Women and Gender Studies

Director: Mary Ann Dzuback Associate Director: Barbara Baumgartner

Home Page: http://ascc.artsci.wustl.edu/~women/ Location: 1 Brookings Drive Email: women@artsci.wustl.edu Telephone: (314) 935-5102

Women and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program that looks at women's and men's lives from a feminist perspective. As one of the first in the nation, the Women and Gender Studies Program at Washington University has been encouraging the critical thinking and active participation of students in their education since 1972. The Program emphasizes the importance of gender to such disciplines as philosophy, pyschology, history, education, law, architecture, art history and archeology, social thought and analysis, and studies in cultures and languages.

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To be or not to be a lady Gender stereotypes pose challenges for Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency March 17, 2008 -- Whether or not Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination for president, the question of how much being a woman helped or hurt her campaign will linger for a long time. A WUSTL professor discusses the unique challenges Clinton faces and why people seem to react so strongly to her. Video available.

Mars, Venus, or Planet Earth? Assembly Series speaker examines male/female relationships Feb. 16, 2007 -- Michael Kimmel, a leading expert in the study of American male identity and behavior, will give a talk on "Mars, Venus, or Planet Earth? Women and Men in a New Millennium," as part of the Assembly Series. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 28 in Graham Chapel, on Washington University's Danforth campus. Co-sponsored by the WUSTL student group, Reflections.

Re-imagining Motion Events to highlight legacy of Martha Graham Oct. 12 to 19 Oct. 3, 2006 -- Martha Graham (1894-1991) is among the most acclaimed choreographers of the 20th century. In October, the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences' Dance Program will host a weeklong series of public events with Gary Galbraith and Bonnie Oda Homsey, both former principal dancers with the Martha Graham Dance Company.

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Sara Friedman Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Arts and Sciences Expertise: gender and sexuality, marriage and kinship, socialism, cultural and political change, subjectivity, gender and labor politics, ethnicity, … Direct contact: (314) 935-8066 / sfried@wustl.edu

Linda Nicholson Director, Women and Gender Studies Program Linda Nicholson Download Expertise: feminism, gender studies, relationships, women, men, social identity Direct contact: (314) 935-7479 / lnichols@wustl.edu

Shanti A. Parikh Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences Parikh's research focuses on local responses to national and global development interventions, particularly issues surrounding sexuality, sexual and reproductive health, and gender relations. Using ethnographic and historical methods and critical theory, her current research in eastern Uganda traces ... Expertise: East Africa, HIV/AIDS, eastern Uganda, globalization, sexuality, gender relations, social change, … Direct contact: (314) 935-7769 / sparikh@artsci.wustl.edu

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How focus on Roe pushes aside other court issues Chicago Tribune and 15 others Dec. 30, 2005 -- Article on the legacy of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision, that has reshaped the nation's political parties and has been a core issue in everything from school board to presidential elections for a generation. It has become the ultimate touchstone, a ready form of shorthand, in the ongoing conflict over culture and values throughout America. And for the last two decades, at least, it has come to consume Supreme Court confirmation proceedings as well. WUSTL law and political science professor Lee Epstein comments.

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Oh, Pioneer!
Linda Nicholson throws her expertise behind an emerging discipline
April 19, 2002 — After 25 years in New York, Nicholson moved West to accept a professorship and lead the Program in Women and Gender Studies at the University, one of the oldest programs of its kind in the country.

First Stiritz professor
Linda Nicholson is recipient of first Stiritz professorship in Women and Gender Studies
March 23, 2000 — The Susan E. and William P. Stiritz Distinguished Professorship was established in 1998 after Susan Stiritz, a Ph.D. candidate in English literature, was inspired by one of former program coordinator Helen Power's women's studies courses.