Department of Women’s and Gender Studies

Introduction

The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies offers a feminist interdisciplinary course of study that expands the process of knowledge production to include considerations of gender, race, class, and sexuality in the United States and internationally. Students will be exposed to recent scholarship on feminist theory and the intellectual, economic, political, and artistic contributions of women and feminist movements in various historical and cultural contexts.

Numerous departments across campus offer courses that focus on the study of women and/or gender. Most of these courses are cross-listed as women’s and gender studies courses; others are taught as special sections of an established course and are identified separately each semester.

Advising

All majors and minors have a primary academic advisor assigned in ConnectCarolina. All other majors and minors are strongly encouraged to meet with a faculty member or director of undergraduate studies (DUS) who works with current and prospective majors and minors by appointment (see “Contacts” above). Departmental academic advising is particularly important for those majors who are considering going on to graduate school. All students are encouraged to review their Tar Heel Tracker each semester. Further information on courses, undergraduate research opportunities, the honors program, careers, and graduate schools may be obtained from the department’s website.

Major

• Women’s and Gender Studies Major, B.A.

Minors

• Women’s and Gender Studies Minor
• Sexuality Studies Minor

Courses

• Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST)

Professor

Ariana Vigil.

Associate Professors

Sarah Bloesch, Karen M. Booth, Candice Merritt, Tanya L. Shields.

Assistant Professor

Jillian Hinderliter.

Teaching Assistant Professors

Amalia Ashley.

Adjunct Professor

Sharon James. 

Adjunct Associate Professors

Jes Boon, Lydia Boyd, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Barbara Friedman, Michele Rivkin-Fish, Michelle Robinson, Katherine Turk, Claudia Yaghoobi.

Adjunct Instructors

Shelley Gist Kennedy, Christi Hurt.

Professors Emerita

Michele Berger, E. Jane Burns, Barbara J. Harris, Joanne Hershfield, Susan Harbage Page, Silvia Tomásková.