PSYCH 4560

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PSYCH 4560
Black Girlhood Studies: Rememory, Representation, and Re-Imagination

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

How has history shaped our notion of Black girlhood? What is our collective understanding of Black girlhood? How do we see and understand Black girls? Black Girlhood Studies is a multidisciplinary field that draws on education, literature, psychological, and sociological perspectives as tools to see and honor Black girls' lived experiences. In this seminar course, we will use a mixture of lectures and facilitated discussions to provide an overview of Black girlhood as it relates to historical and current-day social, political, and cultural constructions of Black girlhood within and beyond the United States. We will also interrogate how Black girls deconstruct and interrupt these social constructions by engaging in scholarly works, popular press articles, poetry, music, film, and novels. Throughout the course, we will make space to imagine a world where Black girls' ways of knowing, being, and experiencing the world are honored.


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, D-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS, SCD-AS), (CA-HE, D-HE)

Last 1 Terms Offered 2025SP

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  • 14117 PSYCH 4560   SEM 101

    • M Warren Hall 113
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Ailsworth, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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