Message from the Graduate Director

Welcome to the start of a new semester! As we bask in the glow of our most recent accomplishment, the sixth annual international graduate student conference on "Media Justice and Feminist Futures," held November 29-30, 2007, we look forward to building on such success for spring 2008, an important time when we prepare to admit and welcome a new class of MA students for the 2008-2009 school year.

Our graduate program currently includes an eclectic and diverse group of students embarking on new courses, original research, and peer-teaching opportunities, as well as core, joint, and affiliated faculty from a broad range of disciplinary subjects and diverse experiences in social justice issues who consistently rank across the university as the most provocative, relevant, and unique instructors teaching courses on feminism, race relations, arts, globalization, and public policy.

Below is a tentative schedule of courses for 2008-2009:

Sexuality, Race, and Class in Science and Health (WSS 501)
Graduate Orientation in Women's Studies (WSS 510)
Advanced Feminist Pedagogy (WSS 520)
Feminist Thought and Public Policy (WSS 525)
Environmental Justice: Racism, Classism, Sexism (WSS 530)
Black Diasporas, Feminisms, and Sexual Politics (WSS 545)
Gender and Class in Latin American Development (WSS 551)
Families (WSS 560)
Feminist Theory (WSS 565)
Research Seminar in Women's Studies (WSS 590)
Graduate Internship (WSS 592)
Computer Game Design and Feminist Pedagogy (WSS 599)
Topics in Women's Studies (WSS 599)

With optimism and a refreshing outlook for the new semester, I wish you all the best of success as you continue with or get ready to start graduate studies.

Janell Hobson, PhD
January 2008