Summer 2009 Courses

Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Women

Amanda Davis WST 3015 – Section 0343 (Summer A) MTWRF 2; TUR 2336; 3 Credits The life experiences of women through the study of materials in the humanities, social and natural sciences and in the health professions. This is a required course for the Women’s Studies major and minor and it fulfills the general education requirement in diversity. It can also be taken as an elective. (Gen Ed: H, S, D;  WST: Core)    

Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Women

Tim Fogarty WST 3015 – Section 4301 (Summer B) MTWRF 2; TUR 2322; 3 Credits The life experiences of women through the study of materials in the humanities, social and natural sciences and in the health professions. This is a required course for the Women’s Studies major and minor and it fulfills the general education requirement in diversity. It can also be taken as an elective. (Gen Ed: H, S, D;  WST: Core)  

Incarcerated Women

Amanda Davis WST 3430 – Section 4520 Summer B; MTWRF 3; TUR 2333; 3 Credits Nearly one million women are currently under some form of correctional supervision in the United States, the majority of whom are women of color. Women now represent the fastest growing population group entering America’s prisons (a seven fold increase since 1980 alone), even though most continue to be incarcerated for non-violent offenses. The use of detention, pretrial incarceration, and imprisonment has risen dramatically in many regions of the country for juvenile girls as well, with gender overlapping with race and class in especially punitive ways for young African American and Latina girls in particular. This class will discuss some of the contemporary shifts that have occurred within the last twenty years in our use of prisons as a response to crime and its perceived threat, and the effects these changes have had on the surge of women being imprisoned today. It will also draw attention to a number of autobiographical texts written by incarcerated women in the United States, a remarkable body of literature that encourages us to think persistently and progressively about many of our most complex social issues—poverty, racism, abuse and gender inequalities among them.

Internship

Staff 1-3 Credits, Can be repeated up to 6 credits WST 4940 – Section Department Controlled Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and program chair This course is designed for students desiring practical experience in the community. Students intern with a local agency, group or business involved in women’s issues. An application can be found athttp://www.wst.ufl.edu/Internships.htm.

UF in India: Rethinking Globalization: Gender, Communities, Representation

Study Abroad Summer 2009 Location: Navdanya Farm, Dehra Dun, India WST 4956, Sec 0235. 3 credits (SS/H; GID) WST 6957 SEC 0239, 3 credits Course Highlights: •Live in an organic farm community •Daily yoga instruction •Dormitory housing (double occupancy) •3 locally grown, organic meals/day included •Excursions to nearby pilgrimage sites •Workshops on indigenous plants and traditional medicine •Trekking in the Himalayan foothills Instructors: Anita Anantharam (UF Women’s Studies), Travis L. Smith (UF Religion) Visiting Instructors: Vandana Shiva (Navdanya), John Campbell (Columbia University), and Pavlos Georgiadis (University ofHohenheim)

Internship

Staff 1-3 Credits, Can be repeated up to 6 credits WST 6946 – Section Department Controlled Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and program chair This course is designed for students desiring practical experience in the community. Students intern with a local agency, group or business involved in women’s issues. An application can be found athttp://www.wst.ufl.edu/Internships.htm.