| Course Title: Science, Feminism, and Mount Holyoke |
| Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2026 |
| Description: Students in this course will develop a collaborative history and ethnography of cultures of science at Mount Holyoke College. Through archival and ethnographic research carried out across the semester, we will examine scientific education and knowledge production at Mount Holyoke in cultural perspective. The collaborative project will introduce students to two broader stories: a history of feminist activist and scholarly challenges to the power of the life sciences; and a history of feminist scientists' work to reform their own institutional cultures. The interdisciplinary field that emerged at the nexus of these two movements, feminist science studies, will offer critical frameworks. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Matthew Watson | mcwatson@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026 | Seminar | Thursday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | ART - Art | 219 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in the department. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| NXMAP0001 | NXMAP: Nexus in Museums, Archives, and Public History | This course is approved for the Museums, Archives, and Public History Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 15 | Enrollment: 15 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Defining Women's Scientific Enterprise: Mount Holyoke Faculty and the Rise Author: Levin, Miriam R. Copyright: 2005 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1584654198 Publisher: University Press of New England |
Required | 24.95 |
| Title: A Feeling for the Organism Author: Keller, Evelyn Fox Copyright: 1983 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780805074581 Publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company |
Required | 28.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |