Independent Study Opportunities
Women's & Gender Studies core faculty and faculty affiliates are always working on fascinating research projects. Undergraduate Women's & Gender Studies minors may like to help with this research by doing an Independent Study (WGS 499).
How to Enroll in WGS 499: Independent Study
- Contact the faculty member you are interested in working with and indicate that you are interested in working with them on their research or on a project in their area of interest.
- If the faculty member agrees to work with you, have her/him contact Lou Stuntz in the Women's & Gender Studies office (572-5550) to give consent to enroll you.
- Come by the Women's & Gender Studies office and give your name and social security number to Lou Stuntz so she can enroll you.
- Develop a "Learning Contract" in consultation with your faculty member and submit a copy of the contract - signed by both you and the faculty member - by the end of the first week of classes during the semester of your independent study.
Faculty Research Projects
The following list indicates the research interests of faculty affiliated with the Women's & Gender Studies program. Inclusion on this list does not obligate any faculty member to work with students on an independent study project.
- Mary Bucklin, Women's & Gender Studies
- Kai Kohlsdorf, Women's & Gender Studies
- Kimberly Allen-Kattus, Art
- Linda Dolive, Political Science
- Ann Dollins, Nursing
- Donelle Dreese, Literature
- Nicole Grant, Sociology
- Angela Hesson, Literature
- Tiffany Hinton, Literature
- Mary Carol Hopkins, Anthropology
- Roxanne Kent-Drury, Literature
- Nan Littleton, Allied Health & Human Services
- Research topics: Women in leadership, including issues related to mentoring, supervision, barriers, equity issues, etc.
- Dr. Littleton directs all independent studies with the Women's Crisis Center.
- Jimmie Manning, Communication
- Research topics: Relational communication (social control; social support; relational representations; organizational culture); gender and communication (gendered social interaction; gendered institutions in cultures; discourses regarding sex, gender, and sexuality; gendered identity intersections); and mediated rhetoric (cultural studies; social movements; personal/political paradigms; and computer-mediated communication).
- Debra Meyers, History, director of Integrative Studies
- Darrell Payne, Social Work
- Holly Riffe, Social Work
- Mari York, Literature