Knowledge is situated
What counts as expertise is shaped by institutions, histories, identities, and power.
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Knowledge & Power: Issues In Women'S Leadership
WOMEN'S, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES
- credits
- 3
- Core
- CCD, CCO, SOEHS
- Typical seasons
- Fall, Spring
- Fall 2026 sections
- 20
- Open snapshot
- 9 open in snapshot
Course guide
AI-generated overview
Course fingerprint 10 AI-generated signals
Difficulty
3/5Why
The course asks students to reason about gender, knowledge, power, agency, and leadership across fields, but it is an undergraduate elective without a stated advanced prerequisite.
Workload
3/5Why
The interdisciplinary and theory-oriented topic suggests steady reading and discussion; the catalog does not specify a lab or project contract.
Pacing
3/5Why
The course must connect knowledge production, power, and leadership while moving across potentially varied fields and cases.
Projects
1/5Why
The official description is analytical and does not identify a laboratory, field placement, or build-style project.
Exams
3/5Why
Conceptual frameworks and case analysis can support essays or exams, but Rutgers publishes no common assessment breakdown.
Math
1/5Why
The course concerns gender, knowledge, power, and leadership rather than quantitative reasoning.
Memorization
3/5Why
Students need feminist and leadership vocabulary, but the course's central task is applying concepts to knowledge and power.
Abstraction
4/5Why
Knowledge, authority, agency, and power are abstract concepts that must be related to concrete leadership contexts.
Prerequisites
1/5Why
Rutgers lists the course as an introductory option in the WGSS curriculum and does not state a prerequisite in the cited catalog entry.
Reading
4/5Why
Analyzing gendered knowledge and leadership across fields is likely reading-driven, although no common list is published.
Topic breakdown
A practical chapter-by-chapter view from foundations to applications.
4 modules
Module 1
Who produces knowledge
The course begins by questioning how gender shapes the production, authorization, and circulation of knowledge.
knowledgeepistemologyauthoritygender
Basic concept overview
Leadership is not only individual
Agency can be personal, relational, and collective, supported or constrained by social structures.
Access shapes authority
Who is heard and who is excluded affects both knowledge production and leadership opportunity.
Analysis can support action
Understanding power is useful when it clarifies strategies for institutional and social change.
Things to watch for
Reducing leadership to personal confidence
Include institutional access, credibility, networks, and collective support.
Treating knowledge as neutral output
Ask who defines the question, method, evidence, and audience.
Using gender as a single explanation
Consider how gender intersects with race, class, sexuality, and institutional position.
Fall 2026 sections
9 open · C/D, Livingston, Busch
| Section | Status | Instructor | Meeting | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0114154 | Closed | GEORGES | Tuesday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at KLG 008; Friday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at KLG 008KLG 008 | C/D |
| 0214155 | Open | CAULK, KEYWUAN | Monday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at KLG 008; Thursday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at KLG 008KLG 008 | C/D |
| 0314156 | Closed | ELAMIN, MADINAH | Monday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at KLG 008; Wednesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at KLG 008KLG 008 | C/D |
| 0414157 | Closed | BYRNE, MARY | Monday 5:40 PM-7:00 PM at TIL 127; Wednesday 5:40 PM-7:00 PM at TIL 127TIL 127 | Livingston |
| 0514158 | Closed | GEORGES | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at KLG 008; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at KLG 008KLG 008 | C/D |
| 0614159 | Closed | ANDRADE, KELLY | Tuesday 2:00 PM-3:20 PM at KLG 002; Thursday 2:00 PM-3:20 PM at KLG 002KLG 002 | C/D |
| 0714160 | Closed | GEORGES | Tuesday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at KLG 008; Friday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at KLG 008KLG 008 | C/D |
| 0814161 | Open | BUTTON | Monday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at KLG 008; Thursday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at KLG 008KLG 008 | C/D |
| 0914162 | Closed | MOORE | Monday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at KLG 002; Wednesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at KLG 002KLG 002 | C/D |
| 1014163 | Closed | RITCH, WENDY | Tuesday 5:40 PM-7:00 PM at KLG 002; Thursday 5:40 PM-7:00 PM at KLG 002KLG 002 | C/D |
| 1114164 | Closed | SARKO, ANDREA | Monday 5:40 PM-7:00 PM at KLG 002; Wednesday 5:40 PM-7:00 PM at KLG 002KLG 002 | C/D |
| 1214165 | Open | GEORGES | Tuesday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at KLG 008; Friday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at KLG 008KLG 008 | C/D |
| 1314166 | Open | RITCH, WENDY | Monday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at KLG 008; Wednesday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at KLG 008KLG 008 | C/D |
| 1414167 | Closed | FORSTER, ANNA | Monday 5:40 PM-7:00 PM at ARC 108; Wednesday 5:40 PM-7:00 PM at ARC 108ARC 108 | Busch |
| 1514168 | Open | HERNANDEZ | Tuesday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at KLG 008; Thursday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at KLG 008KLG 008 | C/D |
| 1614169 | Closed | REQUA, MARNY | Tuesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at KLG 008; Thursday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at KLG 008KLG 008 | C/D |
cachedSource: Checked-in Rutgers Schedule of Classes snapshotsUpdated when term datasets are refreshedMay be stale
SIRS teaching signals
Historical student surveys
Teaching
4.54
Course quality
4.36
Response rate
60.3%
Coverage
228 offerings · 2014–2025
| Instructor | Offerings | Teaching | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georges, Colleen | 14 | 4.86 | 4.78 |
| Moore, Jacqueline | 12 | 4.38 | 4.23 |
| Danehy, Leslie | 9 | 4.49 | 4.52 |
| Litt, Jacquelyn | 8 | 4.40 | 4.66 |
| Grabbe, Cody | 7 | 4.77 | 4.50 |
| Georges Colleen | 6 | 4.95 | 4.75 |
Course stats
Catalog and planning context
Credits
3
Current campuses
C/D, Livingston, Busch
Current availability
9 open of 20
Catalog terms
Fall, Spring
Core codes
CCD, CCO, SOEHS
Loaded terms
4
Prerequisites
No prerequisite note appears in the checked-in Rutgers catalog snapshots.
Degree requirement lists
No direct degree-list membership appears in the checked-in requirement index.
