Communication 397GC - ST-Gender & Interpersonal Comm

What is gender and how does it affect the way we communicate with each other? This course provides an overview of the ways gendered identities, expressions, discourses, norms and roles affect our information interactions on an individual basis and in groups, online and off. Students will explore topics ranging from communication in family relationships to classroom and workplace communication dynamics to online self representation, applying an intersectional lens to the role of gendered power dynamics in shaping interpersonal communication.

Open to Senior and Junior Communication majors only. All other majors by permission of the instructor, dgreyson@umass.edu.