Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Ph.D.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to Critically survey current feminist, queer, and trans scholarship, and identify gaps in the literature and new research opportunities and design an interdisciplinary feminist research project based on an original research question, and develop a relevant methodological approach for finding answers and intervening in scholarly debates.

2. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to Practice a multitude of feminist pedagogical strategies for diverse learning styles and outcomes in preparation to teach introductory and advanced courses in the field.

3. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to Explain canonical, intersectional, and transnational feminist theoretical frameworks, and apply these critical tools to analyze social structures that positively or negatively influence local and global inequalities.

4. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to Summarize the historical emergence of the field of WGSS, and situate the field in relation to the changing politics and economics of the contemporary US university.