Research Laboratory - Gender and Politics

SOCIOL 90V Subject & Catalog Number

Description

Nasty Women. Warrior Ethos. Trad Wives. Fragile Masculinity. Over the past decade, U.S. political discourse has increasingly focused on questions of gender and sexuality, with implications for families, workplaces, education, sports, nationalism, voting behavior, immigration, violence, reproduction, and more. In this research lab, students learn valuable research skills while investigating the relationship between gender and politics. Students will be given access to a unique data set and guided through each phase of the qualitative research process, from identifying a research question and evaluating the existing literature, to analyzing the data and writing an academic report. By the end of the semester, students will have gained hands-on experience in project development, problem solving, qualitative data analysis, and analytic writing. Students will also learn to use a qualitative coding software, although the specific program will depend on which research project is chosen for any given semester.