a G.P.A. of 3.5 or higher. Students selected for this program will take a graduate seminar in Women’s Studies or a related field, will complete an honors thesis and will defend that thesis in an oral examination. (Consult the Women’s Studies Department for further details at http://www.womensstudies.emory.edu/sub-u-honors.htm.
General Honors Program information.
Advising
The advisor for students who declare a major or minor in women’s studies will be the director of undergraduate studies.
Awards and Honors
Each year, up to 2 Outstanding Women’s Studies Student Awards are given to senior undergraduate majors or minors in Women’s Studies. These awards are presented in recognition for outstanding performances in women’s studies academics and leadership. Nominations are solicited from among the WS faculty and graduate instructors.
Independent Research and Study
Independent study or directed reading is offered each semester by consent of the department. Prior approval is required from a member of the WS core or associated faculty.