This course offers an introduction to critical feminist thought and it is informed by
some of the most relevant contributions of feminist scholars across disciplines. The
professor hopes this course will help students engage with these readings, which
are mainly inspired by feminist scholarship examining contrasting (yet interrelated)
areas, including but not limited to women of color and feminist epistemologies,
race relations and colonization, violence, disability, technology, transgender lives,
and feminism.
This course is not the last word in feminist theorizing, and it will not cover other
relevant topics included in more introductory or advanced courses in feminist
theory. However, the course is inspired by the possibility of nurturing the kind of
intellectual inquiry that is in conversation with a genuine sense of social
responsibility promoting social justice, change, and healing—locally, nationally,
and internationally. The course hopes to contribute to the professional development
of students, especially as they think about their own intellectual projects and
academic goals.
