PROGRAMS IN GENDER AND LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL STUDIES AT US UNIVERSITIES (update: 22 September 1995) This list is *not* exhaustive; it includes only information that I have confirmed. I "hear" of many other courses at other institutions but have not be able to confirm them. Some expected institutions do not appear on this list; I have called their Women's Studies programs (the easiest way to glean information) and have discovered that: Harvard offers nothing in this area and supports only a LGB student group associated with the Kennedy School of Government. CLAGS, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies attached to CUNY (The City University of New York), offers only events, lectures, and some fellowship money for scholars to do research elsewhere. It has no program and offers no courses. Established Degree-Granting Programs *Brown University offers a Sexuality and Society "concentration" (= a major). Individual courses, co-ordinated by the University Committee for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns, are taught through professors' home departments and in addition to their departmental commitments. Several departments participate at both the graduate and undergraduate level: History, American Civilization, Biology, Philosophy, Women's Studies, Modern Culture and Media, and Comparative Literature; and English offers an annual graduate seminar in queer theory. LGB undergraduate and graduate organizations provide support, and the alumni/ae association provides a prize in LGB scholarship. contact: Professor Deborah Cohler Department of English Box 1852 Brown UNiversity Providence RI 02912 *San Francisco State University offers a minor in Lesbian & Gay Studies; its program also publishes the prestigious _Journal of Homosexuality_. contact John De Cecco, director: aquinas@sfsu.edu *The University of Chicago offers several undergraduate and graduate courses in LGB Studies. For undergraduates there is a two-quarter series Introduction to Gender Studies, a Feminist Theory/Feminist Practice, and a social &gay history class of American subcultures; and for graduate students there is a Gay and Lesbian Studies Workshopand a Feminist Theory Workshop, as well as courses entitled Sensation, Sensibility, and Sexuality; Gender and Sexuality Theory; and Nationalism, Sexuality and Gender. Students at UC can also design their own majors within a General Studies in the Humanities program, and through this option students can declare a LGB Studies major. contact: Kathleen Forde (kaf1@midway.uchicago.edu) *University of Minnesota: undergraduate major in Lesbian and Gay Studies no contact person; not verified *University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee offers an 18 credit Certificate Program in Lesbian and Gay Studies, with a required introductory course, Gay and Lesbian Studies. Courses in gender and sexuality studies are offered regularly by a wide range of departments across campus. Students specialize in two of the following three areas: 1) Literary and Cultural Studies 2) History, Political Science, Economics, and Sociology 3) Psychology, Health Sciences, and Social Welfare. There is also a state-wide Lesbian and Gay Caucus in the university system. contact: Christopher Lane (lane@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) Dept. of English and Comparative Literature Curtin Hall, Box 413 Univ. of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI 53201 (414) 229-4511 *Wesleyan University, American Studies Department, offers a LGB major with a wide variety of courses co-ordinated by the Gay & Lesbian Sexuality Studies (GLASS) committee. contact: Henry Abelove, Gary Comstock Non-Degree Programs *The School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont, offers a co-operating LGB Studies program with the College Semester Abroad program in the Netherlands. *The University of California in Los Angeles offers a Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual interdepartmental program, and is now (April 1995) submitting a proposal for a minor. contact: Professor Peter B. Hammond Department of Anthropology 405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024-1553 Phone (310) 825-3722 FAX (310) 206-7833 email: Hammond@anthro.sscnet.ucla.edu *William and Mary offers a Gay Studies program, and supports an active GALA alumni association. Developing Programs *American University is slowly developing a LGB Studies program, and has recently begun offering its first courses. contact: William Leap (WLM@AMERICAN.EDU) *Brandeis University: proposed interdisciplinary MA in LGB Studies (in departments of History, Sociology, American Studies, English); the university is also exploring the possibility of a certificate-granting undergraduate program. contact: Thomas Alan King *Cornell University now offers, as part of Women's Studies, a graduate minor in LGB Studies, but at the end of March a proposal for an undergraduate concentration was put before the faculty (it should be discussed and voted on in late April or early May). contact: Professor Carolyn Martin, of the German Department: cam18@cornell.edu *Indiana University is making its first steps by establishing a LGB Alumni Association; contact: Steve Sanders *George Mason University supports the GLBT Studies Project, courses entitled Queer Film and Theory, Sexualities and Gender, and other courses that touch on queer issues, including offerings in biology, women's studies, foreign languages. There is planned a LGB concentration in the Center for the Study of the Americas and an eventual undergraduate minor. contact: Cynthia Fuchs English Dept #3E4 George Mason University Fairfax ,VA 22030 e-mail: CFUCHS@gmuvax.gmu.edu *Stanford University has formed a LGB Studies planning group (LGS@list.stanford.edu) and has found money to fund a faculty seminar in Lesbian/Gay Studies and to provide seed-grants to faculty developing new courses. contact: Scott B. Stocker (stocker@leland.stanford.edu) *University of California at Berkeley has the Lesbian & Gay Center which offers courses and has recently submitted a proposal for a minor in LGB Studies. contact: David Brightman (bblgc@uclink.berkeley.edu) *University of California at Irvine offers a number of LGB courses and is planning an undergraduate program. UC-Irvine's Interdisciplinary Programs are also currently putting together a Ph.D. in Intersectional Studies in Genders/Sexualities, Race/Ethnicities,and Cultures. Some form of this program which brings together African American studies, Asian-American studies, Chicano/a/Latino/a Studies, Critical Theories, Latin American Studies, and Women's Studies will most likely be operational for the 1996-97 academic year. contact: Cynthia J. Truelove (ctruelov@BENFRANKLIN.HNET.UCI.EDU) contact: Joan Ariel (jariel@uci.edu) *University of Colorado at Boulder has several courses already being taught, including Arts & Sciences 2080, Introduction to Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Studies, and is developing more e.g., English 3792, Queer Theory. The Planning Committee for LGB Studies is also considering proposing a program in LGB Studies. contact: Professor R L Widmann, chair The Planning Committee for LGB Studies English Dept--Box 226 University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309-0226 tel 303--492-8946 fax 303--492-8904 e-mail: widmann@spot.colorado.edu Concentrations Centers & Courses *Duke University has been offering LGB Studies graduate courses in the English and Literature Departments for several years. Besides undergraduate courses in several departments, the introductory course, Perspectives in LGB Studies, has been taught for two years. The Coordinating Committee for LGB Studies is preparing a proposal for an undergraduate Program in the Study of Gender and Sexualities. There are numerous undergraduate and graduate LGB student groups, and a faculty and staff group. The university also has its own e-mail discussion group, DukeLGB@acpub.duke.edu, and its own home-page: http://www.duke.edu/lgb . contact: John G. Younger (jyounger@acpub.duke.edu) *The Institue of Gay and Lesbian Education (founded by Simon LeVay in 1992) in West Hollywood, California, offers non-accreditated adult education classes ranging from philosophy to screenwriting to foreign language to gay psychology and queer studies ("Moral Issues in Gay and Lesbian Life"). They also sponsor lectures and other events. contact: The Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education 626 N. Robertson Blvd W. Hollywood, CA 90069 310-652-1786. igle@aol.com. *Tufts University has provided, for the past two years, a center for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual students run by a half-time administrator (eventually full time); it houses a small library, provides a space for students to meet, and, most importantly, gives them a voice for their concerns within the administration. In addition to the center, Tufts has a lesbian, gay, and bisexual student organization, and an organization of LGB staff and faculty. As the result of a task force report on the status of LGBs at Tufts seveal years ago, domestic partnership rights were established for non-heterosexual couples and proposals were advanced to increase opportunities for scholarly work in the field of lesbian and gay studies. There is no certificate program or concentration in LGB studies, but there are a number of courses offered in departments throughout the university. In particular, faculty in English, history, drama, and sociology have been active in generating courses at the undergraduate level. In terms of graduate study, there are a number of courses on queer topics offered in the English department and there is a significant contingent of graduate students in English who are doing dissertations in the field of gay literature, culture, and theory. contact: Lee Edelman Professor of English Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 ledelman@emerald.tufts.edu Courses *Barnard-Columbia offers an "Introduction to Lesbian and Gay Studies" in Women's Studies at Barnard, and there are other courses on (homo)sexuality, gender, and queer theory in the Anthropology, History, English, Women's Studies, and Spanish Departments, and at the School of Law and the School of Public Health. The School of Social Work recently offered a course on lesbian and gay youth. While there is no organized grad or undergrad major/concentration/minor, there is a graduate Lesbian & Gay Studies Group, an undergraduate Queer Studies Awards, and attempts are being made to form a committee for establishing a major under the auspices of the Women's Studies Program--co-taught by both Barnard College and Columbia University. Selected undergraduate courses: undergraduate "Intro to Lesbian & Gay Studies" (Pellegrini, Women's Studies) "Topics in Gay Male Representation" and "Seminar on Broadway Musicals" (Miller, English) "The Invisible Woman in Literature: the Lesbian Literary Tradition" (Barnard Women's Studies). And he History Department, Classics Department, and the East Asian Languages and Cultures Department all offer several courses that specifically deal with issues of sexuality. Selected Two graduate courses this fall include Gender, Sexuality & Culture (Lancaster, Anthropology), and Colloquium in Queer Theory (Pellegrini, Women's Studies). Columbia Women's Studies (212) 854-3277 Barnard Women's Studies (212) 854-2108 contact: Joneil Adriano (jna3@columbia.edu) *California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, offers "Sexual Orientation and Diversity" in the Ethnic and Women's Studies Department. contact: Laurie Shrage (ljshrage@csupomona.edu) *East Carolina University offers one LGB Studies course in gay literature open both to honors and non-honros students. contact: Rich Elkins, B-GLAD male Co-Chair (geelkins@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu) *Florida Atlantic University offers an introductory undergrduate course in LGB Studies and a graduate course on the relationships between the historical development of black identity and lesbian/gay identity. The Communication Department is developing another graduate course on Lesbians, Gays and the Media. contact: Fred Fejes Communication Dept Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 TEL: 407-367-3858 *Georgetown University offers both an undergraduate & a M.A. course in the English Department called History & Theory of Sexuality, a course in queer theory. *George Washington University offers an undergraduate history course, The Gay and Lesbian Experience in America. *University of Alabama at Birmingham offers a course, The Politics of the Gay & Lesbian Rights Movement contact: Eric Hunt (bsc835!ehunt@uunet.UU.NET or ehunt@bsc.edu) *Miami University (Ohio) offers two LGB courses: The Homosexual and Lesbian Experience; and Gay and Lesbian Literature. no contact person; not verified *Purdue University offers IDIS 482: Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality: Issues in Gay and Lesbian Studies. And last Spring Purdue offered a graduate course with the same title. contact: Jacqueline Martinez *Princeton University: The curriculum in Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Studies is monitored by the Subcommittee on Academics of the Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Concerns Task Force. Undergraduates have been writing their Senior Theses on LGBT topics at least since 1936. At least a dozen LGB Ph.D. dissertations have been finished since 1982. The first LGB course was offered in the English Dept. in 1988; since then the number each year has gradually increased: Spring semester, 1995, ten LGB-related courses (in eight academic departments) were offered, and ten more (in nine departments) are listed. LGB communities are served by not only by its Task Force but also by the students' Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Alliance (since 1970) and the employees'group, PU-Tops ("The other persuasions"). The University has had since 1985 an official policy of LGB non-discrimination and has recently implemented a liberal policy of benefits for same-sex domestic partners. contact: Michael Montgomery, co-chair: michael@pucc.princeton.edu LGB Concerns Task Force *Santa Monica College (a California community college) offers Contemporary Moral Conflicts: Sex and Sexuality, focusing on moral questions concerning sex and homosexuality; and a course in Gay/Lesbian Literature. Other LGB courses are being planned. contact: Jim Stramel (danj@urpsd.ucla.edu) *University of California, Santa Cruz, offers several LGB Studies courses. contact: Nancy Stoller (nancys@cats.ucsc.edu) *University of Illinois at Chicago-Circle offers several gay and lesbian courses, including ENG 117, Issues in Gender, Sexuality and Literature. *University of Maine: LGB courses through Women's Studies *University of Maryland, College Park offers an introductory LGB Studies course and a graduate queer theory course in the English Dept. *University of Montreal, the English Dept boasts five lesbian and gay studies specialists. Two courses are taught in the Comparative Literature department: Homosexualite et identite culturelle, and Ecrire la difference en sexualite. contact: Dr. Robert K. Martin, (Martinr@ere.umontreal.ca) and assistant Spurvey Sean (spurveys@ERE.UMontreal.CA) *University of Pennsylvania Since 1980 the Communications department has offered a course, Communications, Culture and Sexual minorities, cross-listed in women's studies; since 1982 the University of Pennsylvania has offered a non-academic Program for the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Community; and since 1984, the Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Academic Union has been bringing 3-4 speakers per semester to the campus. contact: Larry Gross *University of Washington, Seattle : The English department offers queer studies in various versions of literary & cultural studies courses, both undergraduate and graduate, every year. English faculty teaching in the area include Tim Dean, David Roman, Katherine Cummings, Carolyn Allen. There have been ongoing grad-student faculty Queer Colloquia. Women Studies also regularly offers a lesbian course and has a graduate certificate program. There is a cross-disciplinary queer studies faculty research group meeting this year. contact: In the social sciences, contact Marieka Klawitter (klawitter@u.washington.edu). In the humanities, contact Carolyn Allen (callen@u.washington.edu). The undergraduate students also have the Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian Commission. contact: ASUW (206- 685-GBLC) *Western Carolina University offers one course in Gay and Lesbian Literature. contact: Marilyn Jody (jody@micronet.wcu.edu) *Yale University offers several courses, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, in Gay & Lesbian Studies. The Research Fund for Lesbian and Gay Studies was established several years ago from gifts from friends of the late Professor John Boswell. Re-FLAGS invites lecturers and publishes "The Pink Book", a catalogue of GLBT Studies courses. While there is no formal program in GLBT Studies at Yale, students have concentrated in this area using History, American Studies and Women's Studies as home departments. Developing Courses *Emory University's Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Student Union in Atlanta. Faculty advisor: Sara Lynn Chestnut. Emory University has a large gay/lesbian/bisexual student population and they are well-organized and present numerous events each year. *Michigan State University is developing courses. contact: Gershen Kaufman (vps48@msu.edu) *University of California, San Diego: developing a program in LGB Studies contact: Judith Halberstam report not verified Graduate Programs or Opportunities Only (see universities above, including U. Washington, Seattle) *Rutgers University, Writing Program, offers graduate LGB Studies courses. *University of California at Riverside offers a Lesbian and Gay Studies concentration in English, will soon (1995 Fall) offer a minor, and the department publishes a journal called _Unnatural Acts_. The Union of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals at UCR is quite strong. The organization is multiethnic and welcomes undergraduate and graduate students. The group sponsors the yearly Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Awareness Week and works closely with the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals. The campus also houses a Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Resource Center which publishes a quarterly newsletter called "Dish." *University of Michigan, Law School, offers a LGB legal issues course. *University of Oregon, Dept of Sociology, offers funding for LGB graduate studies. contact: Julia Wallace (wallacej@oregon.uoregon.edu) *University of Southern California, The Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society coordinates many LGB Studies courses and a cooperating faculty of 36. There is also the active Center for Visiting Scholars in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies with cooperating facilities at the International Gay and Lesbian Archives, the ONE Institute of Homophile Studies, the June Mazer Lesbian Collection, and the Homosexual Information Center. The Cinema School offers its Out for Reel program; the Law School boasts the nation's first scholarship for LGB Studies in the area of sexual orientation and the law. And there are undergraduate and graduate LGB student groups. contact: Professor Walter L. Williams Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0036 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA USC Electronic Notice Board (for info: jacob.hale@huey.csun.edu) (1) LGBTQ studies academic lectures, symposia, and conferences taking place in Southern California, and (2) announcements of new curricular programs in LGBTQ studies at Southern California colleges and universities.