Taught By:
Jane Simonsen
Professor, History and Gender Studies
Augustana Colllege
janesimonsen@augustana.edu
Read profile here.
Course Description:
Course Description This course provides an introduction to and overview of concerns, questions, assumptions, debates, and silences in feminist theories, with a focus on the modern/postmodern era. We will not attempt to “cover” all feminist theories, which are diverse and evolving. Instead, we will consider the approaches that various feminist thinkers past and present have used to explain and to question the normative gender order. Because theory has never existed in a vacuum, we will think about how various feminist theories apply to historical and contemporary issues.
Student Campaigns:
Dr. Jane Simonsen
On campus, our primary target is Kai Swanson, the current Special Assistant to the President. Off campus, Dora A. Villarreal our County Attorney.
WGSS-330 Feminist Theories
Augustana College
Spring Semester 2025
SSS demands that MetroLINK public transportation provide at least 200 bus passes to domestic violence organizations, which will cost approximately $200. SSS demands that Augustana College Public Safety provide emergency contraception to survivors of sexual assault on campus, which will cost approximately $50 as needed. SSS demands that Augustana institute an on-call SANE in partnership with our Campus Clinic.
Paige Meyer
Jane Simonsen
President/vice president of college, ACES director
WGSS-330 Feminist Theory
Augustana College
Spring Semester 2025
Put in place a scheduled shuttle system that goes to set locations (pharmacy, hy-vee, airport). Redesign the Augustana College Express Service (ACES) app to be a website. Add disabled parking to Augie digital map
Alice Sylvie, Dianna Dethloff, Jordan Stewart, Maddy Harned, Francesca Mastrangeli, Sarah/Wren Thul
Dr. Jane Simonsen
Advancement office, WGSS board members, Provost
WGSS-330 Feminist Theories
Augustana College
Spring 2025
1. At least one of the joint tenure lines for next year are joint with WGSS. 2. Demand that the WGSS program be reclassified as a department. 3. Demand that the advancement office attempt to raise funds for an endowed chair.
Emily O'Brien