Women's Studies at CCBC

The Women's Studies Program at CCBC focuses on the study of women, and provides a means for women to locate themselves in the social, political and economic process and institutions in this country. The subject allows students-both male and female--to explore public and personal relationships between men and women in our multicultural society and global economy. The Introduction to Women's Studies (WMST101) satisfies CCBC's general education diversity requirement. The program at CCBC is primarily centered at the Essex campus. In addition to the introductory course, students will find classes in literature, history, health, physical education, economics and psychology. Faculty who teach the introductory course come from a variety of disciplines.

The CCBC women’s studies faculty have actively kept current with developments in the field. They have written and received a grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities to update their knowledge of contemporary feminist scholarship. Descriptions of the seminars, syllabi, and seminar materials are available on this site.

Another focus of the women's studies program has been to increase the number of women in instructional technology. This initiative, the result of a meeting between the coordinator of the women's studies program and interested members of the Department of Mathematics, has recently been funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. More information about the grant, "Increasing the Number of Women in Computer Fields:  A Community College Approach Involving Curriculum Restructuring and Mathematical Support,” is available at the following link.

The Women's Studies program also helps to develop and maintain The Family Friendly Computer Lab. Funded by the RW Deutsch Foundation, the lab seeks to provide an atmosphere where women will feel more comfortable in working with computers.

To find out more about CCBC’s Women’s Studies Program, contact, Linda Zeidman:
Lzeidman@ccbcmd.edu ; 443-840-1392 (office); 410-780-6178 (fax)