Fall 2009 Courses Taught by Core WS Faculty
W S 201G INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S STUDIES
This course draws on feminist ideas and scholarship in the analysis of the status of women in societies today and historically.
Mary Benanti: M01 CRN: 43422
Mary Benanti: M02 CRN: 43424
Dr. M. Catherine Jonet: M70 (MS2 ONLINE) CRN: 46328
W S 202G REPRESENTING WOMEN ACROSS CULTURES
This introductory women's studies course focuses on cross-cultural studies of women and gender throughout the US and the globe.
Dr. Manal Hamzeh: M71 (MS2 ONLINE) CRN: 46327
Dr. Manal Hamzeh: M72 (ONLINE) CRN: 46269
Shirley Judson: M70 (ONLINE) CRN: 46270
W S 350 COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSITION
Shirley Judson: M01, CRN: 43430
This course is designed for students transitioning from the community college. Students will receive information and support regarding overcoming obstacles to a smooth transition.
ON 387V HONORS WOMEN'S STUDIES COURSE
Dr. Manal Hamzeh: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN: FEMINISM IN ARAB-MUSLIM CULTURES
HON 387V M01 CNR 46958
Drawing on the works of Leila Ahmed, Margot Badran, and Fatima Mernissi, this introductory course is designed to provide the participants with an opportunity to, 1) develop a historical understanding of gender in arab-muslim cultures, and 2) explore the discourses of arab-muslim feminists and Islamic feminists and their methodologies of making meaning of the multiple and fluid re/constructions of arab-muslim genders.
Additionally, reviewing a selected literary work of arab/muslim novelists like Sahar Kalifah, Fadia Al Faqir, and Liana Badr and others, the participants will have the opportunity to, 1) re/read gender constructions in arab-muslim cultures, and 2) imagine the opportunities arabs-muslims have in practicing their agency and changing inequities.
W S 453 WOMEN AND POLITICS
Mary Benanti 453 M01 CRN: 43447
This course is designed as an up-to-date analysis of women in politics with a focus on current events on the political scene. Students will consider the relationship of women and power, the paths they take to gain it as well as the historical aspect of women and political relationships. Students will observe and analyze media developments and coverage of women politicians. The goal is that students will have a broad understanding of the societal implications of women, politics, media and policy. This course is designed to benefit women's studies students, government students and journalism students. It is cross listed with the government department.
W S 471/571 SEMINAR IN FEMINIST THEORY
Dr. M. Catherine Jonet 471 M01 CRN: 43448, 571 M01 CRN: 43462
This course explores traditions of feminist theorizing. Feminist theory does not only take place in universities. It also exists in literature, music, film, art, on the internet, and in the streets. We will study theory produced in more "traditional" sites (such as in academic essays and books), and we will examine theorizing in more "alternative" locations (such as in music, on blogs, in zines).
W S 450/550 SPECIAL TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (multiple sections/may be taken more than once for credit)
Mary Benanti: WOMEN & IMMIGRATION POLICY (ONLINE)
450 M74 CRN: 46271
We will look at US immigration policies and how they have impacted women of different cultures, ethnicities and regions of the world as well as how they impact native born women. As part of this course we will read stories written by women immigrants themselves on issues such as surviving in a new land, work, education, economics, family impacts and politics. The goal of this course is to provide students with a broad based knowledge of women and immigration in an era in which immigration is a "hot" political issue. This course is designed to benefit women's studies students, government students and will also look at media coverage of immigration as well. It is cross listed with government.
Sara McNie Flores: WOMEN, SELF-REPRESENTATION, & PHOTOGRAPHY (ONLINE)
450 M71 CRN: 46277, 550 M71 CRN: 46278
Sara McNie Flores: GENDER & EATING DISORDERS (ONLINE)
450 M72 CRN: 46275, 550 M72 CRN: 46276
Dr. M. Catherine Jonet: GENDER, FEMINISM & POPULAR CULTURE
450 M01 CRN: 43438, 550 M04 CRN: 43456
This course will examine the ways popular culture constructs gender (masculinity and femininity), the representation of women, and sexuality. We will study mainstream examples as well as alternative forms of popular culture created in subcultures and D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) social networks.
Jess Weinberg: FEMINISM, WAR, CONFLICT, & PEACE
450 M02 CRN: 43442, 550 M02 CRN: 43454
Some of the questions we will ask in this course are: Is it "natural" or "necessary" for humans to wage war? What about making peace? How and why do feminists support or oppose wars? What roles have women played in wars and militaries? What roles should women play in wars and militaries? How have wars around the world affected women? How have beliefs about gender sometimes fueled wars? Why are there women organizing for peace across religious, ethnic, and national lines in most conflict zones? Are women "naturally" more peaceful than men? Are women peacemakers automatically feminists? What do women/feminist peace activists recommend to resolve transnational conflicts?
Jess Weinberg: WOMEN IN PALESTINE & ISRAEL (ONLINE)
450 M73 CRN: 46273, 550 M73 CRN: 46274
This course deals with some of the major issues in the study of women, gender, and sexuality in Palestine and Israel. We will be particularly concerned with women's studies, anthropological/sociological, historical, area studies and narrative methods of producing knowledge about women in Palestine and Israel. We will study Palestinian and Israeli women in a variety of roles - as family members, workers, political actors, and religious individuals. We will also examine the complicated relationships between the categories of "Palestinian" and "Israeli".
Laura Anh Williams: EATING ETHNIC: GENDER, RACE & FOOD,
450 M03 CRN: 46520, 550 M05 CRN: 46531
This course examines the production of gender, race, and identity through narratives of eating and cooking in novels, short stories, essays, and memoir. Through writings about food, we engage with questions of gender roles, racial difference, and "taste"-both in terms of literal flavors and also our preferences shaped by class, nation, region, sexuality, and gender. We will pay close attention to culinary narratives that focus on marginalized groups, and how foodways allow for strategies that enable these groups' survival.
Women's Studies Program Phone Number: (575) 646-3448
New Mexico State University
MSC3WSP
Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
Fax:(575) 646-7601
Email: wstudies@nmsu.edu