Gender and Sexuality Studies

I. OVERVIEW

Gender and Sexuality Studies Overview

Approach gender and sexuality from a range of disciplinary perspectives. The Graduate Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSS) is a university-wide 12-credit program that brings together faculty and courses from across The New School. The certificate is designed to foster intellectual collaboration on the study of gender and sexuality among students and faculty representing a variety of disciplines.

Students can enroll in the certificate program while pursuing a graduate degree at The New School or enroll directly in the program on a full-time or part-time basis. GSS students can choose courses from a range of disciplines:

Anthropology Economics International Affairs Philosophy Politics Psychology Sociology Media Studies Creative Writing Fashion Studies Art and Design History The program prepares its students to recognize and respond to questions such as: What is gender? How is sexuality culturally constructed? How do attitudes toward gender affect individual experience, artifact design, artistic production, and modes of social organization? How do we respond to gender-based claims of injustice? What does social justice look like in a gendered (or postgendered) world?

GSS students have new avenues for collaboration, mentorship, and discussion through NSSR’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Institute. And New York City offers unparalleled access to renowned resources, experts, and institutions that include:

The Lesbian Herstory Archives The Pat Parker/Vito Russo Center Library of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center Bluestockings bookstore The gay and lesbian and HIV/AIDS archival collections at the New York Public Library

Recent Courses

Gender Politics and History Fashion, Identity, and the Body Transnational Queer Identities and Media Psychology of Women and Gender