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Amy Vidali
WOMEN 290
Seattle Campus
Exploration of specific problems and issues relevant to the study of women. Offered by visiting or resident faculty members.
Class description
**PLEASE EMAIL ME FOR AN ADD CODE AT avidali@u.washington.edu.
For syllabus and course readings, go to http://staff.washington.edu/avidali/womenstudies290.html
Women Studies 290 will examine the intersections of disability and gender by exploring a variety of texts, including academic theory, visual media, literature, policy, and everyday texts. The course will begin with a whirlwind tour of disability studies perspectives, and the depth of this inquiry will depend on the level of experience with disability studies held by members in the course. A list of readings is available on the course website (http://staff.washington.edu/avidali/womenstudies290.html).
As an academic course, one of the goals of WS 290 is to be able to read and understand existing theories that talk about gender and disability. However, the course will also focus on helping students make their own arguments about disability and gender on topics that are of interest to them – this may mean academic explorations, creative web-projects, or more activist-oriented work that reaches out into the community.
The instructor is a PhD Candidate in the Department of English. She has been teaching at the UW for five years and has incorporated a disability-studies perspective into several classes. My current research focuses on how disability is rhetorically "positioned" in various university texts.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Previous courses in disability studies are encouraged, but not required.
Class assignments and grading
