Date: Sat, 13 Jan 96 19:51:08 -0800 From: Ken Sherrill http://www.duke.edu/web/jyounger/lgbprogs.html > PROGRAMS in GENDER and LESBIAN, GAY, and BISEXUAL STUDIES > at > UNIVERSITIES in the USA and CANADA > > (update: 9 December 1995) > > 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. > > All comments and additions are gratefully welcomed: > jyounger@acpub.duke.edu > > Some expected institutions do not appear on this list (e.g., > Harvard). CLAGS (CUNY) does not offer courses. > > Established Degree-Granting Programs > > Brown University offers a Sexuality and Society "concentration" (= a > major). 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 Deborah Cohler > Department of English > Box 1852 > Brown UNiversity > Providence RI 02912 > > 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 > > University of California at Berkeley: minor program in Lesbian, Gay, > Bisexual and Transgender Studies, requiring four courses and two > upper-division electives. The four required courses for the minor > are: > > UGIS 20: Alternative Sexual Identities and Communities in > Contemporary American Society; > UGIS 145/Women's Studies 145: Interpreting the Queer Past: Methods > and Problems in the History of Sexuality; > UGIS 146/Women's Studies 146: Cultural Representations of > Sexualities: > ISF 147b/Anthropology 147b: Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism > > contact: Professor Carolyn Dinshaw (English Department), 474 > Wheeler, or Professor Michael Lucey (French & Comparative > Literature), 4217 Dwinelle. > UC-Berkeley also has the Lesbian & Gay Center: contact: > bblgc@uclink.berkeley.edu > > The University of Chicago offers several undergraduate and graduate > courses in LGB Studies. 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 Minnesota: undergraduate major in Lesbian and Gay > Studies > > no contact person; not verified > > University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee offers an 18 credit Certificate > Program in Lesbian and Gay Studies, with a required introductory > course, Gay and Lesbian Studies. Courses in gender and sexuality > studies are offered regularly by a wide range of departments across > campus. Students specialize in two of the following three areas: 1) > Literary and Cultural Studies 2) History, Political Science, > Economics, and Sociology 3) Psychology, Health Sciences, and Social > Welfare. There is also a state-wide Lesbian and Gay Caucus in the > university system. > > contact: Christopher Lane (lane@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) > Dept. of English and Comparative Literature > Curtin Hall, Box 413 > Univ. of Wisconsin > Milwaukee, WI 53201 > (414) 229-4511 > > 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 > > William 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) > > Brandeis University: proposed interdisciplinary MA in LGB Studies > (in departments of History, Sociology, American Studies, English); > the university is also exploring the possibility of a > certificate-granting undergraduate program. > > contact: Thomas Alan King > > 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 been discussed and voted April or early May 1995). > > contact: Professor Carolyn Martin, of the German Department: > cam18@cornell.edu > > Indiana University is making its first steps by establishing a LGB > Alumni Association; contact: Steve Sanders > > 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 Irvine offers a number of LGB courses > and is planning an undergraduate program. UC-Irvine's > Interdisciplinary Programs are also currently putting together a > Ph.D. in Intersectional Studies in Genders/Sexualities, > Race/Ethnicities,and Cultures. Some form of this program which > brings together African American studies, Asian-American studies, > Chicano/a/Latino/a Studies, Critical Theories, Latin American > Studies, and Women's Studies will most likely be operational for the > 1996-97 academic year. > > contact: Cynthia J. Truelove (ctruelov@BENFRANKLIN.HNET.UCI.EDU) > contact: Joan Ariel (jariel@uci.edu) > > 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 > > 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, and its own > home-page > > contact: John G. Younger (jyounger@acpub.duke.edu) > > The Institue of Gay and Lesbian Education (founded by Simon LeVay in > 1992) in West Hollywood, California, offers non-accreditated adult > education classes ranging from philosophy to screenwriting to > foreign language to gay psychology and queer studies ("Moral Issues > in Gay and Lesbian Life"). They also sponsor lectures and other > events. > > contact: The Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education > 626 N. Robertson Blvd > W. Hollywood, CA 90069 > 310-652-1786. > igle@aol.com > > 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 > > Barnard-Columbia offers an "Introduction to Lesbian and Gay Studies" > in Women's Studies at Barnard, and there are other courses on > (homo)sexuality, gender, and queer theory in the Anthropology, > History, English, Women's Studies, and Spanish Departments, and at > the School of Law and the School of Public Health. The School of > Social Work recently offered a course on lesbian and gay youth. > While there is no organized grad or undergrad > major/concentration/minor, there is a graduate Lesbian & Gay Studies > Group, an undergraduate Queer Studies Awards, and attempts are being > made to form a committee for establishing a major under the auspices > of the Women's Studies Program--co-taught by both Barnard College > and Columbia University. Selected undergraduate courses: > undergraduate "Intro to Lesbian & Gay Studies" (Pellegrini, Women's > Studies) "Topics in Gay Male Representation" and "Seminar on > Broadway Musicals" (Miller, English) "The Invisible Woman in > Literature: the Lesbian Literary Tradition" (Barnard Women's > Studies). And he History Department, Classics Department, and the > East Asian Languages and Cultures Department all offer several > courses that specifically deal with issues of sexuality. Two > graduate courses this fall include Gender, Sexuality & Culture > (Lancaster, Anthropology), and Colloquium in Queer Theory > (Pellegrini, Women's Studies). > > Columbia Women's Studies (212) 854-3277 > Barnard Women's Studies (212) 854-2108 > contact: Joneil Adriano (jna3@columbia.edu) > > California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, offers "Sexual > Orientation and Diversity" in the Ethnic and Women's Studies > Department. > > contact: Laurie Shrage (ljshrage@csupomona.edu) > > 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) > > Miami University (Ohio) offers two LGB courses: The Homosexual and > Lesbian Experience; and Gay and Lesbian Literature. > > no contact person; not verified > > Purdue University offers IDIS 482: Interdisciplinary Studies in > Sexuality: Issues in Gay and Lesbian Studies. And last Spring Purdue > offered a graduate course with the same title. > > contact: Jacqueline Martinez > > Princeton University: The curriculum in Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual > Studies is monitored by the Subcommittee on Academics of the > Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Concerns Task Force. Undergraduates have > been writing their Senior Theses on LGBT topics at least since 1936. > At least a dozen LGB Ph.D. dissertations have been finished since > 1982. The first LGB course was offered in the English Dept. in 1988; > since then the number each year has gradually increased: Spring > semester, 1995, ten LGB-related courses (in eight academic > departments) were offered, and ten more (in nine departments) are > listed. LGB communities are served by not only by its Task Force but > also by the students' Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Alliance (since 1970) > and the employees'group, PU-Tops ("The other persuasions"). The > University has had since 1985 an official policy of LGB > non-discrimination and has recently implemented a liberal policy of > benefits for same-sex domestic partners. > > contact: Michael Montgomery, co-chair: michael@pucc.princeton.edu > LGB Concerns Task Force > > Santa Monica College (a California community college) offers > Contemporary Moral Conflicts: Sex and Sexuality, focusing on moral > questions concerning sex and homosexuality; and a course in > Gay/Lesbian Literature. Other LGB courses are being planned. > > contact: Jim Stramel (danj@urpsd.ucla.edu) > > University of California, Santa Cruz, offers several LGB Studies > courses. > > contact: Nancy Stoller (nancys@cats.ucsc.edu) > > University of Illinois, Chicago offers several gay and lesbian > courses, including ENG 117, Issues in Gender, Sexuality and > Literature. "We are trying to get faculty hired to teach two courses > in Gay/lesbian studies through the Women's Studies program. No > efforts to get a GGLB program started yet (we will need more courses > first)." > > University of Maine: LGB courses through Women's Studies > > 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. Two courses are taught in the Comparative > Literature department: Homosexualite et identite culturelle, and > Ecrire la difference en sexualite. > > 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: The English department offers > queer studies in various versions of literary & cultural studies > courses, both undergraduate and graduate, every year. English > faculty teaching in the area include Tim Dean, David Roman, > Katherine Cummings, Carolyn Allen. There have been ongoing > grad-student faculty Queer Colloquia. Women Studies also regularly > offers a lesbian course and has a graduate certificate program. > There is a cross-disciplinary queer studies faculty research group > meeting this year. > > contact: > In the social sciences, contact Marieka Klawitter > (klawitter@u.washington.edu). > In the humanities, contact Carolyn Allen (callen@u.washington.edu). > 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) > > Yale University offers several courses, at both the undergraduate > and graduate levels, in Gay & Lesbian Studies. The Research Fund for > Lesbian and Gay Studies was established several years ago from gifts > from friends of the late Professor John Boswell. Re-FLAGS invites > lecturers and publishes "The Pink Book", a catalogue of GLBT Studies > courses. While there is no formal program in GLBT Studies at Yale, > students have concentrated in this area using History, American > Studies and Women's Studies as home departments. > > Re-FLAGS: TEL: 203-432-4997 > > Developing Courses > > Emory University has a Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Student Union in > Atlanta. According to the Faculty advisor: Sara Lynn Chestnut, Emory > University has a large gay/lesbian/bisexual student population and > they are well-organized and present numerous events each year. > > Michigan State University is developing courses. > > contact: Gershen Kaufman (vps48@msu.edu) > > University of California, San Diego: developing a program in LGB > Studies. > > contact: Judith Halberstam > report not verified > > Graduate Programs or Opportunities Only > > (see universities above, including U. Washington, Seattle) Rutgers > University, Writing Program, offers graduate LGB Studies courses. > > University of California at Riverside offers a Lesbian and Gay > Studies concentration in English, will soon (1995 Fall) offer a > minor, and the department publishes a journal called _Unnatural > Acts_. The Union of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals at UCR is quite > strong. The organization is multiethnic and welcomes undergraduate > and graduate students. The group sponsors the yearly Lesbian, Gay > and Bisexual Awareness Week and works closely with the Chancellor's > Advisory Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals. > The campus also houses a Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Resource Center > which publishes a quarterly newsletter called "Dish." > > 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 and a > cooperating faculty of 36. 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 > > USC Electronic Notice Board (for info: jacob.hale@huey.csun.edu) > > (1) LGBTQ studies academic lectures, symposia, and conferences > taking place in Southern California, and > (2) announcements of new curricular programs in LGBTQ studies at > Southern California colleges and universities.