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January 10, 2009

OLGA MAGDALENA LAZIN

UCLA VISITING SCHOLAR, 2006-2010UCLA POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW, 2001-2006

PROFMEX DIRECTOR OF WORLDWIDE STUDIES

Status: Married

PROFMEX (Worldwide Consortium for Research) Tel. (310) 208 2244www.profmex.com

440 Veteran Ave, Suite 207Los Angeles, CA 90024E-mail: [email protected] & [email protected]: (310) 488 0061

Citizenship: USA

Education

2009 - Visiting Professor at UCLA2001 Ph.D. in History, UCLA1996 M.A. in History, UCLA1990 B.A. in Philology, Everest College


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Professional Service:

PROFMEX (Worldwide Consortium for Research) Director, Grand Los Angeles Area

1998 -- Director, Worldwide Research and Teaching at UCLA, Programon Mexico

2004 Program Coordinator, PROFMEX Initiative to Develop Teaching and` Research on North America at the University of Baja California, Tijuana

1997-- Managing Editor, PROFMEX Web Journal, Mexico and the World

1994-- PROFMEX Director, NAFTA-European Studies

1991-1992 PROFMEX Director, European Integration Studies

1989-- Programs Director for Modern Latin American Studies

UCLA Program on Mexico

1995-1999 Director of Globalization Studies


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Articles

2009 Femicide in Ciudad Ju rez (http://www.olgalazin.net/articles)

2006 Sole Author:Revising Wilkies Concept of Greater Mexican Los Angeles

(Bounded by Oxnard-Ventura, Riverside, and Tijuana-Ensenada).Mexico and the World, 10:5 (Fall 2006) forthcoming

2004a Sole Author:"La carrera mundial hacia los bloques de libre comercio,pp. 34-57 enGlobalizaci n y Cambio Tecnol gico: Mxico en el Nuevo Ciclo IndustrialMundial, Eds. Alejandro Dabat, Miguel ng el Rivera Ros y James W.Wilkie (M xico, D.F., Guadalajara, Los ngeles: Universidad de Guadalajara,

Universidad Nacional Aut n oma de M xico, UCLA Program on Mexico,PROFMEX / Juan Pablos Editor, 2004). [See also 2003.]

2003 Sole Author:"L a carreramundial hacia los bloques de li bre comercio, enPublicationesde UNAM, Nmero 24, pp. 8-20. [See also 2004a]

2001b Sole Author:

Rise Of The U.S. Decentrali zed Model For Philanthropy: George SorosOpen Society and National Foundations In Eastern Europe,Mexico and the World 6:1 (Winter 2001),http://www.isop.ucla.edu/profmex/volume6/1winter01/01lazin1.htm

2001a Sole Author:History and Components of Globali zation,Statistical Abstract of LatinAmerica37 (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center Publications),

pp. xxiv-xxvii.


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2000 Sole AuthorBook Review: Joseph Love; Crafting the Third World: TheorizingUnder-developmentin Romania and Brazil.(Stanford UniversityPress, 1996), in Mexico and the World 5:2, web reprint in Mexico and theWorld.[See also 1999.]

1999c Sole Author:Book Review: Joseph Love; Crafting the Third World: TheorizingUnder-developmentin Romania and Brazil.(Stanford UniversityPress, 1996), also in UCLA Historical Journal Vol. 19, pp. 89 to 93.[See also 2000.]

1999b Sole Author:

Mexico and Romania Compared,in Mexico and the World,edited by James W. Wilkie (M xico, D.F.: PROFMEX-ANUIES),

pp. 206-233. Also in Web Journal Mexico and the World 6:1

1999a Joint Author:"Globalizacin Fast-Track y el Surgimiento de reas de Libre

Comercio (ALC) y Corporaciones Transglobales (CTG) Virtuales", pp. 307-35en M xico Frente a la Modernizaci nde China, ed. Oscar M. Gonzlez Cuevas(M xico, D.F.: Universidad Autnoma Metropolitana-Unidad Azcapotzalco). Cauthored with James W. Wilkie.

1996b Sole Author:Bloques Emergentes de Comercio Internacional:Comparacin Entre el rea de Libre Comercio de Am r ica del

Norte y la Unin Europea,Carta Econ mica Regional,Universidad de Guadalajara, No. 48, May-June, pp. 29-36.


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1996a Joint Author:Mexico as a Linchpin for Free Trade in the Americas,Mexico & the World, Vol. 31, Part 2 (Fall 1996).Co-author James W. Wilkie. [See also 1994 and 1995a.]

1995b Sole Author:NAFTA and The European Union Compared,Statistical Abstract of Latin

America, Vol. 31, Part 2, pp. 1205-1230;Reprinted in Web Journal Mexico & the World 2.2 (1997).

1995a Joint Author:

M

xico Como Punta de Lanza para el Libre Comercio en las Am r

icas,pp. 4112 enAjustes y Desajustes Regionales, eds. Jess Arroyo Alejandre y David ELorey (Guadalajara y Los Angeles: University of Guadalajara, UCLA Programon Mexico). Co-author James W. Wilkie. [See also 1994 and 1996a.]

1994 Joint Author:Mexico as a Linchpin for Free Trade in the Americas,pp. 1173-1203. inStatistical Abstract of Latin America, Vol. 31:2,Co-author James W. Wilkie. [See also 1995a and 1996a.]

1985b Sole Author:Originality and Stereotypes,Nord, Baia Mare University, Romania, Jan, p. 3.

1985a Sole Author:Confessions,in Romanian, Nord, Baia Mare University,

Department of Philology & Literature, Romania, January 1, pp. 4 to 19.


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Teaching Experience: Lecturer of History

2009 UCLA, History Department, History 161, Mexican History Since Porfirio Diaz.

2008, University of Tijuana: Mexico Frente a la Globalizacin, History Department.UAT.

2007 Cal State University, Dominguez Hills,The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective.Hist. 301.1, Spring

2006 Cal State University, Dominguez Hills,The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective.Hist. 301.1, Spring and Fall 2006

2005 Cal State University, Dominguez HillsThe Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective.Hist. 301.4, Winter Semester

2005 West Los Angeles CollegeMexican-American History in the History of the United States Since 1863History 44, Summer Session

2005 Calif. State University Dominguez HillsThe Individual, Family, and Community in Historical PerspectiveHistory 301.4, Spring Semester, and Fall Semester, Hist 301.4.


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2005 Cal State University, Long BeachWomen in Global PerspectiveWomen Studies, Winter Semester

2004 Calif. State University Dominguez HillsThe Individual, Family, and Community in Historical PerspectiveHistory 301.4, Fall Semester

2004 UCLA,Mexican Film Since 2000History 170C, Summer SessionCo-taught with James Wilkie

2004 UCLAElitelore and Cinemalore in the 20th Century"Hollywood's Mexico,History 169, Winter Quarter

2004 El Camino College,History of MexicoHistory 19, Spring Semester

2004 Cerritos College,History of the United States and Its Constitution,History 101 (Two Sections), Spring Semester

2003 Cerritos College,History of the United States and Its Constitution,History 101 (Two Sections), Fall Semester


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2003 UCLA,The Mexican Films of Luis Bu u el,History XLC 170A, Summer Session

2003 UCLA Extension

Issues in Latin American History: Globalization Since 1492,History XL 170C, Summer Quarter

2003 UCLA ExtensionMexican Film HistoryHistory 170C, Spring QuarterMy Invited Guest: Alejandro Pelayo, Cultural Attach of Mexico

2002 California State University, Dom nguez HillsThe Individual, Family and Community in Historical Perspective:History 301.1, Fall Semester

Spring SemesterSummer Session

2002 California State University, Dom ngu ez HillsHistory of the World,History 121, Summer Session

2002 Santa Monica College.The Mexican Revolution Since 1910History 19, Spring Semester.

2002 California State University, Dom ngu ez HillsWomen and GlobalizationWomens Studies 401-I, Spring Semester


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2002 California State University, Long BeachWorld History Since 1500,History 212, Spring Semester

2001 Santa Monica CollegeThe Mexican Revolution Since 1910Fall Semester

2001California State University, Dom ng uez HillsWomen in World History,History 380, Fall Semester

2000 Santa Monica CollegeHistory of MexicoSummer Quarter

2000 Santa Monica College,History of Latin AmericaSummer Quarter

1999 Cerritos CollegeHistory of the Americas,History 8.1, Winter Quarter

1999 UCLAMany Images of MexicoHistory 171, Spring Quarter

Co-taught with James W. Wilkie


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UCLA Course Teaching Assistant: Department of History

2009 Women in Maquiladoras; Equity Pay

1999 Colonial Mexico (8A)1999 Classic Travel Accounts of Latin America (History 170C)1997-1998 Historical Statistics of Latin America (Graduate: 268A-B)1995 Elitelore and Folklore (History 169)1994 Leaders in World Development (169)1993-1994 Latin American Film and Society (170A)


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Course Readers Edited

2009 Elitelore and Folklore in Latin America: History 161

2004 Viva Zapata The Film and the Debate,Winter 2004

2003 Mexicos Film History,UCLA

2002 Multiculturalism and Los Angeles,Cal State Dom ngu ez Hills.

2002 Women in International Advocacy Movements: GlobalizingWomen in HistoryCalifornia State University, Dom ngu ez Hills

1999 Frontiers in Eli telore,UCLA

1993 Issues in Eli telore and Folklore,UCLA1994


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Research Travel Awards from UCLA International

2009 The Feminist Majority Foundation: Speaker on the Fragile Promise ofChoice in the U.S. and Mexico City. July 14-15.

1999-2001 Reconstructing the Legal Framework For Civil Society inRomania: The Mexican Model."

1997-1998 Women and Civil Society in Mexico

1996 Latin America and Eastern Europe Compared


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Conferences, Seminars, Lectures, and Professional Activities

2007- Universidad Michoacana, Panelist greater Los Angeles and The Digital Coastsof California, September 27, Morelia, Mexico.

2006 UCLA-State of Quintana Roo-Instituto de Administracin Pblica, Conference onInnovative Practices of State Governments in Mexico, Canc n, December 21-23.Paper: Improving the Historical Amparo System

2006 University of Baja California, Tijuana, two-day seminar, Aug 25-25,The European Union as Broadly-Based Historical Model Compared tothe Narrowly-Based U.S. Free Trade Agreements.(The EU provides for migration as well as worker and student mobility

provisions absent in NAFTA, a mere trade agreement)

2005 National University of Mexico, Mexico City, December 13Invited Lecture: Historical Theory and Oral History Methods.

2004 University of Guadalajara, three-day seminar, April 26-27,The Long Collapse of Europes Communist Dictatorships--First-Hand View and Continuing Research in Eastern Europe.


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2001c Conference on Urban Poverty Worldwide,Toluca, State of Mexico,November 6-9, Paper: Marginalization of Women in the Labor Force: Mexican

Women Laborers in Maquiladoras2001a PROFMEX Conference on Immigration Policy, UCLA, Los Angeles.

Social Security Totalization Project Advancements,Jan. 15th.

2000c PROFMEX-UCLA Conference on Mexico and Public Policy,Paper: The Mexico NGO Sector and the Role of Women.Morelia,Michoacn, Mexico, Sept. 1423.

TV Interview: Noticiero Canal 13, Televisa National ProgramMexico/USA coverage September 19-25

2000b Conference Organizer Technological Knowledge and WomensRole in the Global Advocacy Networking,UCLA, June 4

2000a PROFMEX-UCLA Conference Organizing Committee,Mexico and Public Policy, Morelia, State of Michoacn,

1999d UCLA Colloquium in European History and Culture,Paper: "Globalization of Civil Society:"The Open Society Fund in East-Central EuropeInternational Philanthropy"October 16


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1999c PROFMEX-Guanajuato Conference on Innovative Ideas for Mexicos

Development, Paper The Role of Transnational NGOs in Developing CivilSociety in Mexico,Guanajuato City, April 14-19.

1999b U.S. Small Business Association Seminar at UCLA:Chair, Globalization and Romania's Transylvanian Region,July 7.

1999a American-Romanian AcademyPaper: International Advocacy Networks From Local to Global,University ofOradea, Romania, March 15-20.

1988b Roundtable Organizer: Globalization and Romanias Translyvanian Region(Planning

without Reliable Data), UCLA, July 7. (Co=Organizer with James Wilkie.)

1998a Conference Organizer: The Latina Woman in Film,UCLA, May 1998.

1997d PROFMEX-ANUIES ConferencePaper: Mexico and the World, Morelia, State of Michoacn,

December 8-15www.profmex.com //mexworld/issue6/art1


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1997c Romanian Civic Academy Conference on Rebuilding Civil Society,

Paper: The Deliberate Distraction of Romanias Civil Society after 1947by the Ceausescu Dictatorship," Sighet, Maramures, Romania, June 22

1997b Romanian Academy Conference,Paper: Civic Society and the Transfer of the Mexican-U.S. Modelto Romania,Cluj Napoca, Romania, June 15,

1997a PROFMEX-ANUIES Conference Organizing Committee,

Mexico and the World, Morelia, State of Michoacn,December 8-15

1996b UCLA Colloquium in European History and Culture,Paper: "Civil Society and the Mexican Adaptationof the U.S. Philanthropic Model," October 16,

1996a UCLA Colloquium on Romania,Paper: The Emerging Romanian Informational Infrastructure,June 17

1994c Mexicos Federal Electoral Institute, Invitee as InternationalObserver of the Mexican Presidential Election, Mexico City,August 19-22.


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1995b PROFMEX Policy Seminar for Managing the Greater El Paso-

Ciudad Ju rez Metropolitan Area,Paper: Simplifying U.S.-Mexican Visas,El Paso, March 14-15.

1995a The American-Romanian Academy of Science Annual Meeting,Moderator: Session on Culture"Paper: Orwell's 1984and Life Under Big BrothersStalin & Ceausescu,University of Reno, January 12-17

1994 University of Guadalajara,Lecture: From European Community to European UnionOctober 13

1994 Chief of Mission, Establishment of PROFMEX Office, Budapest, September

1993-- Organizer, NPPOs GLOBAL-Program for Legally Facilitating the Flowof U.S. - Based Tax Exempt Funds to Not-For-Private-ProfitOrganizations Worldwide. Conferences held in:

Belgium, Hungary, Romania, 1998Hungary, Romania, Switzerland, 1994France, Russia, Spain, 1993


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1994b PROFMEX Conference on Experiences of De-statificationPaper: NAFTA and EU Compared,Mexico City, August 23, 1994

1994a Romanian Internet Learning Workshop.Paper: Ironies and Complexities of Redefining Civil Society In East-CentralEurope.Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, April 29

1993b Mexico City University (UAM-A),Lecture: Accelerating the Education of Young Women in Mexico:A Development Imperative,September 18

1993a Chief of Mission, Establishment of PROFMEX Office at the Instituteof Latin American Studies, Russian Academy of Science, MoscowJune 15-26.

1992 Director NAFTA - European Integration Studies, based inFrance and Mexico, February 20-December 15.

1992 Chief of Mission, Establishment of PROFMEX Office, Paris and Bordeaux,Moscow (Russia) in April.

1991 PROFMEX Organizer, Mission to Analyze De-statification inEastern Europe,September 15 October 12.


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Memberships:

AAUP 2005

American Historical Association 1998--

FEMU Mexican Federation of University Women, 2003--

The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA), 2002 --

California Faculty Association, Latino Caucus, 2001CSUDH Lecturers Representative, 2004--

UCLA Alumni Association, Life Member, 2001--

Holmby Park Advisory Board, Beverly Hills, 2001--

Northern California Translators Association (NCTA), 2000--

Feminist Majority Foundation (Founder, Feminist Alliance, UCLA Chapter), 2000--

Conference on Latin American History (CLAH), 1998 PROFMEXConsortium for Research on Mexico

Board of Directors, 1997


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Languages Spoken and Written: Freelance translations from:

English speak, read, writeRomanian speak, read, writeSpanish speak, read, write

French speak, read, writeLatin read, writeItalian speak, read, writeHungarian speak, read, write

Research Travel by World Region and Country_______

Europe Americas

Austria: 1991 Canada: 1992, 1995Belgium: 1995 Costa Rica: 1999Bulgaria: 1992 Guatemala: 1999Czech Republic: 2006 Mexico: 1992--France: 1991-1992

USA: October 1992--Hungary: 1991, 1992, 1995, 2003--

Romania: 1992--Russia: June 1993Spain: March 1992Switzerland: June-July 1994Turkey: July 2000UK (England): 2001, 2006

(Scotland): 2006


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References

James W. Wilkie, UCLA Professor of History and GlobalizationChair, UCLA Program on Mexico, 6299 Bunche Hall, L.A. 90095President, PROFMEX

1242 Lachman Lane, Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272Tel. cell (310) 454-8812, office 206-8500,E-mail: [email protected]

Ivn T. Berend, UCLA Professor of East Central European HistoryDirector, UCLA Center for Eastern Europe and Russian StudiesUCLA, 6343 Bunche Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095Tel. (310) 825 1178E-mail: iberend @history.ucla.edu

Jess Arroyo Alejandre, Professor of Economics and RectorUniversity of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoTel: (011-52-33) 36-33-54-45E-mail: [email protected]


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W/ST Women in Global Perspective


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W/ST Women in Global PerspectiveCollege of Liberal Arts: WomensStudies Program

General Information

A. Course Number: W/ST 401IB. Title: Women in Global PerspectiveC. Units: 3

D. Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation, one or more Explorations courses, andupper division standing.E. Course Classification: a-1F. Responsible Faculty: Dr. Olga LazinG. Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, 2010H. Prepared by: Olga M. LazinI. Date of Submission/revision: December 27, 2009

Standard Course Outline For WomensWomen in Global Perspective

Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation, one or more Explorations courses, andupper division standing. Comparison of how different social and cultural systems haveaffected gender ideologies and gender practices and how womenssocial, cultural,economic, and political roles have c hanged over time. The emphasis is on pre-industrial and contemporary Third Worldsocieties where the majority of the worldfemale population lives. Draws on recent anthropological, sociological, historical,political science and womensstudies research to understand factors related to genderinequality and womensempowerment.

Withdrawal Policy: Except in cases of accident, illness, or other documentedcompelling reason, course withdrawals during the last three weeks of the semester arenot permitted.

Exam/Assignment Makeups: Students should not miss classes except for valid reasons,such as illness, accidents or participation in officially approved University activities.When students are absent from classes, it is their responsibility to inform instructors and

document the reason for the absence and arrange to make up m issed assignmentsand class work insofar as this is possible.


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2. Course Objectives and Outcomes

This course deals with anthropological, sociological, historical, political and womensstudies explanations of gender ideologies and practices, particularly in pre-industrialand non-Westernsocieties.

My participation integrally, GLOBAL CONTENT

This coursequalifies forG lobal Issues designation because it consider(s) theworld as a w hole as its field of inquiry.Itplaces the topic of gender sim ilarities anddifferences in a global context. It challenges studentsto understand gender dynam ics icontexts outside the United States and W estern Europe and to see the interconnectionam ong societies (in exam ining the im pact of Post-Cold W ar Era em erging countries,colonialism and neocolonialism , for exam ple) in shaping gender ideologies andpractices around theworld.


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MULTIDISCIPLINARY METHODOLOGIES

As a capstone course, W /ST 401I is organized to encourage students tosynthesize the knowledge gained from the application of m ethods and m odes oanalysis characteristic of social science disciplines, in particular anthropology, historysociology, political science and wom ens studies. It uses the anthropological m ethod tounderstand the evolution of different m odes of production and their relationship togender status and relations; the historical m ethod to understand the origins anddevelopm ent of societies, institutions, and cultural practices related to gender and howthe past shapes currentand future roles of wom en; the sociological m ethod tunderstand the role of social and econom ic inequality,racial/ethnic and religiousdifferences, and dem ographic and other factors in shaping gender relations; the politicam ethod to understand how the nation-state and otherinstitutions of power shapegender roles and opportunities to transform them ; and the lens of contem porarwom ensstudies scholarship to place questions of wom ens subordination vs.wom ensem powerm ent at the center of the analysis.

Studentsuse eachof these perspectives to understand and think, speak,and

write criticallyabout origins and developm ent of gender ideologies and practices acrosshistorical periods, societies, and cultures.


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A) Content Standards

Upon completion of W/ST 401I students will be able to:1. Students will dwell on the concepts of Islamism, Catholicism, ethnocentrism,

cultural relativism vs. universalism, androcentrism, Eurocentrism, and the socialconstruction of gender as they apply to explanations of the status of women and genderpractices and ideologies across different cultures.

2. Articulate an understanding of the relationship between societal types (modesof production) and gender ideologies and practices, particularly the status and roles ofwomen.

3. Demonstrate knowledge of the factors that cause historical changes in genderideologies, roles, and practices and, in particular, of the social, political, economic, andcultural factors that facilitate or discourage the subordination of women.

4. Describe the impact of colonialism and neocolonialism on gender ideologiesand practices.

5. Identify similarities and differences in womensroles, status, and forms ofresistance in industrialized and developingcountries as well as in capitalist, socialistand post colonial societies.

6. Identify important problems that women in different parts of the contemporary

world face and solutions offered by different authors.7. Articulate and expand on understanding of the diversity and complexity ofwomensexperiences and social condition across cultures and historical periods.


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B) Application Standards

Upon completion of W/Studies students will be able to:

1. critically analyze, in oral and written form, assumptions underlying their viewsabout the causes and consequences of womensstatus and gender ideologies andpractices cross-culturally and those of authors assigned in the course.

2. evaluate, in oral and written form, the logical development and factualcredibility of competing explanations of the origins of gender ideologies and gender

practices and the factors that cause them to change.3. explain in oral and wr itten form, the locallogic of attitudes and behaviorscharacteristic of people across cultures and historical periods, especially in non-Western regions of the world and less-developed countries.

4. critically assess the impact of industrialization, globalization, colonialism, andneocolonialism on the political, economic, social and cultural structures and processesof developed and less developed areas and countries of the world using the frameworksof anthropology, sociology, history, political science and womensstudies.

5. demonstrate skills in anthropological, historical, sociological, political science

and feminist research and information technology by gathering and assessinginformation from sources such as the following: the Internet, newspapers andmagazines, electronic media, films, academic journals, and public documents.


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3. Outline of Subject MatterWith allowances for minor changes in emphasis in accordance with the particular areaof expertise of the professor, the topics covered by all sections should include (but arenot limited to) the following:

1. Ethnocentrism, Universalism vs. Cultural Relativism.2. Androcentrism, Eurocentrism, and the Social Construction of Gender Developing

a Global Gender Perspective3. Human Rights and WomensRights4. Measuring the Status of Women Cross-Culturally5. Understanding Gender: Social Construction, Man the Hunter6. Hunting and Gathering Societies7. Horticultural and Pastoral Societies8. Agrarian Societies; Separation of Domestic and Public Spheres9. Capitalist and Socialist Societies10. Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism11. The Global Economy12. Gender and Development; Questioning Developmentand Progress

13. WomensMovements and Feminisms in the Third World (Romania and Mexico)


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4. Methods of Instruction

The mode of instruction will be predominately lecture/discussion, supplemented byoral group presentations by students that are evaluated by the class and the instructor.

5. Extent and Nature of the use of Technology

Documentaries (videos) directly related to the subject are an importantinstructional tool for th is subject matter and may be shown during the class period(originating from Russia, Romania, Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, and Cuba).

Our students will be encouraged to critically analyze the documentaries in light ofconcepts and issues studied in the course. Students will also be encouraged to useboth traditional tools of research will be used (books, magazines) and the resources ofthe Internet for their research projects and oral presentations. Students may also usecomputer software programs (eg. Power Point) and other audio-visual aids in their oralpresentations.

6. Instructional Requirements

While faculty members who teach this course are free to choose readings thatreflect their own emphases and to conduct the class according to the approach that theyfind most agreeable and successful, it is expected that instructors will cover most of thetopics outlined above and select the lionsshare of the readings from texts similar tothose indicated below and the appended bibliography (subject to updating).


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A) Required TextsThe following core texts have generally proven to be the most successful in

achieving the course objectives and the content and application standards describedabove:

OKelly and Carney, Women and Men in Society: Cross-cultural PerspectivesBasu, Amrita. The Challenge of Local FeminismsBeyond these core texts, instructors generally compile a packet of readings that includeup-to-date articles on a wide variety of topics and regions of the world and may assignother books that a llow students to gain a broad understanding of the complex diversityof gender practices and womensexperiences. (See attached syllabi.) Instructors mayalso assign a reading that contains up-to-date statistics comparing womensstatuscross-culturally (such as Joni Seagers,The State of Women in the World Atlas).

B) Assignments

Grades are based on various demonstrations of competence by the students.These assignments require that students analyze the course materials and writecritical essays in which they d emonstrate their skills. The assignments arespaced across the s emester so that the i nstructor can periodically monitorstudents progress and provide feedback, suggestions and substantivecomments about the style and content. One way to accomplish this is to requireseveral short essays in response to i ssues related to the readings that aredefined by the instructor or the students. The midterm and final exams should

require students to demonstrate their understanding of the material and developtheir critical thinking skills (through definitions of concepts, short responses toquestions, and at l east one longer essay). Structured essay assignments cansubstitute for in-class or take-home examinations as long as the skills that theyrequire are parallel to those described for the mi-term and final exams. Studentswill receive guidelines for their written research projects and be given guidelinesprior to making their oral group presentations. The oral presentations will receivewritten feedback from the class and the instructor.


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C) Advanced Skills: Writing and Critical Thinking

1) Writing

This is a writing-intensive course designed to develop studentsadvanced writing skilsInstruction in advanced writing skills centers on the short essays (reading journals)due periodically during the sem ester, the written research project and the m idterm andfinal exam s. Before writing their assigned essays,studentsare given specific criteriathrough which good writing is achieved, including (1) coherent organization, (2)sustained focus,(3) logical exposition of them es and/orissues,(4) clarity of m eaning,(5)correct spelling and gram m ar,and (6)gracefulness of expression. After studentshave writtentheir essays,the instructorprovides constructive feedback on thei

perform ance according to the criteria outlined.

The em phasis is on expositoryand analytical writing inresponse to questions from theinstructorabout the content,m ethods,and conclusions of the assigned texts.To thisend, studentsare asked to w rite essaysin both the m idterm exam and the final exam .Those essays require students to show thatthey not only have understood descriptivem aterials, but have also learned to assess, evaluate, and criticize topics related togender ideologies and practices. Instructor comm ents on the early paper willcovecontent,organization, gram m ar and style with an eye to prom pting student growth

throughout the sem ester. Students are expected to write a m inim um of 5000 words asem ester.

W riting assignm ents willem phasize the application of the disciplinary fram eworksem ployed in anthropology, history,sociology, political science, and wom ens studies tothe analysis of issues and problem s discussed in the course.


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2) Critical Thinking

Instruction in advanced critical thinking skills centers on the nature of the questions thatstudents are asked to address in both class discussions and in their writingassignments, and in the tools that they learn to use when evaluating answers. In class,

the instructor will discuss general procedures for assessing the validity and significanceof alternative views of gender ideologies and practices, including the nature ofargumentation, the ch aracter of knowledge claims, the structure and role of l ogic inargumentation, the nature of evidence and its bearing on knowledge claims, and therole of bias and how to identify it. Students will be required to apply these skills inseveral ways.

Students are encouraged to use the theoretical and analytic knowledge gained from thereadings and lectures, in particular the disciplinary approaches of anthropology, history,

sociology, political science, and womensstudies to explain global gender ideologiesand practices. Critical thinking/problem solving will also be demonstrated by students inoral presentations, and by their responses in their written papers. Students are asked toexamine, consider, and even challenge common perceptions of global gender relations.Written essays require that they take positions on the materials in the course. Lecturesand discussions are d esigned to p romote this sort of critical inquiry by exposingstudents to conflicting views/theories of gender status and relations.

D) Suggested Types of Assessment

Short essays or reading journals: 10%Oral presentation: 15%Written paper: 15%Midterm Exam: 25%Final Exam: 25%Participation 10%Total 100%


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1. Grading System

The above weighting of item s is suggestedonly and individual faculty m ay adjust thi

schem a to reflect their own priorities. However,there m ust be a final exam ination [o

final essay that serves the function of a final exam ination] and at least two othe

m easuresof evaluation. Instructors are encouraged to offerm ultiple assignm ents in

orderto prom ote learning and allow assessm ent throughout the sem ester.Universit

policy requires that the final exam m ay count for no m ore than one third of the totgrade.University policy on assignm ent of grades applies. Referto the currentCalifornia

StateUniversity, Long Beach Catalog of Undergraduate and Graduate Studiesform ore

detailed guidelines.

A = 90-100 Indicatesmasteryof the relevant course standards.

B = 80-89 Indicatesabove average proficiency of the relevantcourse standards.

C = 70-79 Indicatessatisfactory proficiency of the relevant course standards.

D = 60-69 Indicates partial proficiency ofthe relevantcourse standards.

F = 0- 59 Indicates little or no proficiency ofthe relevant course standards.


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E) Policies for Attendance, Withdrawal, Late Assignments, etc.

No cell phones or texting is allowed in class. Attendance at all classes isexpected. Individual faculty will set attendance and l ate assignment policies that mayresult in lowering of a class grade. University policy on withdrawal applies. Refer to thecurrent California State University, Long Beach Catalog of Undergraduate and GraduateStudies for more detailed guidelines.

F) Policy on reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities.

Students with disabilities who need reaso nable modifications, special assistance, oraccommodations in this course should promptly direct their request to the c ourseinstructor. If a student with a disability feels that modifications, special assistance, oraccommodations offered are inappropriate or insufficient, s/he should seek theassistance of the Director of Disabled Student Services on campus.

G) Policy on conformity with standard course outline.

Future syllabi of this course will conform to this Standard Course Outline.


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7. Selected Bibliography

A. REFERENCE WORKS.

International Development Resource Books. (IDRB) 20 vols. (1984)

#1. Industrialization and Development.#2. Urban development in the Third World.#3. Technology policy and development.#4. Energy policy and third world development.#5. Population, Environment and Resources.#6. Health, Food, and Nutrition.#7. Economic policy and Planning.#8. Development policy and Planning.#9. New international economic order.#10. Foreign aid and third world development.#11. Multinational corporations.#12. Economic integration.#13. Third world development: A basic needs approach.#14. Appropriate technology (Powerpoint presentations are necessary for teachers).#15. Development cooperation.

#16. International trade.#17. Disarmament and development.#18. Developing South Asia.#19. Developing Latin America.#20. Developing Africa.


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The World Bank: World Development Reports. (WDR) Yearly.WDR 1980. Poverty and human development.WDR 1982. Agriculture and economic development.WDR 1983. Management and development.

WDR 1984. Population change and development.WDR 1985. International capital and economic development.WDR 1986. Trade and pricing policies in world agriculture.WDR 1987. Industrialization and foreign trade.WDR 1988.Public finance in development.WDR 1989. Financial systems and development.WDR 1990. Poverty.WDR 1991. The challenge of Development.WDR 1992. Development and the Environment.

WDR 1993. Investing in Health.WDR 1994. Infrastructure for Development.WDR 1997. The State in a changing world.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report.(Yearlysince 1995)HDR 1995. The Revolution for gender equality. Decline of Women;s rights under theBush era.HDR. 1996. Growth for human development interms of fertility.

HDR. 1997. Human development to eradicate poverty.HDR. 1998. Changing todaysconsumption patterns-for tomorrowshumandevelopment.State of the World. (Yearly, since 1983 to present)World watch papers. (Since 1983)Developing world, Annual editions.Global Issues, Annual editions.


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A. GENDER IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.Online source: Feministmajority.rog

Optional Books:Peters, Julie and Andrea Wolper, WomensRights, Human Rights: InternationalFeminist Perspectives, New York: Routledge, 1995.

West, Lois A.,ed. Feminist Nationalism, New York: Routledge, 1997.

Brettell, Caroline B.. and Barolyn F. Sargent. Gender in Cross Cultural Perspective,Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall,1997.

Bystydzienski, Jill M. and Joti Sekhon, Democratization and WomensGrassrootsMovements, Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1999.

Craske, Nikki, Women and Politics in Latin American, New Brunswick: RutgersUniversity Press, 1999.

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