Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Introduction & Overview
The Women’s and Gender Studies program considers historical and current analyses of women and gender in the US and globally. This program draws on the unique offerings of several departments and programs at Manhattanville. This interdisciplinary program provides students the opportunity to study women’s lives and gender through the perspectives of anthropology, art history, communication studies, English, film studies, history, political science, sociology, world literatures and languages, and world religions.
Women’s Studies began as the academic outgrowth of women’s and feminist activism in the late 1960s and 1970s. At this time, women’s voices and experiences were rarely represented in the social or natural sciences. The Women’s Studies program at Manhattanville was founded in 1981. Students in the program have gone on to be community organizers, attend graduate school, and work in a variety of professional fields.
Minor
Women’s and Gender Studies
Program Director
Beth Williford, 914.323.5143, Beth.Williford@mville.edu
Affiliated Faculty and Staff
Beth Williford (Sociology and Anthropology)
Nada Halloway (English)
Maria José Lujan (World Language and Literatures)
Lisa Rafanelli (Art History)
Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl (Sociology and Anthropology)
Susan Iverson (School of Education)