PA 5690 is also offered in Fall 2023
PA 5690 is also offered in Spring 2022
Fall 2018 | PA 5690 Section 001: Topics in Women, Gender and Public Policy -- Gender and Intersectional Network Series (GAINS) I (35405)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 0.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- S-N only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 35
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 35
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 35
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
Open (25 of 31 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cewig+PA5690+Fall2018 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?harex004+PA5690+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Women are still disproportionately underrepresented in leadership roles in public, private, and nonprofit institutions in spite of high rates of educational attainment and equal opportunity legislation. Women of color and indigenous women face even greater obstacles to advancement compared to white women. Barriers to diverse leadership today stem less from overt discrimination and more from "second generation" forms of bias - often invisible but still powerful cultural beliefs as well as workplace structures and practices (Ely, Ibarra and Kolb, 2011). Achieving leadership parity thus entails individual, collective and institutional change. GAINS: Gender and Intersectional Network Series will prepare students with the skills to lead effectively and challenge institutional norms that perpetuate gender and other forms of bias.
Course pedagogy includes: case studies, group discussions,self-reflection and simulations that have been proven to have a lasting impact on individual leaders in developing their own leadership capacity. Guest speakers will offer potential role models and will share their leadership perspectives. The workshop and two-semester format of the course allows students to benefit from a cohort model of learning and develop their own network of practice (Brue & Brue 2016). Moreover, GAINS focuses not just on individual leadership development, but also on how institutional norms and practices that perpetuate bias can be reformed.
Led by Professor Christina Ewig and Debra Fitzpatrick of the Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy, this half-credit per semester course aimed at graduate students enrolled in UMN professional schools will meet four Fridays over the course of the Fall semester. Part Two, in Spring 2019, will continue with additional topics. Students of all genders interested in addressing gendered and intersectional barriers to advancement are welcome to enroll. To get the most out of the network and cohort development aspects of this course, students are encouraged to participate for two semesters.
Topics over the course of two semesters will include: Developing Your Authentic Leadership Style; Confronting Implicit Bias; Networking and Professional Advancement; Achieving Work-life Balance; and Negotiation.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students of all genders interested in developing their own leadership capacity and addressing informal and formal barriers to leadership advancement rooted in gender, race and other forms of inequality.
- Learning Objectives:
- Grading:
- S/N
- Class Format:
- This half credit course meets in an interactive workshop format for three hours on four Fridays over the course of the Fall semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35405/1189
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5690_Spring2022.pdf (Spring 2022)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5690_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 July 2018
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2018 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Debra Fitzpatrick