Doing Gender Justice

a Discovery Core Experience

BCORE 115 (Social Sciences)

About This Course

This class looks at the way claims for gender justice are woven into everyday life through things like entertainment, sports, music, creative writing, and science. We will ask questions like: What is gender injustice? Why do people articulate their grievances and visions for justice in the forms they do? What happens when people don’t challenge gender injustice? We will attempt to answer these and other questions through studying a cross-section of gender justice projects that are not typically thought of as activism but, as will see in this class, ultimately have the power to advance gender equity and feminist movements. We will use an intersectional approach, always keeping race, nation, social class, and other forms of power, central to our conversations and the cases we discuss.

Why Should I Take This Course?

I have been teaching at UWB since 2007 and have taught a Discovery Core every year since then except for one. In other words, I am VERY committed to pre-major students and have a lot of experience. Students who anticipate going into Business or STEM fields should get out of your comfort zones and take a class that you won’t have the opportunity to take once you get locked on your major paths.

I have developed a very creative final project that will allow all students to explore potential majors – from Business to STEM to IAS while learning basic principles of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS). As the co- founder and co-facilitator of GWSS I am very prepared to take you on an exciting journey! Curious if this class is right for you? Email me and we can set up a time to chat! jshayne@uw.edu.

Selected Texts

  • Required book: Grace for President. By Kelly DiPucchio. Illustrated by LeUyen Pham. 2012. Little, Brown and Company.
  • Required book: Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women. By Kate Manne. 2020. Penguin Random House.
  • A cross section of readings available through canvas – from poetry, to journalism, to academic articles, and more.

Dr. Julie Shayne (she/her/hers)

School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

About Dr. Shayne

  • BA & MA Women’s Studies, San Francisco State University
  • PhD Sociology, UC Santa Barbara
  • Teaching Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • Want to learn more about me? Visit my faculty bio here.

Contact

I consider myself an ally to marginalized students; ‘an unafraid educator with and for undocumented students and families.’

Dr. Shayne