Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 06:39:11 -0400 From: John Younger To: Multiple recipients of list QSTUDY-L Subject: LGB STUDY PROGRAMS (rev) Friends! I have recently revised the list of LGB Studies Programs in the US considerably. I've called around and confirmed material, struck off the list names of institutions about which I knew nothing, and stuck to the 'facts' (an essentialist treatment, gasp). Here's the result. As usual, I appreciate your feedback, corrections (mildly delivered, please), up-dates (especially wanted), additions (especially of fledgling programs). PROGRAMS IN GENDER AND LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL STUDIES AT US UNIVERSITIES This list is *not* exhaustive; it includes only information that I have confirmed. I "hear" of many other courses at other institutions but have not be able to confirm them. Some expected institutions do not appear on this list; I have called their Women's Studies programs (the easiest way to glean information) and have discovered that: Harvard offers nothing in this area and supports only a LGB student group associated with the Kennedy School of Government. Princeton offers nothing. CLAGS, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies attached to CUNY (The City University of New York), offers only events, lectures, and some fellowship money for scholars to do research elsewhere. It has no program and offers no courses. Yale offers nothing. Established Degree-Granting Programs *San Francisco State University offers a minor in Lesbian & Gay Studies; its program also publishes the prestigious _Journal of Homosexuality_. contact John De Cecco, director: aquinas@sfsu.edu *The University of Chicago offers several undergraduate and graduate courses in LGB Studis. For undergraduates there is a two-quarter series Introduction to Gender Studies, a Feminist Theory/Feminist Practice, and a social &gay history class of American subcultures; and for graduate students there is a Gay and Lesbian Studies Workshopand a Feminist Theory Workshop, as well as courses entitled Sensation, Sensibility, and Sexuality; Gender and Sexuality Theory; and Nationalism, Sexuality and Gender. Students at UC can also design their own majors within a General Studies in the Humanities program, and through this option students can declare a LGB Studies major. contact: Kathleen Forde (kaf1@midway.uchicago.edu) *University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee offers an 18 credit Certificate Program, with an introductory course, Gay and Lesbian Studies. There is also a state-wide Lesbian and Gay Caucus in the university system. contact: Christopher Lane (lane@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) *Wesleyan University, American Studies Department, offers a LGB major with a wide variety of courses co-ordinated by the Gay & Lesbian Sexuality Studies (GLASS) committee. contact: Henry Abelove, Gary Comstock Non-Degree Programs *The School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont, offers a co-operating LGB Studies program with the College Semester Abroad program in the Netherlands. *The University of California in Los Angeles offers a Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual interdepartmental program, and is now (April 1995) submitting a proposal for a minor. contact: Professor Peter B. Hammond Department of Anthropology 405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024-1553 Phone (310) 825-3722 FAX (310) 206-7833 email: Hammond@anthro.sscnet.ucla.edu W*illiam and Mary offers a Gay Studies program, and supports an active GALA alumni association. Developing Programs *American University is slowly developing a LGB Studies program, and has recently begun offering its first courses. contact: William Leap (WLM@AMERICAN.EDU) *Cornell University now offers, as part of Women's Studies, a graduate minor in LGB Studies, but at the end of March a proposal for an undergraduate concentration was put before the faculty (it should be discussed and voted on in late April or early May). contact: Professor Carolyn Martin, of the German Department: cam18@cornell.edu *George Mason University supports the GLBT Studies Project, courses entitled Queer Film and Theory, Sexualities and Gender, and other courses that touch on queer issues, including offerings in biology, women's studies, foreign languages. There is planned a LGB concentration in the Center for the Study of the Americas and an eventual undergraduate minor. contact: Cynthia Fuchs English Dept #3E4 George Mason University Fairfax ,VA 22030 e-mail: CFUCHS@gmuvax.gmu.edu *Stanford University has formed a LGB Studies planning group (LGS@list.stanford.edu) and has found money to fund a faculty seminar in Lesbian/Gay Studies and to provide seed-grants to faculty developing new courses. contact: Scott B. Stocker (stocker@leland.stanford.edu) *University of California at Berkeley has the Lesbian & Gay Center which offers courses and has recently submitted a proposal for a minor in LGB Studies. contact: David Brightman (bblgc@uclink.berkeley.edu) *University of California at Irvine offers a number of LGB courses and is planning an undergraduate program. contact: Joan Ariel Academic Coordinator, Women's Studies Women's Studies Librarian University of California, Irvine e-mail: jariel@uci.edu TEL: 714-856-4970 *University of Colorado at Boulder has several courses already being taught, including Arts & Sciences 2080, Introduction to Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Studies, and is developing more e.g., English 3792, Queer Theory. The Planning Committee for LGB Studies is also considering proposing a program in LGB Studies. contact: Professor R L Widmann, chair The Planning Committee for LGB Studies English Dept--Box 226 University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309-0226 tel 303--492-8946 fax 303--492-8904 e-mail: widmann@spot.colorado.edu Concentrations *Brown University has Sexuality and Society concentration but it receives no funding. Individual courses, co-ordinated by the University Committee for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns, are taught through professors' home departments and in addition to their departmental commitments. Several departments participate at both the graduate and undergraduate level: History, American Civilization, Biology, Philosophy, Women's Studies, Modern Culture and Media, and Comparative Literature; and English offers an annual graduate seminar in queer theory. LGB undergraduate and graduate organizations provide support, and the alumni/ae association provides a prize in LGB scholarship. contact: Professor David Savron Department of English Box 1852 Brown UNiversity Providence RI 02912 Centers & Courses *Duke University has been offering LGB Studies graduate courses in the English and Literature Departments for several years. Besides undergraduate courses in several departments, the introductory course, Perspectives in LGB Studies, has been taught for two years. The Coordinating Committee for LGB Studies is preparing a proposal for an undergraduate Program in the Study of Gender and Sexualities. There are numerous undergraduate and graduate LGB student groups, and a faculty and staff group. The university also has its own e-mail discussion group, DukeLGB@acpub.duke.edu. contact: John G. Younger (jyounger@acpub.duke.edu) *Tufts University has provided, for the past two years, a center for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual students run by a half-time administrator (eventually full time); it houses a small library, provides a space for students to meet, and, most importantly, gives them a voice for their concerns within the administration. In addition to the center, Tufts has a lesbian, gay, and bisexual student organization, and an organization of LGB staff and faculty. As the result of a task force report on the status of LGBs at Tufts seveal years ago, domestic partnership rights were established for non-heterosexual couples and proposals were advanced to increase opportunities for scholarly work in the field of lesbian and gay studies. There is no certificate program or concentration in LGB studies, but there are a number of courses offered in departments throughout the university. In particular, faculty in English, history, drama, and sociology have been active in generating courses at the undergraduate level. In terms of graduate study, there are a number of courses on queer topics offered in the English department and there is a significant contingent of graduate students in English who are doing dissertations in the field of gay literature, culture, and theory. contact: Lee Edelman Professor of English Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 ledelman@emerald.tufts.edu Courses *East Carolina University offers one LGB Studies course in gay literature open both to honors and non-honros students. contact: Rich Elkins, B-GLAD male Co-Chair (geelkins@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu) *Florida Atlantic University offers an introductory undergrduate course in LGB Studies and a graduate course on the relationships between the historical development of black identity and lesbian/gay identity. The Communication Department is developing another graduate course on Lesbians, Gays and the Media. contact: Fred Fejes Communication Dept Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 TEL: 407-367-3858 *Georgetown University offers both an undergraduate & a M.A. course in the English Department called History & Theory of Sexuality, a course in queer theory. *George Washington University offers an undergraduate history course, The Gay and Lesbian Experience in America. *University of Alabama at Birmingham offers a course, The Politics of the Gay & Lesbian Rights Movement contact: Eric Hunt (bsc835!ehunt@uunet.UU.NET or ehunt@bsc.edu) *University of California, Santa Cruz, offers several LGB Studies courses. contact: Nancy Stoller (nancys@cats.ucsc.edu) *University of Illinois at Chicago-Circle offers several gay and lesbian courses, including ENG 117, Issues in Gender, Sexuality and Literature. *University of Maryland, College Park offers an introductory LGB Studies course and a graduate queer theory course in the English Dept. *University of Montreal, the English Dept boasts five lesbian and gay studies specialists. contact: Dr. Robert K. Martin, (Martinr@ere.umontreal.ca) and assistant Spurvey Sean (spurveys@ERE.UMontreal.CA) *University of Pennsylvania Since 1980 the Communications department has offered a course, Communications, Culture and Sexual minorities, cross-listed in women's studies; since 1982 the University of Pennsylvania has offered a non-academic Program for the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Community; and since 1984, the Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Academic Union has been bringing 3-4 speakers per semester to the campus. contact: Larry Gross *University of Washington, Seattle offers LGB Studies courses in several departments and these receive strong support in the Women's Studies Dept. The undergraduate students also have the Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian Commission. contact: ASUW (206- 685-GBLC) *Western Carolina University offers one course in Gay and Lesbian Literature. contact: Marilyn Jody (jody@micronet.wcu.edu) Developing Courses *Michigan State University is developing courses. contact: Gershen Kaufman (vps48@msu.edu) Graduate Programs or Opportunities Only *Rutgers University, Writing Program, offers graduate LGB Studies courses. *University of Michigan, Law School, offers a LGB legal issues course. *University of Oregon, Dept of Sociology, offers funding for LGB graduate studies. contact: Julia Wallace (wallacej@oregon.uoregon.edu) *University of Southern California, The Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society coordinates many LGB Studies courses. There is also the active Center for Visiting Scholars in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies with cooperating facilities at the International Gay and Lesbian Archives, the ONE Institute of Homophile Studies, the June Mazer Lesbian Collection, and the Homosexual Information Center. The Cinema School offers its Out for Reel program; the Law School boasts the nation's first scholarship for LGB Studies in the area of sexual orientation and the law. And there are undergraduate and graduate LGB student groups. contact: Professor Walter L. Williams Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0036