Department of Women's Studies

Learn gender theory from a faith perspective

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Examine women’s experience in a gendered society

Students learn about Costa Rican women's movement

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  • The Women’s studies Department enables students from a variety of disciplines to examine women’s experience in a gendered society. Classes in women’s studies critically examine cultural assumptions about gender, race and class.

    Students can expect to be equipped with the tools to identify factors that constrain women’s lives, and examine feminist genre, research methods, aesthetics, criticism and contemporary issues.

    This interdisciplinary program draws on courses from a variety of disciplines and women’s resources in the campus community to enhance a core of courses offered by the Women’s Studies Program.

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  • Minor in Women’s Studies
    Within the community of faith and learning at Goshen College, the women’s studies program examines women’s experience in a gendered and global society. Courses foster the study and cultivation of feminist scholarship and practice in students’ personal and professional preparation. This interdisciplinary program draws on courses from a variety of disciplines and women’s resources in the campus community in addition to a core of courses offered by the women’s studies program.

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    • Bob

      Bob Birkey

      Director of Social Work Program, Professor of Social Work

    • Beth

      Beth Birky

      Department Chair
      Professor of English

    • Jo-Ann

      Jo-Ann Brant

      Professor of Bible, Religion, and Philosophy

    • Ann

      Ann Hostetler

      Professor of English

    • Jeanne

      Jeanne Liechty

      Professor of Social Work

    • David

      David Lind

      Assistant Professor of Sociology, Senegal SST Leader MA

    • Regina

      Regina Shands Stoltzfus

      Assistant Professor of PJCS

    • Jan

      Jan Shetler

      Professor of History

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