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FEMGEN 243F

New Directions in Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Technology, and Environment (FEMGEN 344F, HISTORY 244F, HISTORY 344F, HISTORY 444F)

UNITS:4-5
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:WAY-EDP, WAY-SI

Welcome! This is a new upper-level course in Gendered Innovations that explores how sex, gender, and intersectional analysis in research and design sparks discovery and innovation. This course focuses on sex and gender, and considers factors intersecting with sex and gender, including age, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, educational background, disabilities, geographic location, etc., where relevant. We will read new research touching on basic concepts, intersectional design, gendering social robots, new approaches to sustainability, what's new in biomedicine & public health, facial recognition, inclusive crash test dummies, and more. As Director of Gendered Innovations, I work with the European Commission, Wellcome Trust, and major journals on policy to support integrating sex, gender, and intersectional analysis into the design of research. The operative question is: how can this type of analysis lead to discovery & innovation while enhancing social equity and environmental sustainability? Students will read and report on new research in weekly sessions and present a paper on a topic of their choice. We welcome open and respectful discussion. This course is open to upper-level undergraduate students by application https://forms.gle/2KmxUUnRSG2LNNSS6 and to graduate students. Limited to FEMGEN 15.

Syllabus for selected term:
View Spring 2027 Syllabus

Sections

1 Term
Colloquium 1Open
ID: 12253
0 / 15 enrolled
DAYS:Thursday
TIME:1:30 PM – 4:20 PM
LOCATION:TBD
INSTRUCTOR:
Schiebinger, Londa
units

FEMGEN 243F: New Directions in Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Technology, and Environment (FEMGEN 344F, HISTORY 244F, HISTORY 344F, HISTORY 444F)

4-5 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit · GER: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI

Welcome! This is a new upper-level course in Gendered Innovations that explores how sex, gender, and intersectional analysis in research and design sparks discovery and innovation. This course focuses on sex and gender, and considers factors intersecting with sex and gender, including age, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, educational background, disabilities, geographic location, etc., where relevant. We will read new research touching on basic concepts, intersectional design, gendering social robots, new approaches to sustainability, what's new in biomedicine & public health, facial recognition, inclusive crash test dummies, and more. As Director of Gendered Innovations, I work with the European Commission, Wellcome Trust, and major journals on policy to support integrating sex, gender, and intersectional analysis into the design of research. The operative question is: how can this type of analysis lead to discovery & innovation while enhancing social equity and environmental sustainability? Students will read and report on new research in weekly sessions and present a paper on a topic of their choice. We welcome open and respectful discussion. This course is open to upper-level undergraduate students by application https://forms.gle/2KmxUUnRSG2LNNSS6 and to graduate students. Limited to 15.

Offered in Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Spring 2027 sections

  • Colloquium — Thursday 1:30 PM – 4:20 PM — Schiebinger, Londa (Graduate)

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