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Elizabeth Guthrie, Director
Core Faculty
Lindon Barrrett, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of English (critical theory, African-American cultural studies)
Rhona Berenstein, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Film Studies (film genres, feminist-film theory, gay and lesbian cinema, history of television)
Victoria Bernal, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Anthropology (political economy, development, religion, gender, peasants, African, Muslim societies)
Kitty C. Calavita, Ph.D. University of Delaware, Associate Professor of Social Ecology (white-collar crime, gender and race relations, immigration policy)
Chungmoo Choi, Ph.D. Indiana University, Associate Professor of Korean Culture (modern Korea, post-colonial and colonial discourse, popular culture, anthropology)
Cornelia Dayton, Ph.D. Princeton University, Associate Professor of History (gender relations in North America to 1820, gender and litigation patterns; women, madness, and dependency)
Thelma Foote, Ph.D. Harvard University, Assistant Professor of History and African-American Studies (American history and race relations)
Elizabeth Gutherie, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Director of the Program in Women's Studies, Director of the French Language Program, and Lecturer in French (women, learning, and education; women and language, language teaching, discourse, communication)
Laura H. Y. Kang, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Women's Studies (Asian American literature and culture, feminist theory, ethnic studies, gender)
Karen Leonard, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Professor of Anthropology (social history of India, comparative history of women and the family, Asian-American social history)
Catherine Lord, M.F.A. State University of New York, Buffalo (Visual Studies Workshop), Professor of Studio Art (critical theory, feminism, photography, gay and lesbian studies)
Liisa Malkki, Ph.D. Harvard University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (historical anthropology, nations and nationalism, refugees and exile, ethnicity and transnational identity, East and Central Africa)
Lillian Manzor-Coats, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature (Latino/Latina literature, cultural studies)
Robert G. Moeller, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History (European women, women in modern Germany)
Nancy Naples, Ph.D. City University of New York, Assistant Professor of Sociology (women's political consciousness and activism, feminist theories of the state, women and poverty, sexual violence against women, rural economic development)
Jane O. Newman, Ph.D. Princeton University, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature (sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English, French, German, Italian, and neo-Latin literature; feminist theory, new historicism and cultural materialism, genre theory, drama, epic, pastoral, early modern women's history)
Leslie W. Rabine, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of French (nineteenth-century French literature, francophone literature, women's studies, and fashion studies)
Connie Samaras, M.F.A. Eastern Michigan University, Associate Professor of Studio Art (photography, media theory, contemporary art issues)
Gabriele Schwab, Ph.D. University of Konstanz, Professor of English and Comparative Literature (twentieth-century literature, critical theory, comparative literature)
Patrick Sinclair, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Classics (Roman social history, Latin prose, lexicology)
John H. Smith, Ph.D. Princeton University, Associate Professor of German (eighteenth- and nineteenth-century German literature and intellectual history, literary theory, lesbian and gay studies)
Sally Stein, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of Art History (history of photography and mass media)
Linda Williams, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Director of the Program in Film Studies and Professor of Film Studies (film history, theory and genre, women and film, feminist theory, mass culture)
Affiliated Faculty
Harold Baker, Ph.D. Brown University, Assistant Professor of Russian
Marjorie A. Beale, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of History
Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of Music
Francesca M. Cancian, Ph.D. Harvard University, Department Chair of Sociology and Professor of Sociology
Kenneth S. Chew, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Social Ecology
Michael P. Clark, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Dean of the School of Humanities (Acting) and Professor of English
K. Alison Clarke-Stewart, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor of Social Ecology
Anne J. Cruz, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor of Spanish
Ana Paula Ferreira, Ph.D. New York University, Associate Professor of Portuguese
Anne Friedberg, Ph.D. New York University, Associate Professor of Film Studies
Suzanne Gearhart, Ph.D. The John Hopkins University, Professor of French
Wendy A. Goldberg, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Social Ecology
Lucía Guerra-Cunningham, Ph.D. University of Kansas, Professor of Spanish
Gail Hart, Ph.D. University of Virginia, Associate Dean of Humanities for Undergraduate Study and Associate Professor of German
María Herrera-Sobek, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Spanish
Renée Riese Hubert, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor Emerita of French and Comparative Literature
Sandra S. Irani, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Information and Computer Science
Susan B. Klein, Ph.D. Cornell University, Assistant Professor of Japanese
Meredith Lee, Ph.D. Yale University, Department Chair and Professor of German
Julia Reinhard Lupton, Ph.D. Yale University, Director of the Comparative Literature Program and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Penelope Maddy, Ph.D. Princeton University, Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics
Juliet Flower MacCannell, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature
Alejandro Morales, Ph.D. Rutgers University, Professor of Spanish
Robert Newsom, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of English
Margot Norris, Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Patricia A. O'Brien, Ph.D. Columbia University, Director of the UC Humanities Research Institute and Professor of History
Julian Palley, Ph.D. University of New Mexico, Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Mark S. Poster, Ph.D. New York University, Professor of History and of Information and Computer Science
Judy B. Rosener, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Senior Lecturer in Management and Social Ecology
John Carlos Rowe, Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo, Director of the Critical Theory Institute and Professor of English
Nancy Lee Ruyter, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Associate Professor of Dance
Sujata Tewari, Ph.D. McGill University, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Biological Sciences
William C. Thompson, Ph.D. Stanford University, J.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Social Ecology
Judith Treas, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Sociology
Carole J. Uhlaner, Ph.D. Harvard University, Associate Professor of Political Science
Alladi Venkatesh, Ph.D. Syracuse University, Associate Professor of Management
Ann Walthall, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Professor of History
Gary Watson, Ph.D. Princeton University, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Carol K. Whalen, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Department Chair of Psychology and Social Behavior and Professor of Social Ecology and Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Women's Studies, like feminism, is a way of asking questions rather than a particular set of answers or conclusions. How does being female affect one's participation in family, literature, history, art, politics, economy, and education? How do language, visual representations, beliefs, and values shape women's and men's status in society and culture? How does the experience of women differ by race, class, nationality, religion, and sexual preference? The new knowledge and perspectives provoked by such questions have established Women's Studies as a dynamic and compelling field of study and have spurred the restructuring of curriculum and knowledge across the other disciplines.
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 500 programs in colleges and universities across the United States offering degrees at the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. levels. The Program in Women's Studies at UCI 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.
The undergraduate program in Women's Studies draws upon faculty with expertise in humanities, social sciences, and the arts. Through diverse course offerings, the program examines the contributions of women from different backgrounds to culture and society and to explore women's and men's lives in the context of changing gender relations. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary, multicultural scholarship and includes course work in feminist theories, the cultural roles of women, women's socioeconomic condition, women's history, women's literature in a cross-cultural frame, women's images in fine arts and film, women of color, and lesbian and gay 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 Career and Life Planning Center provides services to UCI 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 5761.
Program Requirements for the Major
Completion of 14 Women's Studies courses as specified below.
A. Three introductory core courses (Women's Studies 50A, 50B, 50C).
B. Three advanced core courses (Women's Studies 139, 160, 197).
C. One course selected from Women's Studies 161, 162, or 163.
D. At least one course selected from each of the following (total of four courses): Women's Studies 170, 171, 174, and 180186.
E. Two additional courses selected from Women's Studies 150, 170, 171, 173, 174, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187.
F. Two years of a language other than English or equivalent competence (two quarters beyond the breadth requirement).
Residence Requirement for the Major: A minimum of five upper-division courses required for the major must be completed successfully at UCI. Courses taken through the UC Education Abroad Program will be counted toward the residence requirement by student petition and upon approval of course content by the Women's Studies Curriculum Committee.
Program Requirements for the Minor
Completion of seven courses including three core courses (Women's Studies 50A, 50B, 50C) and four courses selected from Women's Studies 139, 150, 155, 160, 161, 162, 163, 170, 171, 173, 174, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187.
Residence Requirement for the Minor: A minimum of four upper-division courses required for the minor must be completed successfully at UCI.
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, Art History, East Asian Languages and Literatures, English and Comparative Literature, French and Italian, German, History, Sociology, and Spanish and Portuguese; with the Ph.D. concentration in Social Relations; and with the M.F.A. programs in the Departments of 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 Core Faculty. There are no requirements concerning qualifying examinations or theses for M.F.A. students.
