Women’s Studies

The Women’s Studies Program at Susquehanna University is both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. It is based on feminist scholarship within traditional disciplines and outside the framework of any single discipline. Women’s studies recognizes gender as a significant category or analysis, both in examining women vis-à-vis disciplines such as biology, philosophy, political science or business, and in considering such topics as sexuality, sex-role stereotypes or women and violence.

The program analyzes the intersections of gender with other social institutions, such as class, ethnicity, nationality, race, religion and sexual orientation. The program helps students discover, explore and validate the diverse realities of women's lives, while also striving to understand the impact of cultural attitudes and social structures on both women's and men's experiences.