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Gender and Social Justice

This minor focuses upon gender and violence, human trafficking and migration, development strategies, religious extremism, human rights in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity, the carceral state, and the feminization of poverty. Classes grapple with big questions, such as the difficulty of translating movement agendas into social policy, whether gender justice is best achieved through approaches that favor equality or difference, and how globalization and neoliberalism are remaking our world. This minor is designed to prepare students for jobs in non-profits, politics, government agencies, cultural reporting, and socially conscious niches within the entertainment industry.