Paper Title
Raising Awareness of Gender Issues: The Impacts of WGS Courses on Undergraduate Women and Men
Panel
Culture and Identity in Psychology
Location
Room 222, DiGiorgio Campus Center (DiGs)
Keywords
Identity, Psychology, Science, WGS, LGBTQ, Intersectionality
Start Date
2-4-2016 2:00 PM
End Date
2-4-2016 3:15 PM
Abstract
This paper reports on a survey designed to assess the impact of women's and gender studies courses on students' attitudes toward gender equality. The study used a pre- post design, to examine how (or if) women and men differed in the degree to which the courses advanced their commitments to equality. Of particular interest are the responses of men, who occupy a position of privilege even as they seek to examine and expand their investment in feminist values.
Raising Awareness of Gender Issues: The Impacts of WGS Courses on Undergraduate Women and Men
Room 222, DiGiorgio Campus Center (DiGs)
This paper reports on a survey designed to assess the impact of women's and gender studies courses on students' attitudes toward gender equality. The study used a pre- post design, to examine how (or if) women and men differed in the degree to which the courses advanced their commitments to equality. Of particular interest are the responses of men, who occupy a position of privilege even as they seek to examine and expand their investment in feminist values.
Comments
Melissa Peters is a third year graduate student in the Applied Social and Community Psychology program at NC State. Melissa’s research interests center on feminism, intergroup processes and social identity theories, and what leads those with power and privilege to move beyond sympathy to identification with those with less power and privilege. Specifically, she is interested in what factors may lead to attitude change and how education (e.g., WGS courses) may facilitate this process.