| Kasi Jackson, Ph.D. |
Dr. Kasi Jackson received her B.A. with honors in biology and studio art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994. She received a graduate certificate in women's studies from the University of Kentucky in 2000 and a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Kentucky in 2003. Her dissertation was entitled "Science and categories: Representations of mating behavior convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatum)." For the past two years, she has held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Houston's Women's Studies Program. Dr. Jackson joined the WVU Center for Women's Studies faculty in August of 2005, and teaches WMST 150: Women in Movies, WMST 170: Introduction to Women's Studies, WMST 330: Feminist Theory, WMST 630: Feminist Theories, WMST 494: Capstone Seminar, and WMST 794: Seminar.
Dr. Jackson also developed a new course, WMST 293O Special Topics: Gender and Science, for the spring 2007 semester. She says "This course will explore the relationship between gender and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). We will take an historical approach, focusing on the following areas: 1) women’s participation in STEM; and 2) factors that have excluded women, and other underrepresented groups, from STEM careers. In addition, we will study how these historical trends affect the representation of women scientists and science in popular culture (e.g. nature documentaries, short stories, novels, films, TV shows, etc.). Finally, we will consider feminist science studies. This field explores the effect of gender-based assumptions on scientific research in areas such as sex differences, animal behavior, primatology, evolutionary psychology, chaos theory, weapons research, cell biology, genetics and women’s health, engineering, computer science and technology, among others. " If you are interested in registering for this class, check the women's studies course listings for current semester information.