Summer 2024 | PA 5690 Section 001: Topics in Women, Gender and Public Policy -- Global Gender-Based Violence: Law, Film&Advocacy (87217)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- First Half of Term06/03/2024 - 06/28/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Professor Shannon Walsh is a faculty member on the Duluth campus. Class will be online-only. Two optional/synchronous components will be offered each week after polling students about a convenient time. This course examines the dynamics of gender-based violence and violence against women at a global level through the lenses of the law, film, and advocacy. We research international and domestic legal frameworks to understand advances and limitations in laws and implementation. Through films and other expressions of popular culture, we analyze how gender-based violence is represented, and learn how various forms of media can be utilized as an effective advocacy tool. Finally, we actively engage in advocacy efforts and learn effective strategies to influence policy change and implementation. The course is offered by Dr. Shannon Drysdale Walsh, associate professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and affiliate faculty at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Her research focuses on state response to violence against women in Central America. She is happy to answer questions at sdwalsh@d.umn.edu. The course has a flexible online-only format, with two optional zoom meetings/week.
- Class Description:
This course examines the dynamics of gender-based violence and violence against women at a global level through the lenses of the law, film, and advocacy. We research international and domestic legal frameworks to understand advances and limitations in laws and implementation. Through films and other expressions of popular culture, we analyze how gender-based violence is represented, and learn how various forms of media can be utilized as an effective advocacy tool. Finally, we actively engage in advocacy efforts and learn effective strategies to influence policy change and implementation.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate Students & Undergraduates (Sophomore or higher)
- Grading:
- A-F
- Class Format:
- Online-only with a flexible format that includes two optional zoom meetings/week.
- Workload:
- 3 credits
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87217/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 February 2024
Fall 2023 | PA 5690 Section 002: Topics in Women, Gender and Public Policy -- US Policy and the Policing of Sexuality (32590)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Thu 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 30
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (17 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Interested advanced undergraduate students should contact Prof. Gaynor at tsgaynor@umn.edu to request permission to enroll. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?+tsgaynorPA5690+Fall2023
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to examine how gender identity and sexuality are policed in U.S. society. Policing in this regard includes law enforcement, government organizations, and public policy. Students will explore the range of social control tactics that limit the economic, political, and social mobility of individuals who hold Queer and trans gender identities. We will examine the formal and informal ways in which these tactics are used and the impacts they have had on those directly impacted. Using an intersectional lens, students will better understand how individuals with multiple marginalized identities (i.e. Black trans women) navigate multiple systems of oppression and how these experiences differ from those with single marginalized identities (i.e. white trans men). While the course includes a focus on the challenges and obstacles associated with the policing of Queer and trans- identities, course content also includes examining policy solutions for reparative justice and equity.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32590/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 March 2023
Spring 2022 | PA 5690 Section 001: Topics in Women, Gender and Public Policy -- Gender and Welfare Policy in Global Perspective (65848)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- PA 8690 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cewig+PA5690+Spring2022
- Class Description:
We will compare historical and contemporary social policy "regimes" and their impacts on individuals and societies in Europe and the Americas. The course centers on four questions: 1) How are social policies "gendered","raced" and "classed"? We will consider multiple feminist perspectives and approaches which show how social policies are based on specific assumptions about gender and its intersections with race, class and immigrant status and in turn create or reinforce a particular social order. 2) Why do welfare policies in different countries look so different? We will analyze the historical development of welfare policies with specific attention to interactions between states, political parties, unions, firms, and social movements - including women's movements. Understanding the historical political determinants of current policies can provide clues to appropriate strategies for change. 3) What lessons can we glean from other countries to promote equity across gender and other forms of inequality? We will dive into research that measures the impact of specific social policies on equity and consider the appropriateness and transferability of policy ideas across borders. 4) What are the contemporary challenges to social welfare systems and their ability to promote gender equity? We will consider stagnating birth rates that threaten the economic solvency of social policy systems; the pressures of refugees and mass migration; and how the global COVID-19 pandemic has both revealed and exacerbated underlying deficiencies in social policy systems.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Masters students interested in learning lessons from other countries' experiences with implementing policies to promote gender equity should take 5690. A doctoral version (that meets with 5690) is available through 8690. Doctoral students interested in social welfare policy will receive a strong foundation in this literature from this course.
- Learning Objectives:
• An understanding of the sometimes-hidden ways social policies reinscribe gender, race and class inequalities
• Evidence-based lessons from around the world on what policies have worked best to reduce gender inequalities and their intersections with race and class
• Clarity on the major contemporary challenges to social welfare systems and their gendered impacts - from influxes of refugees to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Lessons from history for thinking analytically and strategically about opportunities for pragmatic and transformational social policy change
- Exam Format:
- No final exam. A final policy paper is required.
- Class Format:
- This is a discussion-based, seminar style course.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65848/1223
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5690_Spring2022.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5690_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 December 2021
Spring 2021 | PA 5690 Section 001: Topics in Women, Gender and Public Policy -- LGBTQ Politics & Policy (65595)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- First Half of Term01/19/2021 - 03/08/2021Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (8 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Class will be offered REMOTELY. Class will meet synchronously-online during Spring 2021 during the scheduled time. Brian Harrison can be reached at bfh@umn.edu. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?+PA5690+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65595/1213
Spring 2019 | PA 5690 Section 003: Topics in Women, Gender and Public Policy -- LGBTQ Politics & Policy (68006)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term03/12/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- The advancement of LGBTQ rights in the United States has experienced unprecedented success over the last twenty years, shifting both public attitude towards and legal protection for gay Americans. This graduate-level course will provide an in-depth analysis of current LGBTQ policy achievements in the United States. Dr. Harrison (Ph.D. Northwestern University) is a political scientist, writer, and award-winning teacher. He has taught at Northwestern University, Wesleyan University, Loyola University-Chicago, and DePaul University and has held academic affiliations with Yale University and New York University. Brian is a specialist in American politics, political communication, public opinion, political behavior and attitude change, and LGBT politics. He is co-author of Listen, We Need to Talk: How to Change Attitudes about LGBT Rights (Oxford University Press, 2017) and has been published in academic journals like Political Behavior, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Social Science Quarterly, among others. Prior to graduate school, Brian was a White House appointee to the Department of Homeland Security. More at: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?+PA5690+Spring2019 http://brianharrison.net/about/
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68006/1193
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 Session09/14/2018Fri 02:15PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3510/12/2018Fri 02:15PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3511/09/2018Fri 02:15PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3511/30/2018Fri 02:15PM - 05:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert 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
Spring 2018 | PA 5690 Section 001: Topics in Women, Gender and Public Policy -- Gender,Race&Pol Representation: US in Global Pers (66867)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- PA 8690 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue 05:30PM - 08:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (4 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cewig@umn.edu+PA5690+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- A central tenet of democracy is the equal and just representation of its citizens. Yet, democracies around the world only unevenly represent their citizens - whether measured by the make-up of their political representatives or by the substance of their political agendas. This course is global in scope; it approaches the intersecting issues of gender, race and political representation through the study of cross-national evidence and comparative country studies from around the world in order to identify the best practices for strengthening the representation of under-represented groups. This course begins with an introduction to alternative theories of representation in a democratic society; including what constitutes representation and how an ideal democratic society should represent its citizens. The course then asks students to grapple with the concepts of gender and race; both what these are and how these have historically shape political representation. The course offers students the opportunity to engage with scholarship on how and why most democratic systems unevenly represent women and racial and ethnic minorities in political office, and the consequences of this under representation for political agendas. The core of the course focuses on the individual, structural factors and institutional factors that have been attributed to increasing the election and appointment of underrepresented groups as well as the representation of their interests on policy agendas at a variety of levels of governance.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in electoral systems and in how to achieve more robust, inclusive democracies.
This course fulfills an optional course requirement for four concentrations for Master of Public Policy students: Gender and Public Policy, Global Policy, Politics and Governance, and Social Policy. For more see: Master of Public Policy. - Learning Objectives:
- 1. to develop a better understanding of how and why different groups, in particular women and racial or ethnic minorities, are often represented unevenly in democratic societies and the normative and ethical implications of uneven representation.
2. to understand the individual, structural and institutional factors that that have been key to improved political representation of traditionally underrepresented groups. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66867/1183
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5690_Spring2018.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/cewig_PA5690_Spring2022.pdf (Spring 2022)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 December 2017
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