Women's and Gender Studies Course Offerings
- Women's and Gender Studies Courses for Fall 2025
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Courses Instructors ANTH 318/WGST 318 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
- Major Distribution: Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies
Jim Aimers ANTH 319 Politics of Reproduction
- Major Distribution: Gender in the Social World
Brenna McCaffrey BLKS 200 Intro to Black Studies
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
Kiara Washington ENGL 111 Lit: Lit, Medicine, & Racism
- Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
Beth McCoy
ENGL 318 Black British Lit & Culture
- Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
Maria Helena Lima ENGL 439 Lit: Women, Spirits & Ghosts
- Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
Caroline Woidat ENGL 443 Lit: African Sexuality in Literature & Film
- Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
Olaocha Nwabara ENGL 458 Lit: Louisa May Alcott
- Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
Alice Rutkowski GEOG 123 The Developing World
- Major Distribution: Global Issues in Sex & Gender
Jennifer Rogalsky HIST 112 Top: Women & Gender in East Asian History
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
Ling Ma HIST 112 Top: Global Women’s Voices 1800
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
Yvonne Seale HIST 249 Black Joy
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
Catherine Adams HIST 261 Native American History
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
Michael Oberg HIST 266 Civil Rights Movement in America
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
Emily Crosby HIST 270 Hist of Latin America to 1825
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
Ryan Jones HIST 301 Topic: US Women’s History
- Major distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
Mary Mapes HIST 581 Intersectional Histories
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
Ryan Jones PASC 105 Performance as Social Change
- Major distribution: Theories & Representation in the Humanities & Arts
Mark Broomfield PHIL 204 Feminist Philosophy
- Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
Amanda Roth PSYC 390 Top: Dialogue Facilitation Training
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies OR Gender in the Social World
Christine Merrilees SOCL 105 Intro to Global Soc Change
- Major distribution: Gender in the Social World OR Global Issues in Sex & Gender
Lisa Meyer
SOCL 245 Sociology of Sports
- Major distribution: Gender in the Social World
William Lofquist
SOCL 281 Sociology of Sexual Health
- Major Distribution: Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies OR Gender in the Social World
Amy Braksmajer WGST 100 Intro to Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies Hanna Brant WGST 205 Topics–Gender, Sexuality, Queer: Queering Family
- Major Distribution: Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies
Amanda Roth WGST 310 Race, Class, & Gender Catherine Adams WGST 318/ANTH 318 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
- Major Distribution: Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies
Jim Aimers XLRN 150 Foundations in Social Identity
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies OR Gender in the Social World
Ashley Watson Senior seminar is offered every spring; if you would like to complete your senior capstone project in the fall, contact Dr. Roth.
Please email Amanda Roth to add a class to this list or with any questions.
- Women's and Gender Studies Courses for Summer 2025
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Courses Instructors ANTH 326 Race, Racism, and Antiracism
- Major distribution: Gender in the Social World
Melanie Medeiros BLKS 225 Black Cinema
- Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
Olaocha Nwabara ENGL 111 Lit: Race & Representation
- Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
Kiara Washington HUMN 222 Black Humanities
- Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
Lee Pierce HIST 163 African American History to 1877
- Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
Catherine Adams PSYC 308 Psychology of Women
- Major Distribution: Gender in the Social World
Jennifer Katz WGST 100 Intro to WGST
- (Online–Second Half of Summer)
Amanda Roth WGST 202 Arts & Hum Topics: Dismantling Disney & Pixar
- (Online–Second Third of Summer)
Kiara Washington Please email Amanda Roth to add a class to this list or with any questions.
- Queer/Sexuality Minor Courses for Fall 2025
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Courses Instructors ENGL 443 Lit: African Sexuality in Literature & Film*
- Group A elective
Olaocha Nwabara ENGL 458 Lit: Louisa May Alcott*
- Group A elective
Alice Rutkowski PHIL 204 Feminist Philosophy
- Group B elective
Amanda Roth PHIL 236 Medicine & Morality
- Group B elective
Amanda Roth HIST 112 Top: Women & Gender in East Asian History
- Group B elective
Ling Ma HIST 249 Black Joy
- Group B elective
Catherine Adams HIST 581 Intersectional Histories*
- Group B elective
Ryan Jones SOCL 281 Sociology of Sexual Health
- Group A elective
Amy Braksmajer WGST 100 Intro to GSWS
- Group B elective
Hanna Brant WGST 205 Topics–Gender, Sexuality, Queer: Queering Family
- Group A elective
Amanda Roth WGST 310 Race, Class, & Gender
- Group B elective
Catherine Adams WGST 318/ANTH 318 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
- Group A elective
Jim Aimers XLRN 150 Foundations in Social Identity
- Group B elective
Ashley Watson * Prerequisites apply
Note:
- Note that many courses on the list have prerequisites. If you do not meet the prerequisite, you may contact the instructor and inquire about whether you could take the course for WGST purposes without having the prereq. (Though in some cases the answer will be "no".)
- Also, in some cases, the above courses devote only a portion (usually about 30% or more) of the course material to gender and/or sexuality specifically, but many allow students to make choices about the focus of one or more assignments. If you are using a course in another program or department for WGST credit and the course has only partial focus on women, gender, and/or sexuality, then you should opt to focus a major assignment on one of those topics when possible.
- Finally, in some cases, there are upper-level courses offered in other departments that are generally only available to majors, minors, or students with significant background in the relevant disciplinary areas. Those courses usually will not show up on this list; however, if you are a student who has the relevant background and you are taking a course not on this list that you believe has significant women/gender/sexuality-related content, please feel free to contact the WGST coordinator (rothal@geneseo.edu) to discuss.
- Group A elective