Gender and Sexuality Studies
Gender and Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary minor that prepares the student for the analysis of sexual and gendered phenomena. The Gender and Sexuality Studies minor is organized around the idea that systems of sex and gender, as well as the individual experience and expression of them, are historically contingent structures, the study of which must take into account relevant forms of social difference, including, but not limited to, race, class, and nationality. Utilizing feminist and social constructivist approaches, the Gender and Sexuality Studies minor allows the student to study the impact of social, cultural, political and economic organization on the production and experience of systems of sex and gender. The internal logic of the minor requires that students progress from required core courses at the 200- level to more specialized, discipline specific courses at the 300- and 400-levels. Students from any major may pursue the Gender and Sexuality Studies minor. However, students may not count more than one course toward both their major and their minor requirements.
| Division: |
Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Division Office: |
Carson Hall 202 |
| Phone: |
646-393-4111 |
| Division Chair: |
Jennifer N. Brown, Ph.D.
jbrown1@mmm.edu |
| Administrative Assistant: |
Alexandra Dill
adill@mmm.edu |
Program Faculty:
Faculty from various departments across the College teach courses in the Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor.
Lauren Erin Brown
Associate Professor of History and Politics and Human Rights
Chair, Department of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies
B.A., Smith College
M.A. & Ph.D., Harvard University
Phone: 646-393-4141
lbrown2@mmm.edu
Yu-Yin Cheng
Professor of History and International Studies
B.A., National Taiwan Normal University
M.A. & Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Phone: 646-393-4140
ycheng@mmm.edu
Jennifer Dixon
Associate Professor of Communication Arts Chair, Department of Communication and Media Arts
B.A.E.D, Northeastern State University at Tahlequah, OK
M.A., Kansas State University
Ph.D., University of Missouri
Phone: 212-774-4861
jdixon@mmm.edu
Manolo Estavillo
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of Detroit
M.A., New School University
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
Phone: 646-393-4130
mguzman@mmm.edu
Gender and Sexuality Studies Courses (GSS)