The following 7 interrelated fields of specialization identify the research and teaching strengths of the Graduate Program in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies at York University.
- The fields represent broad areas of interest in feminist research and all fields foreground the intersections of women and/or gender/s with sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, and age.
- Subfields, specific issues and topics are listed within each field.
1. Cultural and Literary Studies, Performance and Fine Arts
popular culture and representations; writing and literature; life writing and narrative studies; visual arts;
cultural histories; theories and methodologies; literary studies
2. Diaspora, Transnational and Global Issues
transnational feminisms and sexualities; international development; migration and immigration; globalization; colonialisms and imperialisms; violence; militarism and security
- Agathangelou, Anna
- Agnew, Vijay
- Bunting, Annie
- Crosby, Alison
- Das Gupta, Tania
- Dua, Enakshi
- Giles, Wenona
- Gorman, Rachel
- Hadj-Moussa, Ratiba
- Hellman, Judith Adler
- Hossein, Caroline Shenaz
- Kempadoo, Kamala
- McDermott, Patricia
- Mianda, Gertrude
- Moghissi, Haideh
- Mongia, Radhika
- Murray, David
- Murray, Karen
- Peake, Linda
- Sanders, Leslie
- Vosko, Leah
- Wahab, Amar
- Whitworth, Sandra
3. Histories
feminist histories; historical production of genders and sexualities; histories of women's studies; histories of feminist theory; histories of racialization; histories of class and class analysis
4. Politics, Economies and Societies
public policy; Feminist law and legal studies; work and labour studies; social institutions and social change; education; equity studies; health and healthcare policies; environment and nature; language and linguistics; political and social justice movements and social activism; life course and aging
- Agathangelou, Anna
- Armstrong, Pat
- Bakker, Isabella
- Cameron, Barbara
- Crosby, Alison
- Crow, Barbara
- Daly, Tamara
- Das Gupta, Tania
- Derayeh, Minoo
- Embleton, Sheila M.
- Erwin, Lorna
- Gavigan, Shelley A. M.
- Gazso, Amber
- Giles, Wenona
- Glasbeek, Amanda
- Gorman, Rachel
- Hellman, Judith Adler
- Hossein, Caroline Shenaz
- Jenson, Jennifer
- Kainer, Jan
- King, Ruth E.
- Lam, Larry
- Luxton, Meg
- Mandell, Nancy
- Murray, Karen
- Michaud, Jacinthe
- Newton, Janice I.
- Parsons Sarah
- Porter, Ann
- Pupo, Norene
- Reiter, Ester
- Sandilands, Catriona
- Smith, Miriam
- Sutherland, Kate
- van Daalen-Smith, Cheryl
- Vosko, Leah
- Weir, Lorna
- Wekerle, Gerda R.
5. Race
anti racist theories; race, colonization, and post-colonial theories; anti-racist feminism; histories of racialization; whiteness and racism
6. Sexualities
sexualities and genders; lesbian, gay, queer and trans studies; transnational sexualities; historical production of genders and sexualities; heterosexualities
7. Theories and Methods
feminist theories and pedagogies; postcolonial theories; anti-racist theories; political economy; psychology and psychoanalytic theories; gay/lesbian, queer and trans theories; feminist philosophies, feminist legal theories, marxist and socialist theories; feminist methods, methodologies and ethics; cultural theories and methodologies
- Agathangelou, Anna
- Armstrong, Pat
- Bird, Kym
- Brooke, Stephen J.
- Bunting, Annie
- Cavanagh, Sheila
- Dua, Enakshi
- Driver, Susan
- Erwin, Lorna
- Gilbert, Jennifer
- Haig-Brown, Celia
- Jenson, Jennifer
- Latchford, Frances
- Lee, Becky
- Luxton, Meg
- Mandell, Nancy
- Mongia, Radhika
- Murray, Karen
- Newton, Janice I.
- O'Reilly, Andrea
- Peake, Linda
- Pitt, Alice
- Porter, Ann
- Rutherford, Alexandra
- Vosko, Leah
- Wahab, Amar