Jessica Willis, PhD

Senior Lecturer
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Monroe Hall 207D
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Expertise

  • Feminist Pedagogy
  • Girlhood and Sexual Identity Development
  • Gender and Sexuality in Visual Culture
  • LGBTQ Politics
  • Activism and History

About

Educational Background

  • PhD, Clark University, Women’s Studies
  • MA, Feminist Clinical Psychology
  • Certificate, Colleges of Worcester Consortium, College Teaching
  • BA, University California Santa Cruz, Literature & Women’s Studies

Research Interests

Feminist Pedagogy, Girlhood and Sexual Identity Development, Gender and Sexuality in Visual Culture, LGBTQ Politics, Activism and History

Courses Taught

  • WMST 101: Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
  • WMST 310: Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies
  • WMST/PSYC 331: Psychology of Women
  • WMST 410: Feminist Theory
  • WMST 411: Feminist Methodologies
  • WMST 413: Gender and Youth Culture
  • WMST 414: Gender and Sexuality in Cinema
  • WMST 498: Transgender History

Willis in the author of The Making of Modern Girlhood.

Courses Taught

  • WMST 101: Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
  • WMST 310: Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies
  • WMST/PSYC 331: Psychology of Women
  • WMST 410: Feminist Theory
  • WMST 411: Feminist Methodologies
  • WMST 413: Gender and Youth Culture
  • WMST 414: Gender and Sexuality in Cinema
  • WMST 498: Transgender History

Willis in the author of The Making of Modern Girlhood.

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