The schedule is subject to change without notice. Check this page regularly! Readings in bold should be read before the class date in the row in which they are listed.
Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| Week 1 | |||
| Week 1 Wed. Sep. 1 | Course Introduction | Fill out the (entry) student survey online before 9am Fri Sep 1. | |
| Fri. Sep. 3 | CSP19 Lab Day #1: Getting Started. We will be introduced to Twitter, Blogger and other web tools we will be using in the class. | Bring laptops to class. | |
| Week 2 | |||
| SECTION I: UNDERSTANDING IDENTITY: INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER, RACE & SEXUALITY | |||
| Mon. Sep. 6 | Labor Day Holiday. No Class. | ||
| Wed. Sep. 8 | Introduction to Critical Reading, Critical Thinking | "Free Papers" by Wideman. | You should have created Twitter and Blogger accounts and logged into your Google account to make sure you know all the passwords at least ONCE before class.Begin Writing Assignment #1. |
| Fri. Sep. 10 | Race is a social construct. | “The Social Construction of Race” by Haney López | Writing Assignment #1 distributed. |
| Week 3 | |||
| Mon. Sep. 13 | MANDATORY LECTURE: Professor Lisa Zunshine, Thorne Hall, 11:30am: “Why We Read Fiction” | ||
| Wed. Sep. 15 | Gender is a social construct. | “The Social Construction of Gender” by Lorber | |
| Fri. Sep. 17 | Sex is a social construct. | “The Five Sexes” by Fausto-Sterling SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "Dueling Dualisms" by Fausto-Sterling "From bisexuality to intersexuality: Rethinking gender categories" by Drescher. | Writing Assignment #1 due in class. Paper #1 Assignment distributed. |
| Week 4 | |||
| Mon. Sep. 20 | Sexual orientation is a social construct. | "On heterosexual masculinity” by Herek SUPPLEMENTAL READING: | |
| Wed. Sep. 22 | Deconstructing Binary Oppositions, Part 1: Hybridity. | "La conciencia de la mestiza,” by Anzaldúa | |
| Fri. Sep. 24 | Deconstructing Binary Oppositions, Part 2: Intersectionality. | "Intersectionality to the Rescue" by Hancock SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color” by Crenshaw Williams "Rodrigo's Sixth Chronicle: Intersections, Essences, and the Dilemma of Social Reform" by Delgado | |
| Week 5 | |||
| Mon. Sep. 27 | MANDATORY Library Research Day. You will go to the Brown Room in the Library "First" Floor during your class time and meet with Roshin Mathew. | ||
| Wed. Sep. 29 | CSP Lab Day #2: Thesis Writing. | Bring Hacker to class today. Read Thesis Sections in Hacker | Bring draft of paper with thesis statement and rough outline of Paper #1 to class. |
| Fri. Oct. 1 | CSP Lab Day #3: Google Docs: Sharing,Web Forms, Google Draw. | Bring laptops to class. | Have online version of Paper #1 for sharing via GoogleDocs. |
| Week 6 | |||
| Mon. Oct. 4 | Buckmire absent. | Watch Ethnic Notions by Riggs in class. | |
| Wed. Oct. 6 | CSP Lab Day #4: Peer Review. | Bring complete draft of Paper #1 to class. | |
| Fri. Oct. 8 | Transition from Section I to II. | The Celluloid Closet. SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "The Strange Media Career of the Homosexual" by Fejes. | Due Date for Paper #1 has been moved to Monday October 11. |
The following is the draft of the schedule for the rest of the semester. It is subject to change!
| SECTION II: LGBT RIGHTS IN THE ERA OF OBAMA | |||
| Week 7 | |||
| Mon. Oct. 11 | The 1960s. | "Stonewall and the Birth of Gay and Lesbian Liberation” by Miller | Paper #1 is due at the beginning of class. Paper #1 needs to be shared by Googledocs with the professor. Use filename form CSP19-X-LastnameFirstname.doc where X=1 or 2 depending on 11:30 or 12:30 class time. This file must be viewable in GoogleDocs! Paper #2 prompt available. |
| Wed. Oct. 13 | The 1970s. | "The 1970s: The Times of Harvey Milk and Anita Bryant" by Miller | Writing Assignment #2available. |
| Fri. Oct. 15 | The 1980s. | “The 1980s: The Age of AIDS” by Miller | |
| Week 8 | |||
| Mon. Oct. 18 | Oxy Fall Break. No class. | ||
| Wed. Oct. 20 | The 1990s. | “The Clinton Years.” By Miller | Writing Assignment #2due in class. |
| Fri. Oct. 22 | The 2000s. | “The New Millennium" by Miller. | |
| Week 9 | |||
| Mon. Oct. 25 | CSP Lab Day #5 | ||
| Wed. Oct. 27 | Mid-Term Exam (on Section I and II) | The Mid-Term will be similar to the quizzes in class, with special emphasis on material from the readings of Section I and II. | Practice Midterm Exam. |
| Fri. Oct. 29 | Transition from Section II to III. | United States Constitution (Amendments 1-10,14) | Final Version of Paper #2 is due at 11:30am in hardcopy form. |
| SECTION III: GENDER & SEXUALITY, LAW & MARRIAGE | |||
| Week 10 | |||
| Mon. Nov. 1 | Introduction to Constitutional Law. Guest Lecture: Professor Thalia Gonzalez | Constitutional Rights Summary by Eskridge & Hunter, pp. xxxix-l (39-50: Section 1 and Section 2) United States Constitution (Amendments 1-10,14) | Paper #3 prompt available. |
| Wed. Nov. 3 | Constitutional Law, continued. | How to Read a Legal Opinion by Kerr List of Court Cases we will consider in this section of the course. | |
| Fri. Nov. 5 | Race & Marriage. | "Miscegenation Law, Court Cases, and Ideologies of 'Race' in Twentieth-Century America." By Pascoe Loving v. Virginia by Eskridge & Hunter | |
| Week 11 | |||
| Mon. Nov. 8 | Gender & Marriage. | Baehr v. Lewin by Eskridge & Hunter SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "Why Discrimination Against Lesbian and Gay men IS Sex Discrimination" by Koppelman" When Is A Man a Man, and When is a Woman a Woman?" by Greenberg | |
| Wed. Nov. 10 | Marriage & Citizenship. | "Justice For All?" by Cott SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "Introduction" and “Marriage Revised and Revived” By Cott Racial Restrictions in the Law of Citizenship by Haney López | |
| Fri. Nov. 12 | Gender, Sexuality and Law. | "Sexual and Gender Variation in American Public Law"by Eskridge SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "A History of Same-Sex Marriage" by Eskridge OR "The Constitutional Case: Discrimination" by Eskridge | |
| Week 12 | |||
| Mon. Nov. 15 | Buckmire absent. | (Class Cancelled) | |
| Wed. Nov. 17 | Marriage Equality: Pro & Con. | "Goodridge v.Dept. of Public Health” By Eskridge & Hunter. "'A Painful Process of Waiting'" by Cox. SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Varnum v. Brien (Iowa, 2009) Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health (Connecticut, 2008) In re Marriage Cases (California, 2008) Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (Massachusetts, 2004) | |
| Fri. Nov. 19 | Marriage Equality: Pro & Con, continued. | "Hernandez v. Robles” By Eskridge & Hunter "In re Marriage Cases" by Eskridge & Hunter SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Lewis v. Harris (New Jersey, 2005) | |
| SECTION IV: LGBT RIGHTS IN THE ERA OF GOOGLE | |||
| Week 13 | |||
| Mon. Nov. 22 | California's Proposition 8. | NOTE: Paper #3 due by email Monday November 22nd at 5pm. Final Assignment available online. Start Writing Assignment #3. | |
| Wed. Nov. 24 | Thanksgiving Break. No Class. | ||
| Fri. Nov. 26 | Thanksgiving Break. No Class. | ||
| Week 14 | |||
| Mon. Nov. 29 | California's Proposition 8, continued. | Perry v. Schwarzenegger decision | |
| Wed. Dec. 1 | Modern Controversies in Gay Rights. | Guest Speaker: Stefan Johnson, Lambda Legal attorney | Writing Assignment #3 due. |
| Fri. Dec. 3 | Mid-Term Exam #2 | ||
| Week 15 | |||
| Mon. Dec. 6 | CSP Lab Day #6. | We'11 be reading each others essays online and posting comments | Online Version of Final Paper due in class at 11:30am and published to web. |
| Wed. Dec. 8 | Buckmire absent. | Hand-in Hard Copy versions of Final Paper. NOTE: Comments on other students' Final Paper complete by 5pm. Final Published Version Due Monday December 13. | |
