Looking for a course to fill out your spring schedule? Consider GWST/POLI338: Women, Gender, and Law!
Joyell Arvella, the instructor, received her JD in Civil Rights and International Human Rights Law in 2015 and she founded harp + sword, an organization that provides facilitations, trainings, and community workshops on anti-oppression, equity, and restorative justice.
This course examines how American civil and criminal legal systems shape gender and identity. It explores the interrelationship between traditional attitudes and stereotypes concerning gender roles in society and the historical development of women’s citizenship and legal rights. Using case law as the primary text, the course focuses on statutory remedies to discrimination in employment and education, reproduction and personal life, and the response of criminal law to domestic violence, rape, and sex work.
Recommended Preparation: One prior course in Political Science or Gender and Women’s Studies.
GEP: Social Science