Women Studies

      Rajeshwari Vallury, Director
      Women Studies Program
      Humanities 441
      MSC03 2155
      1 University of New Mexico
      Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
      (505) 277-3854

      Associate Professor
      Mala Nani Htun, Ph.D., Harvard University

      Assistant Professors
      Amy Brandzel, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
      Kathryn Wichelns, Ph.D., Emory University

      Lecturer
      Adriana Ramirez de Arellano, J.D., Ph.D., University of New Mexico

      Professors Emeriti
      Judith Chazen-Bennahum, Theater and Dance
      Vera P. John-Steiner, Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
      Jane Slaughter, History

      Professors
      Jesse Alemán, English
      Lonna Rae Atkeson, Political Science
      Dorothy Baca, Theatre and Dance
      Laura Crossey, Earth and Planetary Sciences
      Karen Foss, Communication and Journalism
      Linda Hall, History
      Jacqueline Hood, Anderson School of Management
      Gail Houston, English
      Feroza Jussawalla, English
      Natasha Kolchevska, Foreign Languages and Literatures
      Laurel Lampela, Art Education
      Jane B. Lancaster, Anthropology
      Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Law
      Diane Marshall, Biology
      Deborah McFarlane, Political Science
      Virginia Scharff, History
      Susan Tiano, Sociology
      Justina Trott, Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine
      Sharon Oard Warner, English
      Anita Obermeier, English
      Julie Shigekuni, English
      Diane Thiel, English
      Joni Young, Anderson School of Management

      Associate Professors
      Melissa Axelrod, Linguistics
      Susanne Baackman, Foreign Languages and Literatures
      Glenda R. Balas, Communication and Journalism
      Melissa Binder, Economics
      Kirsten Buick, Art and Art History
      Cathleen Cahill, History
      Lisa Chavez, English
      Pamela Cheek, Foreign Languages and Literatures
      Patricia Covarrubias, Communication and Journalism
      Monica S. Cyrino, Foreign Languages and Literatures
      Jennifer Denetdale, American Studies
      Susan Dever, Media Arts
      Leslie A. Donovan, University Honors Program
      Eliza E. Ferguson, History
      Kimberly Gauderman, History
      Elizabeth Hutchison, History
      Michelle Kells, English
      Celia Lopez-Chavez, University Honors Program
      Kimberle Lopez, Spanish and Portuguese
      Nancy Lopez, Sociology
      Alex Lubin, American Studies
      Daniel Mueller, English
      Carmen Nocentelli, English
      Elizabeth Noll, Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
      Patricia Repar, Music and Arts-in-Medicine
      Bárbara O. Reyes, History
      Ilia Rodriguez Nazario, Communication and Journalism
      Ruth Galvan Trinidad, Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
      Carolyn Woodward, English

      Assistant Professors
      Amy Brandzel, American Studies
      Scarlett Higgins, English
      Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, Communication and Journalism

      Lecturers
      Marisa Clark, English, Lecturer III
      Christine Rack, Lecturer II


      Introduction

      Women Studies is an interdisciplinary program that is committed to educating students about the relationships among identity, power and knowledge toward the ends of social justice and empowerment. The program focuses on how gender intersects with race, sexuality, class, and nation. The program supports the development and application of new theories of feminist studies throughout the University and the application of feminist methods in order to evaluate critically scholarship and research in the disciplines. In addition, the program seeks to educate students in ways that enable them to respond to issues that affect the lives of women locally, regionally, and globally.


      Courses

      WMST 109. Introduction to Comparative Global and Ethnic Societies. (3)



      WMST 200. Introduction to Women Studies. (3)



      WMST 231. Psychology of Human Sexuality. (3)



      WMST 250. Black Women. (3)



      WMST 255. Black Women and the Diaspora. (3)



      WMST 279. Interdisciplinary Topics. (1-3, may be repeated 3 times Δ)



      WMST 304. Feminist Theories: Identity, Knowledge, and Power. (3)



      WMST 313. Women and the Law. (3)



      WMST 314. Women's Contemporary Legal Issues. (3)



      WMST 324. Contemporary Feminist Theory. (3)



      WMST 325. Race, Class and Feminism. (3)



      WMST 326. Gender and Communication. (3)



      WMST 331. Transnational Feminisms. (3)



      WMST 332. Introduction to Chicana Studies. (3)



      WMST 334 / 534. Language and Gender. (3)



      WMST 335. Lesbian Culture and Politics. (3)



      WMST 336. Queer Theories. (3)



      WMST 339. Women and Cultural Violence. (3)



      WMST 353. Women and Creativity. (3)



      WMST 355. Black Womanist and Feminist Theories. (3)



      WMST 375. Psychology of Women. (3)



      WMST 377. Population Policy and Politics. (3)



      WMST 379. Interdisciplinary Topics. (1-3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)



      WMST 415. The History of Reproduction. (3)



      WMST 416. Women and Health in American History. (3)



      WMST 469. Multiculturalism, Gender and Media. (3)



      WMST 492. Senior Seminar. (3)



      WMST 493. Senior Honors Thesis. (3)



      WMST 498. Feminism in Action. (3)



      WMST 499. Independent Study. (1-3, may be repeated 3 times Δ)



      WMST 510. Feminist Theories. (3)



      WMST 512. Introduction to Feminist Research Methodology. (3)



      WMST 534 / 334. Language and Gender. (3)



      WMST 579. Interdisciplinary Topics. (1-3, may be repeated 3 times Δ)



      WMST 597. Independent Study. (1-3 to a maximum of 3 Δ)



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      1 University of New Mexico
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