University of Delaware
DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES
Spring 2014
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Undergraduate Courses
The Major in Women and Gender Studies
The Minor in Women and Gender Studies
The Minor in Domestic Violence Prevention and Services
The Minor in Sexualities and Gender Studies
Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Concentration
Women in Global Perspective Concentration
Women's Studies Internships
Department of Women and Gender Studies
34 W. Delaware Avenue
831-8474
http://www.udel.edu/WomensStudies
Requirements for the Major in Women’s Studies
University Requirements and College Requirements as listed in the University catalogue.
Introductory Courses:
WOMS 201:
WOMS 202:
WOMS 313:
WOMS 410:
Introduction to Women’s Studies
Women’s Studies in Global Context
Theory and Methods in Feminism
The Study of Women’s Studies
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
An additional 18 credits in any Women’s Studies or cross-listed courses
18 credits
TOTAL CREDITS IN WOMS AND CROSS-LISTED WITH WOMS
30 credits
The Minor in Women’s Studies Requires:
18 credits over the following course distribution:
 WOMS 201: Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 credits)
 Two courses at or above the 300 level (6 credits)
 Three elective courses in WOMS or cross-listed with WOMS (9 credits)
 Note: No more than 6 credits in Women’s Studies experimental courses
The Minor in Sexualities and Gender Studies Requires:
18 credits from the following:
 9 credits from SGST/WOMS 200, BISC 152, HDFS/WOMS/HESC 401, SGST/WOMS 308,
PHIL/WOMS/BAMS 327
 9 credits of approved electives with at least 6 credits at the 300-400 level.
The Women in Global Perspective Concentration is available to students who have a strong
interest in gaining knowledge about international women’s issues. The concentration does not require any additional
credits, but fits within the existing requirements for the major. For details about the courses that comprise the
concentration please visit our web site or check the on-line catalog.
Public Events:
Research on Race, Ethnicity and Culture
Lectures are held each Wednesday from 12:20 to 1:10 in 223 Gore Hall.
Women’s History Month Film Series
Monday evenings from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in Gore 318. Pick up a schedule in the Woman’s and Gender Studies Office
or check our website.
Service-Learning Opportunities:
Internship in Women’s Studies
Earn academic credits and credentials while you gain job training! Women and Gender Studies will work with you to
locate a job (on a volunteer basis) related to gender concerns and reflecting your individual interests and career goals.
If you are interested, you may make an appointment with Jennifer Naccarelli jnacc@udel.edu or 831-8474 to discuss
options.
The internship is designed to provide students with the opportunity to combine practical experience with the academic
issues that emerge in Women's Studies classes. See course description for WOMS 498.
Possible placements include Planned Parenthood, YWCA, Shelter for Battered Women, Community Center for
Excellence in Women’s Health, Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and many others.
New Opportunities in Women and Gender Studies
Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Concentration and Minor
Students interested in careers in social work, advocacy, women’s issues, and gender violence are now offered the
opportunity to gain undergraduate experience in those fields. The new concentration and the new minor prepare
students for a range of careers focused on domestic violence advocacy and prevention. Course work for these
programs is interdisciplinary in nature and includes Women’s Studies, Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Human
Development and Family Studies.
The Concentration in Domestic Violence Prevention and Services
Open to WOMS majors; the concentration combines coursework with practical experience in a variety of fields
from direct service to victims to public policy advocacy. Developed in conjunction with the certification and
training program of the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence, students earn service hours as they
participate in a ten-week summer practicum at qualifying direct service locations. Successful applicants will
receive a stipend for their ten-week summer practicum.
Students must complete the requirements for the WOMS major and do a summer practicum.
Required courses:
 WOMS 240
 WOMS/HDFS/SOCI/CRJU 408
 WOMS/HDFS 409
 WOMS 498
Additionally students in the concentration must take one of the following:
 WOMS/CRJU 350
 WOMS/SOCI/CRJU 417
 WOMS 498 (repeat credit)
 CRJU 489
If interested in becoming a WOMS major and/or applying to the concentration program, please contact Jennifer
Naccarelli, jnacc@udel.edu.
The Minor in Domestic Violence Prevention and Services
Open to students from any major. The minor consists of 18 credits.
Required courses:
 WOMS 201
 WOMS 240
 WOMS/HDFS/SOCI/CRJU 408
 WOMS/HDFS 409
Additionally minor students must take two of the following:
 WOMS/CRJU 350
 WOMS/SOCI/CRJU 417
 WOMS 498 (repeat credit)
 CRJU 489
If interested in adding the Minor in Domestic Violence Prevention and Services, please contact Jennifer
Naccarelli, jnacc@udel.edu.
SPRING 2014 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Required Courses for Women and Gender Studies Majors
WOMS 201 (3) – Intro to Women’s Studies
Section 010 MWF 11:15-12:05pm
Section 011 MWF 12:20-1:10pm
Section 012 TR
09:30-10:45am
Section 013 TR
11:00-12:15pm
K. Turkel
K. Turkel
S. Cherrin
M. Warner
This course treats women’s diverse experiences as central to the study of work, sexuality, violence, scholarship,
public policy and culture. Engaging gender as a ‘lens’ to study social/political/economic practices, this class
focuses on the social construction of intersecting identities, including gender, race, class and sexualities. Taking a
multi-disciplinary approach, during the course we will explore: the history of the women’s movement in the U.S.,
the global inequalities shaping women’s lives and the role feminisms play in making women’s experiences visible
and important in understanding out own lives. GROUP C BREADTH REQUIREMENT. SATISFIES
UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 202 (3) – Women’s Studies in Global Context
Section 010 MWF 09:05-09:55am
J. Lobasz
Section 011 TR
12:30-01:45pm
S. Cherrin
This course examines how public policies and traditional customs affect women’s lives around the world. Students
explore global women’s issues against the background of international, political and economic stratification, social
norms, and diverse institutional structures. Some of the areas we cover are: gender socialization, reproductive
rights, literacy, education, work, gender violence and women’s relationships to war and revolution. Guest speakers,
readings, films, and video supplement lectures. GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT. SATISFIES
UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 313 (3) - Theory and Methods in Feminism
Section 010 TR
09:30-10:45am
J. Naccarelli
Section 080 TR
09:30-10:45am
J. Naccarelli (HNRS)
This course surveys feminist thought throughout history while highlighting the evolution of distinct feminist
research methods. We will consider the feminist critique of the “traditional” disciplines and examine the techniques
utilized by feminist researchers to remedy those shortcomings. Students will develop a critical awareness of their
own research methods and the research methods of others. GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT.
SATISFIES UNIVERSITY 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 410(3)-The Study of Women’s Studies
Section 010 TR
03:30-04:45pm
M. Stetz
This required capstone seminar for WOMS majors who are about to graduate will take as its subject the history,
theory, politics, and pedagogies of Women’s Studies and of Gender Studies as academic fields, paying special
attention to their linkage to issues of race, sexuality, and class. We will look at the development of Women’s
Studies and Gender Studies as interdisciplinary minors and majors, explore connections between research and
feminist activism, and consider the futures of these areas of teaching and study within universities, along with their
influence on the wider world today. Our texts will include two essay collections--Rethinking Women’s and Gender
Studies (2012) and Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia (2012)—
and a novel, Sara Farizan’s If You Could Be Mine (2013), along with a variety of shorter readings available through
UD Library’s Electronic Course Reserves system. This will be a writing-based course and will require essays, but
no exams. REQUIRED FOR ALL WOMS MAJORS. RESTRICTIONS: SENIOR MAJORS AND MINORS
ONLY.
WOMS 410(3)-The Study of Women’s Studies Honors Section
Section 080 TR
03:30-04:45pm
M. Stetz
This required capstone seminar for WOMS majors who are about to graduate with Honors degrees will take as its
subject the history, theory, politics, and pedagogies of Women’s Studies and of Gender Studies as academic fields,
paying special attention to their linkage to issues of race, sexuality, and class. We will look at the development of
Women’s Studies and Gender Studies as interdisciplinary minors and majors, explore connections between
research and feminist activism, and consider the futures of these areas of teaching and study within universities,
along with their influence on the wider world today. In this Honors section, our main text will be Seriously!
Investigating Crashes and Crises as If Women Mattered (2013), the newest book by Cynthia Enloe, a renowned
feminist theorist and political scientist. This will be a writing-based course and will require essays, but no exams.
Women and Gender Studies Electives
WOMS 200 (3) – Sexualities and Gender Studies
Section 010 W
06:00-09:00pm
A. Quintana
Section 011 TR
11:00-12:15pm
P. Bueno-Hansen
This multi-media course offers an exploration of the variations in the social construction of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transsexual, transgender, and queer identities and communities in contemporary American society. In simple terms,
the course provides an introductory cultural study of LGBTQ literature, history, theory, and the arts, which will be
enhanced by weekly class discussions, audio-visual media, guest speakers, library and online research.
CROSS-LISTED WITH SGST 200. GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 204 (3) - Gender and Communication
Section 010 MWF 9:05-09:55am
B. Haslett
This course discusses gender differences in language, and verbal and nonverbal communication in a variety of
contexts, such as dating relationships, marriage and the workplace. Gender and cultural differences will also be
discussed in verbal and nonverbal communication. CROSS-LISTED WITH COMM 204. SATISFIES
UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL REQUIREMENT. GROUP C BREADTH REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 205 (3) – Women in the Arts and Humanities: Women and Popular Music
Section 010 TR
12:30-01:45pm
M. Warner
This necessarily brief introduction to women’s popular music will explore its origins in Anglo and African American
traditions and use the lives and artistry of the major tradition bearers as an index to a variety of musical genres
including but not limited to blues, jazz, country music, rock and roll as well as opera, the Broadway musical and the
contemporary popular music scene. The impact of sexism, racism, and class bias on the performers, the production
of and scholarship of women’s popular music will also be a part of our discussion. This course is designed for nonmusic majors. GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 205 (3) - Women in the Arts and Humanities: Vampire Culture: What’s Really at Stake?
Section 011 TR
02:00-03:15pm
A. Kendra
The popular stereotype of vampire stories is that they feature demonically powerful male predators, passive female
victims, and a disgusting rape mentality. However, vampire narratives frequently present women in powerful,
transgressive, and transformative roles of the biter, the bitten, and the hunter. Since Anne Rice breathed new life (so
to speak) into the genre with Interview with the Vampire, the majority of vamp lit has been produced by women;
vamps dominate not only horror and suspense genres but also romance, chick lit, and young adult fiction. The
vampire, who lives outside all social norms and conventions, becomes a convenient metaphor for cultural anxieties,
fears, and taboos relating to gender, sexuality, ethnicity, consumption, morality, and all forms of difference and
deviation. As our fears and desires change, so do our vampires. This course will examine vampires in popular
culture to discover what they reveal about our society and our hidden selves.
GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 210 (3) - Women and Religion
Section 010 MWF 01:25-02:15pm
Section 011 MWF 02:30-03:20pm
M. Laberge
M. Lagerge
This course will study the role of women in the major world religious traditions. Through a study of the teachings
of these traditions, particularly as they affect women, students will examine the influence of religion on gender
roles, and how women in the contemporary world are reinterpreting their religious traditions. The class will study
how feminists have critiqued these religious teachings in order to work for greater justice in religion as well as in
society. We will also explore women’s spiritual practices that have developed both inside and outside these
religious traditions. CROSS-LISTED WITH PHIL 210. SATISFIES UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL
REQUIREMENT. GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 212 (3) – Motherhood in Culture and Politics
Section 010 MW 03:35-04:50pm
K. Turkel
Mothers, Motherhood, Mothering… These words are familiar but their meaning within a cultural context often goes
unexplored. This course will examine the meaning of Motherhood and Mothering as both a social and political
institution and an individual experience and identity. It will consider a range of topics including the intersection of
race, class, gender and sexuality in shaping both the institution and experience of motherhood; the ways that
technology/technocracy has shaped pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding; representations of motherhood; the role
of stereotypes in shaping the mothering experience; and mothers as activists.
WOMS 213 (3) – Men and Women in American Society
Section 010 TR
11:00-12:15pm
A. Friedman
Designed to provide students with a sociological framework for analyzing sex and gender relations in contemporary
American society. Topics include the social construction of gender, patterns of sex-role socialization, gender
stratification in the paid work force, gender relations in the family and other social institutions.
CROSS-LISTED WITH SOCI213.
WOMS 240 (3) – Women and Violence
Section 010 MWF 10:10-11:15am
M. Laberge
This course will analyze the gendered nature of violence, and how a wide range of socially institutionalized and
individually perpetrated political, social, economic, and physical circumstances impact and shape our experiences.
Within the context of violence, we will consider specific conditions of varied social locations such as race,
ethnicity, sexual identity and social economic status. We will analyze a variety of issues and topics relating to
women and violence, including rape, domestic violence, incest and child abuse, pornography, sexual harassment
and stalking, as well as examine the role that individuals and institutions play in maintaining and resisting violence
in society. SATISFIES UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL REQUIREMENT. GROUP C BREADTH
REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 250(3)-Topics: International Women Studies: Latin America
Section 010 TR
03:30-04:45pm
S. Cherrin
This course investigates social issues which affect Latinos/as, in their own countries, through immigration and as a
vital social/political category in the U.S. today. We use political science/international relations, sociology,
anthropology, literature and women’s voices. Some of our cutting edge topics, in Latino/a context, are: exploring
myths and stereotypes; drug trafficking and gender roles; gender and violence; family dynamics; education and
work; the effects of globalization and immigration. SATISFIES UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL
REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 291 (1) – Women’s History through Film
Section 010 M
07:00-09:00pm
K. Turkel
This course explores women’s historical experiences through the medium of film. Students will view a variety of
documentary films on women, hear speakers, and read materials related to topics covered in the films. Films will
deal with historical and contemporary issues in the United States and internationally. CROSS-LISTED WITH
HIST 291. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. This is a short 5-week course
from February 24 to March 24, 2014. GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT. SECTION PARTIALLY
SATISFIES UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 298 (1) – Research on Race, Ethnicity and Culture
Section 010 W
12:20-01:10pm
M. Laberge
This is a lecture series in which faculty and guest speakers discuss their research on contemporary and historical
perspectives on race, ethnicity, and culture. Research is presented from various disciplines, such as sociology,
history, literature, anthropology, and psychology. This course may be repeated since content varies each semester.
CROSS-LISTED WITH BAMS 298. PASS/FAIL ONLY.
WOMS 301 (3) – Gay and Lesbian Film
Section 010 M
03:35-06:35pm
M. Warner
Explores gay and lesbian issues represented in film and an academic analysis of these issues. Through film,
students study the social constructs of sexuality and gender, analyze the role of homosexuality, examine the
development of gay and lesbian characterization, and explore the differences between sex and sexuality.
CROSS-LISTED WITH SGST 301. GROUP C BREADTH REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 315 (3) – Anthropology of Tourism
Section 010 TR
02:00-03:15pm
C. Guerron-Montero
International tourism is one of the largest industry in the world, and it has produced one of the greatest population
movements in the history of humanity. In our course, we will study tourism from an anthropological perspective as
an international industry, but also a cultural practice and a phenomenon of globalization. Through lectures, case
studies, discussions, community-based research exercises, and films, the course will examine such topics as tourism
and modernity, sexual and romantic tourism, the roles of gender and race in the tourism industry, ecotourism and
environmental tourism, tourism and ‘authenticity,’ among others. Examples, case studies and exercises used to
illustrate these topics will be drawn from the national and international arena, with a focus on Latin
America.CROSS-LISTED WITH ANTH 311.
WOMS 350 (3) - Gender and Criminal Justice
Section 010 TR
09:30-10:45am
Section 080 TR
09:30-10:45am
S. Miller
S. Miller (HNRS)
Reviews historical and contemporary explanations for women’s participation in crime and evaluates these explanations
in light of current research. Other topics include treatment of women offenders by judicial and correctional systems,
women as victims of crime and women as criminal justice personnel. CROSS-LISTED WITH CRJU 350.
SATISFIES UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL REQUIREMENT. PERMISSION OF HONORS PROGRAM
REQUIRED FOR SECTION 080.
WOMS 367(3) – Social Media: Feminism and Global Activism
Section 010 TR
02:00-03:15pm
P. Bueno-Hansen
In less than two decades, social media and the growth of virtual networks and communities has shifted the
dynamics of contemporary global society. What has been the role of feminists in this phenomenon? How do
feminists use social media and for what ends? This course traces how feminists have been using the Internet since
the late 1990’s and explores contemporary feminist usage of social media. Two key foci are: 1) assessing the
shifting interface between virtual and corporal worlds and its impact on women’s lives and bodies, as well as
feminist research and 2) developing a transnational understanding of the power dynamics inherent in the use of
social media. This project-based course will lead students through the research necessary to identify a problem and
craft and implement a feminist intervention. Students will work collaboratively to insure the success of their
projects.
WOMS 381(3) - Women in Literature: “Women and the Literature of Illness”
Section 010 TR
12:30-1:45
M. Stetz
This course presents work in a variety of media and genres by women 1) who have been healers of the sick; or 2)
who have experienced illness and/or disability themselves; or 3) who have been labeled “diseased” by virtue of
their gender, as well as their race, their sexuality, their class, etc. We will look at the history and the politics of
mental and physical illnesses—focusing on topics such as cancer, eating disorders, and depression—and their
relationship to gender, as expressed in 19th through 21st century British and American texts by writers such as
Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Virginia Woolf, Aimee Liu, Lucy Grealy, Audre
Lorde, Harilyn Rousso, Margaret Edson, and Covington Armstrong, along with visual texts by artists such as Frida
Kahlo and photographers such as Annie Leibovitz. Course requirements include short papers and one longer essay,
written through a draft-and-revision process. CROSS-LISTED WITH ENGL 381.
WOMS 382 (3) - Studies in Multicultural Literature in English
Section 010 MW 3:30-4:45pm
A. Quintana
A writing intensive course, featuring the writing of a number of U.S. Latina cultural critics. This course will
attempt to develop an understanding of the cultural traditions that have influenced their work. Moving from the oral
tradition--a tradition that relies heavily on close family networks and the dependence of generations of people
living in the same community--we will consider the way U.S. Latina writers use their work to communicate when
face to face contact is no longer possible. The course will also bring into dialogue the feminist theories and
practices that have shaped emergent knowledge formation known as “Latina cultural studies.” To this end the
course is structured to enact a hemispheric dialogue between feminist studies and cultural studies as fields of
knowledge that circulate and crisscross the Americas. We will examine two particular themes regarding writers
and/or characters they choose to represent--the tensions within and between world(s) in which they live and
interact, and their reactions to and relationship with their socio-cultural environment(s).CROSS-LISTED WITH
ENGL 382. PREREQUISITES: ENGL 110. SATISFIES UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL
REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 401 (3) – Foundations of Human Sexuality
Section 010 W
05:00-08:00pm
J. Wilgen
A multidisciplinary study of human sexuality focusing on the implications for individuals and for society of the
biological, psychological and sociocultural determinants of human sexuality. This course deals with sexually
explicit material. Students are required to attend first class meeting. CROSS-LISTED WITH HDFS 401/BHAN
401. OPEN TO JUNIORS and SENIORS only. GROUP C BREADTH REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 408 (3) – Domestic Violence Policy and Prevention
Section 010 W
04:00-7:00pm
C. Post
Reflects the current state of policy and practice among policy makers and practitioners in the field of domestic
violence including legal issues, policy development, primary prevention, and models of best practice in the
provision of services. Addresses the role of federal and state law. May include economic justice, mental health and
trauma, and other emerging issues in domestic violence policy and prevention.
CROSS-LISTED WITH SOC 408 / CRJU 408 / HDFS 408.
WOMS 411(3): SEMINAR: WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA
Section013 W
03:35-06:35pm
A. Boylan
This seminar uses biography and autobiography to study the history of women in the 20th century. Each week's
seminar will focus on discussing a biographical or autobiographical work, and through it the experiences of varied
women in the last century. Seminar discussions will also consider the use of autobiographies as sources for
understanding women’s lives, and the issues involved in writing women’s biographies. Along the way, we will
acquaint ourselves with the complex ways in which women, in all their variety and complexity, shaped, and were
shaped by, the history of the century. As this seminar fulfills the A & S second writing requirement, students can
expect to do a substantial amount of reading, writing, and reflecting. CROSS-LISTED WITH HIST 411.
SATISFIES UNIVERSITY 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT
WOMS414 (3) - Women and Gender in Healthcare
Section 194 12 a.m.-12 p.m.
A. Johnson
Section 195 12 a.m.-12 p.m.
A. Johnson
Explores women's healthcare issues from the perspective of gender needs within our healthcare delivery system.
Global issues related to cultural needs, health beliefs and practices, lifespan and lifestyle considerations, wellness
goals, and health issues unique to women are the focus of content. PREREQ: ENGL110. CROSS-LISTED with
NURS 414. RESTRICTIONS: Open to nursing, health studies, and women's studies majors and minors, or
by permission of instructor. SATISFIES UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 417 (3) – Sex, Crimes, and Punishment
Section 010 TH
09:30-10:45am
C. Leon
Specific topics include: theories of sexual offending, media and cultural portrayals, empirical research, law and
policy, and feminist and other critical approaches. CROSS-LISTED WITH CRJU 417 / SOCI 417. SATISFIES
UNIVERSITY 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT.
WOMS 498 (3) – Internship in Women’s Studies
Section 010 W
01:25-02:15pm
J. Naccarelli
The Women’s Studies Internship program views service learning as an education tool. Through engagement with an
organization of student’s choice, approved by the instructor, students have the opportunity to apply concepts from
their coursework to learn more about their future career goals and the world around us. We will learn from the
process of applying coursework to the field, as well as from the organizational structure of the placement, the
mission and mission execution of your organization, clients, and co-workers. SECTION SATISFIES THE
UNIVERSITY DISCOVERY LEARNING EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT. REQUIRES PERMISSION
OF INSTRUCTOR.