Advanced study of issues in LGBTQ studies, including sexuality, marriage and family, health, employment, media representation, politics, and socialization. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary perspectives and critical thinking along with application of knowledge.

What do religions say about women? What do women say about religions? This class will examine women’s lives in a variety of religious traditions around the world.

We will use empirical data to analyze how inter- and intra-racial discrimination based on skin color and hairstyles are forms of discrimination apparent in virtually every social institution, such as marriage rates, media, imprisonment, holding political office, educational attainment, wages, and more.

Exploration of gender construction and identity formation in transnational perspective. Topics include theories and methodologies for examining gender relations in cross-cultural perspective, political and socioeconomic status of women, gender ideologies and symbolic representations, and women's activism.