3570 Institute for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Georgia State University
22nd floor, 25 Park Place Bldg.
P.O. Box 3969
Atlanta, GA 30302-3969
Phone: 404-413-6587
Email: wgss@gsu.edu
wgss.gsu.edu

Jennie Burnet, Director
Maura Bernales, Director of Graduate Studies

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at Georgia State University contributes to the University’s broader mission of encouraging critical thinking through a focus on feminist interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and community participation. The Institute promotes research on gender, sex, sexuality, feminism, womanism, and their many intersections; fosters intellectual curiosity and transformative, critical thinking in global contexts; and empowers scholars, students, and activists in creative work for freedom and justice WGSS emphasizes the following areas of study: Sexualities, Queer and Trans Studies, Black Feminist Thought, Transnational Feminisms, and Social Change.

Programs

• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, B.A.-M.A.

• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Graduate Certificate

• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, M.A.

Courses

• WGSS 6010 - Feminist Praxis
• WGSS 6040 - Gender/Race/Class in Complex Societies
• WGSS 6052 - Africana Women and Socio Political Change
• WGSS 6100 - Foundations of Black Women’s Studies
• WGSS 6110 - Black Women and Health
• WGSS 6111 - Anthropology of Self and Emotion
• WGSS 6210 - Gender and Power in Ethnographic Perspective
• WGSS 6240 - Sexuality and Gender in Asia
• WGSS 6310 - Girls
• WGSS 6470 - Visual Culture
• WGSS 6510 - Feminist Political Theory
• WGSS 6580 - Thinking the Body
• WGSS 6590 - Cultural Studies of Gender
• WGSS 6720 - Feminist Issues in Contemporary Art
• WGSS 6740 - Women Artists
• WGSS 6750 - Black Feminist Thought
• WGSS 6760 - Activism: History and Theory
• WGSS 6770 - Gender and Sexuality in the African Diaspora
• WGSS 6780 - African-American Lesbian and Gay Activism
• WGSS 6791 - Sexuality, Space, and Global Cities
• WGSS 6800 - Black Queer Studies
• WGSS 6810 - Feminism and Foucault
• WGSS 6820 - Feminism and Queer Theory
• WGSS 6830 - Class Matters
• WGSS 6842 - Sexuality and Nationalism
• WGSS 6844 - Youth and Sexualities
• WGSS 6846 - Gender, War, and Militarism in/and the Middle East
• WGSS 6860 - Feminist Philosophy
• WGSS 6910 - Special Topics
• WGSS 8001 - Feminist Theories
• WGSS 8002 - Globalization and Gender
• WGSS 8003 - New Directions in Feminism
• WGSS 8004 - Feminist Methodologies
• WGSS 8005 - Proseminar in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• WGSS 8006 - Feminist Pedagogy
• WGSS 8007 - Advanced Black Feminisms
• WGSS 8010 - Affect and Cultural Politics
• WGSS 8050 - Teaching Internship
• WGSS 8075 - Feminist Literary Theory
• WGSS 8122 - Death, Dying, and Loss
• WGSS 8152 - Birth and Parenthood
• WGSS 8156 - Sexuality and Society
• WGSS 8216 - Gender and Society
• WGSS 8300 - Feminist Media Studies
• WGSS 8500 - Capstone
• WGSS 8510 - Activism Proseminar
• WGSS 8600 - Creative Capstone Practicum Hours
• WGSS 8750 - Seminar in Feminist Philosophy
• WGSS 8810 - Seminar in the History of Gender
• WGSS 8920 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies
• WGSS 8930 - Directed Readings
• WGSS 8950 - Internship
• WGSS 8990 - Directed Research
• WGSS 8999 - Thesis Research