Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Gender Studies
Director: Alice Echols, Ph.D.*
Interim Director: Sheila Briggs, Ph.D.
Faculty
Barbra Streisand Professor of Contemporary Gender Studies: Alice Echols, Ph.D.* (History)
Professors: Joseph Boone, Ph.D. (English); Jack Halberstam, Ph.D.* (American Studies); Sharon Hays, Ph.D. (Sociology); Nancy Lutkehaus, Ph.D. (Anthropology); Michael Messner, Ph.D. (Sociology); Rhacel Parrenas, Ph.D. (Sociology); Sherry Marie Velasco, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese)
Associate Professors: Tim Biblarz, Ph.D. (Sociology); Sheila Briggs, Ph.D. (Religion); Ange-Marie Hancock, Ph.D. (Political Science); Sunyoung Park, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Karen L. Tongson, Ph.D. (English)
Gender Studies Advisory Board
Professors: Elinor Accampo, Ph.D. (History); Lisa Bitel, Ph.D. (History); David Cruz, Ph.D. (Law); Diane Ghirardo, Ph.D. (Architecture); Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Ph.D. (Sociology); Janet Hoskins, Ph.D. (Anthropology); Eunice Howe, Ph.D. (Art History); Peggy Kamuf, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Susan McCabe, Ph.D. (English); Azade-Ayse Rorlich, Ph.D. (History); Eliz Sanasarian, Ph. D. (Political Science); Hilary Schor, Ph.D. (English); Ellen Seiter, Ph.D. (Cinematic Arts); David Sloane, Ph.D. (Public Policy); Melora Sundt, Ph.D. (Education); Ruth Wallach, MLS (USC Libraries); Holly Willis, Ph.D. (Cinematic Arts); Diane Winston, Ph.D. (Journalism and Religion)
Associate Professors: Marjorie Becker, Ph.D. (History); Bettine Birge, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Kim Buchanan, LLM, JSD (Law); Tracy Fullerton, Ph.D. (Cinematic Arts); Alice Gambrell, Ph.D. (English); Sharon Gillerman, Ph.D. (Hebrew Union College); Kara Keeling, Ph.D. (Cinematic Arts); Paul Lerner, Ph.D. (History); Tara McPherson, Ph.D. (Cinematic Arts); Lori Meeks, Ph.D. (Religion); Sunyoung Park, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures)
Assistant Professors: Michelle Gordon, Ph.D. (English); Katie Hasson, Ph.D. (Sociology); Diana Williams, Ph.D. (History)
Lecturer: M.G. Lord, Ph.D. (Professional Writing)
Administrative Associates: Susan Harris, Ph.D. (Joint Educational Project); Brie Loskota (Center for Religion and Civic Culture)
The Gender Studies Program explores, across disciplines and cultures, the changing roles, functions and images of women and men from feminist perspectives. The undergraduate major focuses on the evidence and argument about what the places of women and men are in culture and what they should be. Course offerings include interdisciplinary core courses, selected cross-listed classes in more than 20 departments and the upper-division community internship and senior seminar. Majors work with program faculty, in conjunction with USC Dornsife College Advising, to develop a four-year program designed to meet their individual needs. The program also offers a minor and a graduate certificate for students majoring in other disciplines.