Faculty Profile
Katie Schweighofer
(she/her/hers)Director, Women's & Gender Resource Center; Contributing Faculty in Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Adjunct Faculty in American Studies (2020)
Contact Information
Landis House 2nd Floor, Room 10
717-245-1966
Education
- B.A., Princeton University, 2001
- M.A., New York University, 2005
- M.A., Indiana University, 2011
- Ph.D., 2015
2023-2024 Academic Year
Fall 2023
AMST 101 Gender, Sport & Amer Society
Cross-listed with WGSS 202-01.From children tossing a ball in the backyard, to middle-aged weekend warriors on tennis and basketball courts, to athletes in their prime on quests for Olympic gold, sports affect our understandings of our bodies, relationships, and larger social groups. Gender, Sport, and American Society involves the applications of the interdisciplinary study of gender - the social creation and cultural representation of femininity and masculinity - to the field of sport cultures. Class readings and discussions will consider how sports institutions and cultures operate as interlocking systems of power shaping the shifting significance of bodies, differences, opportunity, and marginalization in the US, particularly along the lines of gender, race, class, ability, and sexuality. No WGSS or AMST experience necessary.
AMST 101 Gender, Sport & Amer Society
Cross-listed with WGSS 202-05.
WGSS 202 Gender, Sport & Amer Society
Cross-listed with AMST 101-02.From children tossing a ball in the backyard, to middle-aged weekend warriors on tennis and basketball courts, to athletes in their prime on quests for Olympic gold, sports affect our understandings of our bodies, relationships, and larger social groups. Gender, Sport, and American Society involves the applications of the interdisciplinary study of gender - the social creation and cultural representation of femininity and masculinity - to the field of sport cultures. Class readings and discussions will consider how sports institutions and cultures operate as interlocking systems of power shaping the shifting significance of bodies, differences, opportunity, and marginalization in the US, particularly along the lines of gender, race, class, ability, and sexuality. No WGSS or AMST experience necessary.
WGSS 202 Gender, Sport & Amer Society
Cross-listed with AMST 101-03.
Spring 2024
WGSS 100 Intro to WGSS
Permission of Instructor Required.