Gender Studies Fast Facts
Gender Studies is a dynamic interdisciplinary field of academic study
and research. Drawing on continuing scholarly developments in the
Natural and Social Sciences and in the Humanities, Gender Studies
invites us to consider and to question the assumptions and values that
shape our individual self-image and our interactions with others in
society.
Some students approach Gender Studies from the angle of Environmental Studies, others with the cross-cultural concerns of anthropology, or with an interest in how gender inflects the field of ethics; what joins them in conversation is a will to examine how human understandings of gender and sexual identity have changed over time and how they continue to shape our experience of the world.
Broadly defined at New College, Gender Studies encompasses work that could also be called women’s studies, masculinity studies, lesbian and gay studies, queer studies, or feminist studies; it also intersects with the issues raised in the various fields of ethnic studies.
Some students approach Gender Studies from the angle of Environmental Studies, others with the cross-cultural concerns of anthropology, or with an interest in how gender inflects the field of ethics; what joins them in conversation is a will to examine how human understandings of gender and sexual identity have changed over time and how they continue to shape our experience of the world.
Broadly defined at New College, Gender Studies encompasses work that could also be called women’s studies, masculinity studies, lesbian and gay studies, queer studies, or feminist studies; it also intersects with the issues raised in the various fields of ethnic studies.
Program Details
Affiliated faculty in 2005-06:3223 disciplines represented:
| Anthropology Art Art History Biochemistry Biology Chemistry Classics Economics English French Language & Literature German Language & Literature History | International Studies Jewish Studies Mathematics Music Philosophy Political Science Religion Physics Psychology Sociology Spanish Language & Literature |
Joint-disciplinary and special area of concentration’s:
Avg. 4 yearly from 1995-2005; 4 in 1996-97; 6 in 1997-98;
5 in 1998-99; 3 in 1999-2000; 3 in 2000-01; 3 in 2001-02;
5 in 2002-03; 1 in 2003-04; 3 in 2004-05
Theses with Titles including the word Gender, Woman, Women, Feminist, Female (between 1972-1995): 79
Program History
First graduate in special program "Women’s Studies": 1972, first NCF graduating class.First listed in catalog as joint disciplinary area of concentration: 1995
Averaged 4 declared GS AOC's yearly, including Special Program area of concentration's in Women’s Studies: Since 1996
Gender Studies holds its first January Workshop: January 1998
Gender Studies program office opened with a part-time office assistant: November 2004
Gender Studies was awarded a Fulbright Visiting Specialist in the Muslim World: Dr. Fatou Diop, Sociologist from the University of Gaston Berger: 2005
Professor of Anthropology and McArthur Grant recipient, Ruth Behar, gave a public lecture on "The Ruth Room and My Search for the Jews of Cuba" in February 2006.
