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Nancy A. Naples, Director
Core Faculty
Laura H. Y. Kang, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Comparative Literature (feminist epistemologies and theories, cultural studies, ethnic studies)
Nancy A. Naples, Ph.D. City University of New York, Director of the Program in Women's Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies (women's political consciousness and activism, feminist theories of the state, women and poverty, sexual violence against women, feminist ethnography)
Elora Shehabuddin, Ph.D. Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Political Science (political economy of gender, development, gender and Islam, religion in politics and society, history and politics in South Asia)
Robyn Wiegman, Ph.D. University of Washington, Associate Professor of Women's Studies and English (feminist theory, sexuality studies, American cultural studies, race studies)
Affiliated Faculty
Joan Ariel, M.A. San Francisco State University, M.L.S. University of California, Berkeley, Lecturer in Women's Studies and Women's Studies Librarian
Lindon W. Barrett, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Associate Professor of English
Victoria Bernal, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Ellen Broidy, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Lecturer in Women's Studies and Librarian
Kitty C. Calavita, Ph.D. University of Delaware, Professor of Social Ecology
Teresa Caldeira, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Francesca M. Cancian, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor of Sociology
Chungmoo Choi, Ph.D. Indiana University, Director of the Emphasis in Critical Theory and Associate Professor of Korean Culture
Hector L. Delgado, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and Sociology
Alice Fahs, Ph.D. New York University, Associate Professor of History
Ana Paula Ferreira, Ph.D. New York University, Associate Professor of Portuguese
Thelma Foote, Ph.D. Harvard University, Associate Professor of History and African-American Studies
Jeff Garcilazo, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History
Susan Greenhalgh, Ph.D. Columbia University, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Elizabeth Guthrie, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Director of the French Language Program and Lecturer in French
Renée Riese Hubert, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor Emerita of French and Comparative Literature
Helen Ingram, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Social Ecology and Political Science, and Drew, Chace and Erin Warmington Chair in the Social Ecology of Peace and International Cooperation
Valerie Jenness, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, Associate Professor of Social Ecology and Sociology
David Joselit, Ph.D. Harvard University, Associate Professor of Art History
Ketu Katrak, Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College, Director and Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Susan B. Klein, Ph.D. Cornell University, Director of Religious Studies and Associate Professor of Japanese
Marcia Klotz, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of German and Film Studies
Karen R. Lawrence, Ph.D. Columbia University, Dean of the School of Humanities and Professor of English
Catherine Lord, M.F.A. State University of New York, Buffalo (Visual Studies Workshop), Professor of Studio Art
Liisa Malkki, Ph.D. Harvard University, Associate Professor of Anthropology
William M. Maurer, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Robert G. Moeller, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Professor of History
Jane O. Newman, Ph.D. Princeton University, Director of the Comparative Literature Program and Professor of Comparative Literature
Carrie J. Noland, Ph.D. Harvard University, Associate Professor of French
Margot Norris, Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo, Department Chair and Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Leslie W. Rabine, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Dean of Humanities Graduate Study and Professor of French
Jens Rieckmann, Ph.D. Harvard University, Department Chair and Professor of German
Jill Robbins, Ph.D. University of Kansas, Associate Professor of Spanish
Belinda Robnett, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Director of African-American Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology
Judy B. Rosener, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Senior Lecturer in Management and Social Ecology
Connie Samaras, M.F.A. Eastern Michigan University, Associate Professor of Studio Art
Annette Schlichter, Ph.D. Humboldt University of Berlin, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Gabriele Schwab, Ph.D. University of Konstanz, Director of the Critical Theory Institute and UCI Chancellor's Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Patrick Sinclair, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Classics
John H. Smith, Ph.D. Princeton University, Director of the Humanities Program and Professor of German
Sally Stein, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of Art History
Ulrike Strasser, Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor of History
Katherine Tate, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Political Science
Heidi Tinsman, Ph.D. Yale University, Assistant Professor of History
Ann J. Van Sant, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of English
Linda Trinh Võ, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies
Ann Walthall, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Judith A. Wilson, Ph.D. Yale University, Assistant Professor of African-American Studies and Art History
Hu Ying, Ph.D. Princeton University, Associate Professor of Chinese
UCI's Program in Women's Studies is dedicated to the study of women, gender, and sexuality in their complex intersection with race, ethnicity, class, and nationality. The Program's goal is to foster both critical and creative analysis of the various disciplinary perspectives--historical, political, economic, representational, technological, and scientific--that have (or have not) constituted women, gender, and sexuality as objects of study. By emphasizing a rigorous interdisciplinary perspective in their teaching and research, the Women's Studies faculty seek to produce new knowledge about the social meanings of gender, race, class, and sexuality, and to equip students with a range of analytical and methodological skills.
The field of women's studies has developed at a phenomenal rate from a handful of student-initiated courses in the early 1970s to more than 600 programs in colleges and universities across the United States offering degrees at the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. levels. UCI's Program in Women's Studies was founded in 1975 and has grown significantly since that time. The program offers a major leading to the B.A. degree in Women's Studies, an undergraduate minor, and a graduate emphasis in Feminist Studies.
Women's Studies provides a unique intellectual community where faculty and students share a commitment to interactive teaching and learning. Students work closely with faculty and the program's academic coordinator to plan a coherent program of study and to anticipate work toward advanced degrees and a wide variety of career options.
A degree in Women's Studies prepares students for the expanding opportunities available in graduate programs and in numerous careers in both the public and private sectors. As more women work, business and corporations find the need for increased knowledge about women, and the growth of women's organizations and agencies--at the local, national, and global levels--is creating new opportunities for graduates with specializations in Women's Studies. Graduates bring unique skills and knowledge to the professions of law, medicine, social work, teaching, counseling, and to government service, all of which increasingly require expertise on issues concerning women and gender. A background in Women's Studies develops critical and analytical skills which prove valuable in the full range of life choices.
The UCI Career Center provides services to students and alumni including career counseling, information about job opportunities, a career library, and workshops on resume preparation, job search, and interview techniques. In addition, the Women's Studies Office provides more specialized career counseling and information on graduate programs in Women's Studies and related fields.
University Requirements: See pages 54-59.
School Requirements: See page 209.
Humanities Core Course substitution for transfer Women's Studies majors: Four semester courses or six quarter courses equivalent to the following UCI course work: Writing 39B and 39C; a three-quarter Humanistic Inquiry sequence; and one additional lower-division Humanistic Inquiry course. No Women's Studies courses may count toward the Core Course substitution.
Requirements for the Major
A. Three introductory core courses (Women's Studies 50A, plus two selected from 50B, 50C, 60A, 60B, 60C.).
B. Three advanced core courses (Women's Studies 140, 159 or 160, 197).
C. Two courses selected from Women's Studies 161, 162, 163, or 164.
D. Two electives selected from Women's Studies 139, 150, 155, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164.
E. Three additional courses selected from Women's Studies 170-188.
Residence Requirement for the Major: A minimum of five upper-division courses required for the major must be completed successfully at UCI.
Requirements for the Minor
Completion of seven courses including: three lower-division courses selected from Women's Studies 50A, 50B, 50C, 60A, 60B, 60C; two courses selected from Women's Studies 139, 140, 150, 155, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164; and two courses selected from Women's Studies 170-188.
Residence Requirement for the Minor: A minimum of four upper-division courses required for the minor must be completed successfully at UCI. By petition, two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, providing course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.
The Program in Women's Studies offers an emphasis in Feminist Studies, which is available in conjunction with the Ph.D. programs in the Departments of Anthropology, East Asian Languages and Literatures, English and Comparative Literature, French and Italian, German, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Spanish and Portuguese: the program in Visual Studies; and the M.F.A. programs in Drama and Studio Art. Satisfactory completion of the emphasis is certified by the Director of Women's Studies and is noted in the student's dossier.
Admission to the Program
Applicants must first be admitted to, or currently enrolled in, one of the participating programs noted above. Applicants must submit to the Women's Studies Graduate Program Committee: (1) an application form listing prior undergraduate and graduate course work related to Feminist Studies, institutions attended, and majors(s); (2) a one- to two-page statement of purpose, including career objectives, areas of interest and research, record of research, teaching, community and/or creative work; and (3) a sample of written work related to Feminist Studies.
The Committee determines admissions, in consultation with the Women's Studies Core Faculty, based upon the extent to which the applicant's research interests relate to Feminist Studies, the applicant's previous course work, and research or other experience related to Feminist or Women's Studies. Lack of prior course work does not preclude admission, so long as a compelling statement of research interests congruent with the graduate emphasis makes the case.
Emphasis Requirements
Minimum course work for the graduate emphasis in Feminist Studies consists of four courses: two core courses, Women's Studies 200A-B, a coherent sequence normally taken in consecutive quarters; and any two courses selected from the list of courses in Feminist Studies approved by the Committee, as long as one of these is a graduate course in the student's own department or area of interest. In keeping with the interdisciplinary focus of this emphasis, it is highly recommended that the other be a course from a discipline outside that department or area. The course requirements for Ph.D. and M.F.A. candidates are the same.
For doctoral students, the qualifying examination and dissertation topic should incorporate gender as a central category of analysis. One member of the candidate's qualifying examination committee and of the candidate's dissertation committee is normally a member of the Women's Studies and affiliate faculty. There are no requirements concerning qualifying examinations or theses for M.F.A. students.
50A Gender and Feminism in Everyday Life (4). What is gender? Why does studying it matter? Explores how feminism has understood not only gender as a category of social analysis, but how gender structures personal identities, family, citizenship, work and leisure, social policy, sexuality, and language. (IV, VII-A)
50B Reproducing and Resisting Inequality (4). From bedroom to boardroom to voting booth to international division of labor, how are societal institutions and politics "gendered"? Examines relationships of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and region in sexual and reproductive experiences, households, education, work, and politics, including community activism. (IV, VII-A)
50C Gender and Popular Culture (4). An investigation of gender, race, and sexuality in film, TV, video, music, and advertising, with attention to the ways that popular culture shapes understandings of technology, national identities, leisure and work, historical memory, international communication, and multicultural representation. (IV, VII-A)
60A Gender and Science (4). Examines science from a variety of feminist viewpoints in order to explore how science influences everyday life. Special attention given to the way that science poses questions and pursues answers. Is there such a thing as a "neutral" or gender-free science? (III)
60B Gender and Law (4). Introduction to the relationship between gender, race, and the law. Critical thinking about how law defines citizenship, political representation, and democracy, focusing on the history of legal reform undertaken in the name of women as a social group. (III)
60C Gender and Religion (4). Introduces the topic of religion in a feminist context by performing cross-cultural exploration of gender, authority, and faith in various traditions. Study includes (but is not limited to) writings of contemporary Jewish, Christian, and Muslim feminists. (III)
139 Topics in Gender Studies (4). Various topics in gender studies. Includes issues of gender, culture, race and class, including issues of sexualities and social justice. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (VII-A)
140 Feminist Theory (4). Introduction to historical traditions in theory and various conceptual frameworks informing scholarship in Women's Studies. Concepts include (but are not limited to) identity, representation, political economy. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.
150 Feminist Cultural Studies (4). Investigation of the theories and methods that inform the feminist study of culture. Focuses on the interpretation of the visual arts and literature created by, and predominantly for, women. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 50A, 50B, or 50C. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (VII-A)
155 Special Topics in Women's Studies (4). Designed to provide students with an opportunity to do advanced work in women's studies. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Formerly Humanities 155.
159 Producing Feminist Knowledge (4). Explores alternative ways that feminist scholars frame research questions, conduct research or creative activity. Examines challenges that feminist scholarship poses to the academy and the challenges the academy poses to feminist scholars. Discusses limits and possibilities for feminist activist research and key methodological debates. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 139.
160 Gender and the Politics of Information (4). Investigates from feminist perspectives the challenges inherent in the "information age" and its embedded gender and political dimensions. Examines the increasingly complex identification, evaluation, and application of information from traditional library sources to the new global information technologies ranging from e-mail to multimedia Web sites. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 139. (VII-A)
161 Topics in Lesbian and Gay Studies (4). Explores issues in lesbian and gay studies from one or more of the following perspectives: theoretical, historical, literary, legal, economic, political, sociological, and representation in the arts. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 50A, 50B, or 50C. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (VII-A)
161B Issues in Lesbian and Gay Visual Representation (4). History of lesbian and gay culture in relation to the visual and performing arts; the construction of sexual difference, debates around positive and negative representations, queer activism, and the intersections of sexuality with gender and race. Readings assigned. Prerequisite: Studio Art 10A, B, C or consent of instructor. May be taken for credit twice. Same as Studio Art 122.
162 Race and Gender (4). Examines the roles and intersection of racism, sexism, and heterosexism in U.S. culture and society. Through history and literature, explores the processes of immigration, colonization (of identity, language, and the body), and cultural interaction. Prerequisites: Women's Studies 50A, 50B, or 50C. May be taken for credit three times as topics vary. (VII-A)
163 Women of Color (4). Examines the ways factors of ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality intersect in the lives of women of different ethnic groups in the U.S. (African-American, Asian and Asian American, Chicana/Latina, Native American.) Explores how differences and commonalities impact their current status in U.S. society. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 50A, 50B, or 50C. (VII-A)
164 Political Economy of Gender (4). How international and domestic politics and economic processes shape women's lives in different parts of the world. Considers gender and the politics of labor, including international and domestic divisions of labor, colonialism, and resistance to colonial processes. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 50A, 50B, or 50C.
170 Gender, Feminism, Literature, and Language (4). Topics cover issues in language and literature which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
171 Gender, Feminism, and History (4). Topics cover issues in history which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
173 Gender, Feminism, and Philosophy (4). Topics cover issues in philosophy which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
174 Gender, Feminism, and the Arts (4). Topics cover issues in the arts which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
180 Gender, Feminism, and Anthropology (4). Topics cover issues which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
181 Gender, Feminism, and Cognitive Psychology (4). Topics cover issues in cognitive psychology which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
182 Gender, Feminism, and Economics (4). Topics cover issues in economics which relate to women and gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
183 Gender, Feminism, and Sociology (4). Topics cover issues in sociology which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
184 Gender, Feminism, and Political Science (4). Topics cover issues in political science which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
185 Gender, Feminism, and Social Sciences (4). Topics cover issues in social sciences which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
187 Gender, Feminism, and Social Ecology (4). Topics cover issues in social ecology which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
188 Gender, Feminism, and Science (4). Topics cover issues in science which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
197 Senior Seminar in Women's Studies (4) S. Students read advanced scholarship in Women's Studies and complete a major seminar paper. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 139. (VII-A)
199 Directed Research (1 to 4) F, W, S. Directed reading and research in consultation with a faculty member. Substantial written work required. Prerequisite: consent of sponsoring faculty member.
200A Feminist Knowledge and Social Change (4) F, W, S. Provides a broad and introductory overview of Women's Studies and feminist knowledges, including key concepts, theoretical frameworks, disciplinary approaches and methods, and critical debates that have shaped the field. May be taken for credit twice.
200B Problems in Feminist Research (4) F, W, S. Colloquium on analytic approaches to interdisciplinary feminist research in Women's Studies and exploration of how feminist knowledges are produced in different academic disciplines. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 200A or consent of instructor. May be taken twice for credit as topics vary.
201 Special Topics in Feminist Theory (4) F, W, S. Seminars on various topics in feminist theory. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 200A-B. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
210A Graduate Feminist Theory (4) F, W, S. In-depth introduction to various theoretical frameworks that have and continue to inform scholarship in Women's Studies including (but not limited to) identity, representation, and political economy.
260A Advanced Seminar in Women's Studies (4) F, W, S. Covers various areas of research within Women's Studies as an interdisciplinary field. Recommended for advanced graduate students.
290 Directed Research (4 to 12) F, W, S. Directed graduate study/research in Women's Studies. May be taken for credit for a total of 24 units.
399 University Teaching (4). Limited to Teaching Assistants. Must be admitted to the graduate emphasis in Feminist Studies. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. May be taken for credit six times.
