This course provides an opportunity to engage in an in-depth examination of specialized and scholarly work within women and gender studies with a focus on the diverse and multidisciplinary expressions of feminist thought from the perspective of postcolonial, transnational, intersectional, diasporic, Black feminist, and Indigenous theories. This course situates the importance of praxis—the relationship between theory and social practice—to women and gender studies. Students will engage throughout with the theories of gender and its connection to race, sexuality, class and ability across historical and contemporary contexts.