Womens and Gender Studies

WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at

Illinois Wesleyan University offers feminist perspectives on
the human experience, analyzes the role of women in history,
challenges cultural assumptions about women, emphasizes the
contributions of women, and discusses the larger, global disad-
vantages that are faced by women in the United States and abroad.
Women’s and Gender Studies courses are open to all students, A Sampling of Courses
women and men, and most offer general education credit to meet Offered by Women’s and
Gender Studies:
IWU graduation requirements.
Introduction to Women’s and
Gender Studies
Why Women’s and Gender Studies at Illinois Wesleyan?
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• Our interdisciplinary program recognizes that there has never been
Women and Literature
just “one” experience for women; rather their experiences vary and are
significantly determined by race, class, and national origin. Third World Women Speak
A Woman’s Place
• Students benefit from a variety of approaches to study women’s lives and
gender expectations from a spectrum of disciplines. Black Women Writers
• Emphasis is placed on the concept that women have co-created knowl- Psychology of Gender
edge with men from all relevant academic areas. Philosophy of Feminism
• The curriculum reflects the contributions of scholars in Women’s Women and the American
Studies and Gender Studies over the last 30 years while also developing Experience
a cogent methodology, theory, and pedagogy that support a unique field Women, Work and Leisure
of study. 1890-1930
Women and Politics
Learning from a Diverse Faculty Sex and Gender in Society
Women’s and Gender Studies courses are taught by faculty in a variety of Marriage and the Family
academic fields, including:
Gender and Globalization
Art Hispanic Studies Philosophy
Anthropology History Political Science Recent May Term Courses in
English Modern/Classical Psychology Women’s and Gender Studies:
Greek and Roman Languages & Religion Human Sexuality
Studies Literature Sociology French Feminist Theory
Health Music African Expressive Arts
Women, Religion, and
Spirituality
Let’s Talk about Sex(ualities)
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“ In Women’s and Gender Studies courses, students consider
some of the most challenging questions about women’s lives and gender identity
in our contemporary world and
undertake studies about the
effects of gender expectations in
international history, in
American culture, and in the
creation of literature, art and
religious expressions around
the world. The interdisciplinary
nature of Women’s Studies
entails connections not just
among a few subjects but across
the disciplines and schools of
thought at the University.”
Dr. Carole A. Myscofski

Women’s and Gender Studies
Director & McFee Professor
of Religion
As an interdisciplinary program, Women’s and Gender Studies offers

over 40 courses, both under its own rubric and in departments across the
curriculum.
Putting Learning into Practice

• In recent years, Women’s and Gender Studies majors or minors have
completed internships at the Public Defender’s Office, focusing on
domestic violence; at a local law firm, focusing on family law; and at the
David Davis Mansion, focusing on the letters of Sarah Davis.
• Majors have the opportunity to complete meaningful research and
independent studies with any of the numerous faculty members who
work with the Women’s and Gender Studies program.
For Further Information,
• Alumni of the program go on to pursue graduate school and/or build
Write or Call:
careers in such areas as American Studies, Women’s and Gender
Studies, business, health care, education, government, social work, Dr. Carole A. Myscofski
history, law, psychology, religion and literature.
Program Director, Women’s and
Gender Studies
Illinois Wesleyan University
P.O. Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
309/556-3177
myscofsk@iwu.edu
www.iwu.edu/wstudies
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WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at

Dr. Carole A. Myscofski

As an interdisciplinary program, Women’s and Gender Studies offers

Putting Learning into Practice

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