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« Home « Academic Rigor « Active Engagement « Supportive Community « The Center « Academics « Message from Dean Nance « Meet The Dean « FOCUS « First Year Seminars  WGS100C: Studies in Race, Class, Gender, & Sexuality   Race, Class, Gender, & Sexuality is an interdisciplinary and global introduction to the major categories, themes, and concepts in research about women's and men's lives around the world. By watching a few films and reading various fictional and non-fictional works on the experiences of women and men across the globe, we will develop a critical framework for thinking about the complex ways in which gender intersects with other systems of power and domination, be it race, class, sexuality, religion, etc., in shaping women's and men's lives differently. Students will also have the opportunity to reflect upon and write about how these intersections have formed their identities and the individuals they are today. After laying out the grounds for understanding the meaning of gender, how gender relates to sexuality, and how the study of gender has changed throughout the last three decades, we will delve into controversial issues that pertain to the experiences of men and women in the US and the world today: gender stereotypes and fairy tales, advertising and the female body/ beauty standards, masculinity, men's bodies and health, the prevention of violence, globalization, human rights, and sex trafficking and sex work. Your Professor Dr. Khader grew up in Israel, graduated from Penn State with a Ph.D. in English Literature, and worked for two years at a private university in Ankara, Turkey, before he came to Stetson. His research and publications focus on postcolonial (Third World) literature, transnational feminism, and science fiction. He teaches a variety of courses on postcolonial literature, human rights, globalization, science fiction, and vampire fiction. He also likes to teach interdisciplinary courses, especially the Introduction to Women and Gender Studies and an Honors Program course in Globalization and Human Rights. Return To Seminar Listing Stetson University First Year Studies | Unit 8275 421 North Woodland Boulevard DeLand, Florida 32723 Email Address : firstyearstudies@stetson.edu Phone Number : 386.822.7345 Fax Number : 386.822.7322