Teaching Gender and Sex in Contemporary America

1. Creating Intentional Classroom Dynamics

   1. From Protest to Praxis or Being Real in the Classroom

      • Charlotte A. Kunkel

      Pages 165-173

   2. They Don’t Get It: The Promise and Problem of Using Student Resistance as a Pedagogical Tool

      • Courtney Caviness, Patti Giuffre, Maria Wasley-Valdez

      Pages 175-183

   3. Learning for a Change: Rage and the Promise of the Feminist Classroom

      • Deborah J. Cohan

      Pages 185-194

   4. Teaching Spaces of Possibility: Cultivating Safe, Relaxed, and Challenging Classrooms

      • Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo

      Pages 195-205

   5. Agency and Activism as Elements in a ‘Pedagogy of Hope’: Moving Beyond ‘This Class Is Depressing’

      • Maggie Rehm

      Pages 207-214

2. Teaching About Gender and Sex in Broader Contexts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215

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   2. The Pedagogical Challenge of Teaching Privilege, Loss, and Disadvantage in Classrooms of Invisible Social Identities

      • Traci Craig

      Pages 217-228

   3. Critical Pedagogy: Disrupting Classroom Hegemony

      • Tre Wentling

      Pages 229-238

   4. Infusing Feminist Disability Studies in Our Teaching

      • Heather Albanesi, Abby Ferber, Andrea O’Reilly Herrera, Emily A. Nusbaum, Linda Ware

      Pages 239-254

   5. Teaching Gender in Other Classrooms: A View from the Outside

      • Jyoti Grewal

      Pages 255-264

   6. On Teaching About Sex and Gender in Each and Every Political Science Course

      • Daniel Brian Andersen

      Pages 265-272

   7. Making the Invisible Visible: Shining a Light on Gender and Sexuality in Courses Primarily Focused on Other Topics

      • Kelsy Burke, Alexa Trumpy

      Pages 273-279

3. Back Matter

   Pages 281-456

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This book provides innovative pedagogy, theory, and strategies for college and university professors who seek effective methods and materials for teaching about gender and sex to today’s students. It provides thoughtful reflections on the new struggles and opportunities instructors face in teaching gender and sex during what has been called the “post-feminist era.” Building off its predecessor: Teaching Race and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America, this book offers complementary classroom exercises for teachers, that foster active and collaborative learning.  Through reflecting on the gendered dimensions of the current political, economic, and cultural climate, as well as presenting novel lesson plans and classroom activities, Teaching Gender and Sex in Contemporary America is a valuable resource for educators.

• Basics on Intersex and Transgender Topics
• Concept for Teaching Gender Diersity SGS
• Concept for Teaching Gender Diersity SGS
• Embracing Intersectionality
• Feminist Pedagogy
• Gender and Sexuality in Courses
• Sexism in Contemporary Visual Media
• Social Construction of Gender and Sex
• Teaching Gender and Sex in America
• Teaching about Abortion
• Teaching about Gender with Music
• Teaching about Violence against Women
• Teaching about Violence and Gender
• Teaching and Confronting Retro Sexism

• Department of Sociology and Anthrop, University of Idaho, Moscow, USA

  Kristin Haltinner, Ryanne Pilgeram

Kristin Haltinner is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Idaho. Her research is on right-wing ideology and social movement organizations; racial formation and discourse; and social inequality (race, gender, class, and sexuality). Haltinner teaches a variety of classes on topics related to diversity and inequality at the University of Idaho including: Diversity and Stratification, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Gender, and a workshop on Resisting Hate in One’s Community (focusing on Idaho). She earned her PhD in sociology from the University of Minnesota in 2013.  

Ryanne Pilgeram is a Montana native who also lived in North Idaho for a period. She does qualitative research that focuses on how gender intersects with rural life. When she's not teaching and researching Ryanne enjoys spending time with family, especially with her two young sons.

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