Graduate Program

Fall Term Schedule

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
GSWS 400-01 History of Feminism: Colloquium Elizabeth Sapere T 2:00PM - 4:40PM
Graduate student section of History of Feminism Location (T 2:00PM - 4:40PM)
GSWS 406-01 Global Politics of Gender and Health Rachel O'Donnell MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
Graduate section of GSWS 206: Global Politics of Gender and Health Location (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
GSWS 459-01 Birth in the Nation Brianna Theobald T 2:00PM - 4:40PM
Why did fertility rates decline over the nineteenth century? Why did women begin choosing hospital rather than home births in the twentieth century? What difference have the Pill and other reproductive technologies made in shaping how women think about pregnancy and childbirth? Why have breastfeeding rates been rising since the 1970s? How have women's reproductive experiences differed along lines of race and class? In this course, we will consider these questions and more as we explore how women's reproductive experiences and the meanings attached to such experiences have changed over time and why. This is a research seminar, so students will further explore these issues through their own research and writing on some aspect of the history of reproduction. Readings and discussions will focus on the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but students may explore the location and period of their choice in their papers. Location (T 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday
Monday and Wednesday
GSWS 406-01 Global Politics of Gender and Health Rachel O'Donnell
Graduate section of GSWS 206: Global Politics of Gender and Health
Tuesday
GSWS 400-01 History of Feminism: Colloquium Elizabeth Sapere
Graduate student section of History of Feminism
GSWS 459-01 Birth in the Nation Brianna Theobald
Why did fertility rates decline over the nineteenth century? Why did women begin choosing hospital rather than home births in the twentieth century? What difference have the Pill and other reproductive technologies made in shaping how women think about pregnancy and childbirth? Why have breastfeeding rates been rising since the 1970s? How have women's reproductive experiences differed along lines of race and class? In this course, we will consider these questions and more as we explore how women's reproductive experiences and the meanings attached to such experiences have changed over time and why. This is a research seminar, so students will further explore these issues through their own research and writing on some aspect of the history of reproduction. Readings and discussions will focus on the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but students may explore the location and period of their choice in their papers.
Tuesday and Thursday
Thursday
Friday