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Women's Studies Project on Teaching, Curriculum
& Scholarship
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History
The Women's Studies Project on Teaching,
Curriculum and Scholarship (formerly the Gender Scholarship Program)
began in 1984 as a result of a grant written by Dr. Patsy Boyer,
a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
at Colorado State University. The SIROW grant (Southwest Institute
for Research on Women), under the U.S. Department of Education,
provided support for the first three years of the Project.
The goal of the project was to integrate
teaching and research about women into undergraduate international
studies and foreign language courses. Of the seven participating
universities in the original SIROW Program based in Arizona and
Colorado, only Colorado State University continued the Project
after 1987 by funding it internally. In 1987, the Project became
an ongoing program within Women's Studies funded by the Provost/Academic
Vice President's Office. The Project has expanded across the curriculum
and now includes participants from the sciences and engineering
as well as the applied human sciences, social sciences and liberal
arts. To date there have been 121 faculty participants representing
32 departments in all 8 colleges.
Project Description
Each year a small group of faculty members
are invited to participate in the Project from a list of those
self-nominated or recommended by prior participants or department
chairs. Participating faculty meet throughout the academic year
with the designated Project Coordinator(s) to explore new approaches
in the design/redesign of a course of their choice that they will
teach in a subsequent semester. Together they engage in activities
that include: the discovery of content about women in the various
disciplines; the acquisition of scholarly work by women that is
appropriate for inclusion in the course, and the introduction
of and dialogue about pedagogical practices that serve to create
a more inclusive classroom with the full participation and inquiry
by all students. Participants are also supported in exploring
new research questions and methodologies and identifying new avenues
of funding, publication and recurrent professional involvement
related to their area of interest. Participants are awarded a
stipend to purchase materials that support their work.
Awards
1989 The Colorado State University Diversity
Award
1993
The Progressive in Equity Award from the American Association
of University Women
Contact Information
If you are interested in learning more about
the Women's Studies Project on Teaching, Curriculum and Scholarship
or participating in future related events, call the Office of
Women's Programs and Studies, (970) 491-6384
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