This interdisciplinary seminar course examines health inequities in relation to race and gender, as well as class, sexuality, disability, and nation, using an intersectional lens. Intersectionality addresses how multiple power relations and systems of oppression impact the lived experiences of multiply marginalized groups in historical and social context. During this course, we will discuss the historical and theoretical underpinnings of intersectionality and its conceptual, methodological, and practical applications to health topics. We will also examine how mutually constituted forms of social inequality – including racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, cisgenderism, xenophobia, fatphobia, and ableism – shape health inequities among diverse multiply marginalized groups in differential and compounding ways in historical, social, economic, and political context as well as how multiply marginalized communities have resisted oppression and discrimination and promoted their own health and well-being. This course will address scientific racism, biomedicalization, and population control as well as care, mutual aid, and healing. 

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 25

Prerequisites: None

Distribution Requirements: SBA - Social and Behavioral Analysis

Typical Periods Offered: Spring

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered

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