Gender Studies Program
"One is not born a woman, but rather becomes one."
Simone de Beauvoir
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.
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.
