| Women Studies (WS) is an interdisciplinary program that gives students the opportunity to learn more about women's lives. In Women Studies courses, women are the subject rather than the object of inquiry. Using gender as a category of analysis, courses examine women's experiences and systems that affect women's lives, and how women in turn have shaped these institutions to their own and society's needs. These understandings are as important for men as for women. Women Studies has been offered as a minor at the University of North Dakota (UND) since 1984 and as a major in Women Studies through the Interdisciplinary Studies Program since 1998. Graduate students may do a cognate in Women Studies. For more information on any of these options please view the information provided in the links to the left, or contact the Women Studies Department. |
Meet the Director
Kathleen Dixon is the director of Women Studies and also a professor in the English Department. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1991. You can read about some of Kathy's interests here.
You can reach Kathy by calling her in the Women Studies Department at 7-4115, by emailing her at kathleen.dixon@und.edu, or by stopping by the department in O'Kelly Room 133A.
Department Hours
The Women Studies Office is open during the week to all students. Please feel free to drop by any time during the following hours.
Monday: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Tuesday: 8:00 am - 10:45 am
Wednesday: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Thursday: 8:00 am - 10:45 am
Friday: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
