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Women, Gender and Science
Do women and men 'do' science differently?
This course will explore connections between science and gender by turning our attention to two interrelated themes. One focus will be on questions of how gender shapes the practice of science -- whether or not women and men 'do' science differently. The other focus will be on how sex, gender, and sexuality are constructed by the natural and social sciences - how have the sciences understood and analyzed sex, gender, and sexuality? Throughout the course, science will be explored as activity and knowledge that is grounded in social and historical contexts.
Prerequisite: GWST 100, a 100 level social or natural science course or permission of the instructor.
GWST 378 Women, Gender and Science
Jodi Kelber-Kaye, Ph.D.
Monday/Wednesday, 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
In 2003, Jodi Kelber-Kaye earned her Ph.D. in Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies from the University of Arizona and came to UMBC to teach in the Women's Studies Program. Since then, Dr. Kelber-Kaye has taught core requirements, such as Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies and Studies in Feminist Activism, and popular electives like Women and the Media, and Queer Representations in Film and Television. She has also co-developed and taught other courses, including Understanding AIDS, an interdisciplinary course in which students critically examined how the public policy, humanities and biochemistry fields have responded to the AIDS/HIV epidemic, and an online course titled, Issues and Phases in Women's Health. Active within the greater UMBC community, Dr. Kelber-Kaye directs the Women Involved in Learning and Leadership (WILL) Program and serves on the Women's Center Advisory Board. Beyond UMBC, she is active in local and state diversity issues and, as a parent, engages regularly in projects and initiatives at her son's Baltimore City public school.
