Second 8-Week Courses: October 19 - December 18

Women: Social & Historical Perspectives
WMST 200.003
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:00 to 7:30 pm
Social Sciences Center room B91 (basement)
Andrea Mays
amays@unm.edu

This course will introduce students to Women Studies and women’s movements in local, national, and global contexts, and provide a historical overview of feminism. We will explore contemporary perspectives on women in the following broad areas: sexuality, the body, reproduction, work, violence against women, gendered space, the family, health, and resistance. The course content will focus heavily on how race, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation shape women’s experiences. We will also focus on work done by historically marginalized researchers. The readings should provoke lively, respectful class discussion.

Black Women Writers
WMST 234.030
Tuesdays & Thrusdays, 4:00 to 6:30 pm
UNM West
Rosemary Keefe                      
rkeefe@unm.edu

An exploration of works written exclusively by black women as well as a multidisciplinary approach to black women’s experiences through their own writings, art, and media.

Intersession Course: January 11-15

Women & Creativity
WMST 353.001
Monday-Friday, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
Anne Skinner Jones
annskinnerjones@yahoo.com

Women & Creativity will present an overview of the variety and diversity of women’s experiences of creative expression. Students will study how the creative process is linked to an individual’s position in society and the female experience. The course will explore how the creations of contemporary women from various multicultural backgrounds reflect their personal responses to living in today’s world. Students will begin to explore the creative possibilities in their own lives.