Women's and Gender Studies Course Offerings

Women's and Gender Studies Courses for Fall 2025
Courses Instructors

ANTH 318/WGST 318 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America 

  • Major Distribution: Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies 
 Jim Aimers

ANTH 319 Politics of Reproduction

  • Major Distribution: Gender in the Social World
 Brenna McCaffrey

BLKS 200 Intro to Black Studies

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies 
 Kiara Washington

ENGL 111 Lit: Lit, Medicine, & Racism                

  • Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts

Beth McCoy

ENGL 318 Black British Lit & Culture

  • Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
 Maria Helena Lima 

ENGL 439 Lit: Women, Spirits & Ghosts 

  • Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
 Caroline Woidat

ENGL 443 Lit: African Sexuality in Literature & Film

  • Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
 Olaocha Nwabara 

ENGL 458 Lit: Louisa May Alcott

  • Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
 Alice Rutkowski

GEOG 123 The Developing World     

  • Major Distribution: Global Issues in Sex & Gender 
 Jennifer Rogalsky 

HIST 112 Top: Women & Gender in East Asian History

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
 Ling Ma

HIST 112 Top: Global Women’s Voices 1800

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies 
 Yvonne Seale

HIST 249 Black Joy  

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies 
 Catherine Adams

HIST 261 Native American History

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
 Michael Oberg

HIST 266 Civil Rights Movement in America

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
 Emily Crosby

HIST 270 Hist of Latin America to 1825

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
 Ryan Jones

HIST 301 Topic: US Women’s History

  • Major distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies
 Mary Mapes

HIST 581 Intersectional Histories

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies 
 Ryan Jones

PASC 105 Performance as Social Change        

  • Major distribution: Theories & Representation in the Humanities & Arts
 Mark Broomfield

PHIL 204 Feminist Philosophy

  • Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
 Amanda Roth

PSYC 390 Top: Dialogue Facilitation Training

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies OR Gender in the Social World
 Christine Merrilees

SOCL 105 Intro to Global Soc Change

  • Major distribution: Gender in the Social World OR Global Issues in Sex & Gender

Lisa Meyer

SOCL 245 Sociology of Sports

  • Major distribution: Gender in the Social World
 William Lofquist
 

SOCL 281 Sociology of Sexual Health

  • Major Distribution: Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies OR Gender in the Social World
 Amy Braksmajer
WGST 100 Intro to Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies Hanna Brant

WGST 205 Topics–Gender, Sexuality, Queer: Queering Family 

  • Major Distribution: Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies 
 Amanda Roth
WGST 310 Race, Class, & Gender  Catherine Adams

WGST 318/ANTH 318 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America

  • Major Distribution: Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies
 Jim Aimers

XLRN 150 Foundations in Social Identity  

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies OR Gender in the Social World
 Ashley Watson 

Senior seminar is offered every spring; if you would like to complete your senior capstone project in the fall, contact Dr. Roth.

Please email Amanda Roth to add a class to this list or with any questions.

Women's and Gender Studies Courses for Summer 2025
Courses Instructors

ANTH 326 Race, Racism, and Antiracism        

  • Major distribution: Gender in the Social World
  Melanie Medeiros

BLKS 225 Black Cinema 

  • Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
 Olaocha Nwabara

ENGL 111 Lit: Race & Representation

  • Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
 Kiara Washington

HUMN 222 Black Humanities

  • Major Distribution: Theories and Representation in Humanities and Arts
 Lee Pierce

HIST 163 African American History to 1877

  • Major Distribution: Historical, Political, Activist Studies 
 Catherine Adams

PSYC 308 Psychology of Women

  • Major Distribution: Gender in the Social World 
 Jennifer Katz

WGST 100 Intro to WGST    

  • (Online–Second Half of Summer)
 Amanda Roth

WGST 202 Arts & Hum Topics: Dismantling Disney & Pixar 

  • (Online–Second Third of Summer)
 Kiara Washington

 Please email Amanda Roth to add a class to this list or with any questions.

Queer/Sexuality Minor Courses for Fall 2025

 

Courses  Instructors

ENGL 443 Lit: African Sexuality in Literature & Film*  

  • Group A elective
     
 Olaocha Nwabara 

ENGL 458 Lit: Louisa May Alcott*

  • Group A elective
 Alice Rutkowski

PHIL 204 Feminist Philosophy

  • Group B elective
 Amanda Roth

PHIL 236 Medicine & Morality

  • Group B elective
 Amanda Roth

HIST 112 Top: Women & Gender in East Asian History

  • Group B elective
 Ling Ma

HIST 249 Black Joy

  • Group B elective
 Catherine Adams

HIST 581 Intersectional Histories*

  • Group B elective
 Ryan Jones

SOCL 281 Sociology of Sexual Health

  • Group A elective
 Amy Braksmajer

WGST 100 Intro to GSWS

  • Group B elective
 Hanna Brant

WGST 205 Topics–Gender, Sexuality, Queer: Queering Family 

  • Group A elective
 Amanda Roth

WGST 310 Race, Class, & Gender 

  • Group B elective
 Catherine Adams

WGST 318/ANTH 318 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America

  • Group A elective 
 Jim Aimers

XLRN 150 Foundations in Social Identity

  • Group B elective
 Ashley Watson

* Prerequisites apply

Note:

  • Note that many courses on the list have prerequisites. If you do not meet the prerequisite, you may contact the instructor and inquire about whether you could take the course for WGST purposes without having the prereq. (Though in some cases the answer will be "no".)
  • Also, in some cases, the above courses devote only a portion (usually about 30% or more) of the course material to gender and/or sexuality specifically, but many allow students to make choices about the focus of one or more assignments. If you are using a course in another program or department for WGST credit and the course has only partial focus on women, gender, and/or sexuality, then you should opt to focus a major assignment on one of those topics when possible.
  • Finally, in some cases, there are upper-level courses offered in other departments that are generally only available to majors, minors, or students with significant background in the relevant disciplinary areas. Those courses usually will not show up on this list; however, if you are a student who has the relevant background and you are taking a course not on this list that you believe has significant women/gender/sexuality-related content, please feel free to contact the WGST coordinator (rothal@geneseo.edu) to discuss.
Related Pages
Women's and Gender Studies