Educational Background:
M.St. Women's Studies, Oxford University, Oxford, England
M.A. United States History, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
B.S. Sociology with a minor in Gender Studies, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
Sarah Mawhirter is the Director of Women's Programs at MPC, which consists of the Re-Entry and Multicultural Center and the Women's Studies Department.
The Re-Entry and Multicultural Center is located on the second floor of the Social Sciences building and is a student service lounge. The Center provides a textbook loan program, an emergency food pantry, free mental health counseling and a financial support program for female students in crisis. In addition, the Center always has free coffee and moral support!
Women's Studies offers a variety of cross-listed, transferable courses such as: Women in United States Politics, The Psychology of Women, Women in United States History, Images: Women in the Arts, Introduction to Women's Studies and Feminist Theory. Sarah teaches "Women in United States History", "Women in United States Politics" and "Feminist Theory" and her scholarly interests include social justice movements, feminism, systems of oppression and privilege and social theory.
When Sarah is not at MPC, she enjoys spending time with her partner and their daughter, running, reading, and traveling.
Sarah is teaching two courses in "Women in United States History" over the Summer of 2009.
Both of these courses are online, begin on 6/15 and end 7/20, and can be taken for either transferable Women's Studies or transferable History Credit, both satisfying area D for AA Degree General Ed Requirements, area D for California State University General Ed Requirements and/or area 4 for the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum.
There is an optional face to face orientation for both of these courses on Wednesday, June 17th in room LTC203/204, which is located in the library. The Summer 2009 Schedule of Classes notes the orientation is on a different date, however, this date has been changed to the before-mentioned 6/17/2009. Sarah will not have face to face office hours available, but will be available to students online.
In the Fall of 2009, Sarah will teach "Women in United States History" and "Women in United States Politics".
Women in United States Politics will be taught in CDC201 (Child Development Center Classroom), Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 11-12:30.
Women in United States History will be taught in SS101, Mondays and Wednesdays, from 11-12:30.
In the Fall of 2009, Sarah's office hours will be from 10-11, Monday through Thursdays and Monday and Tuesday afternoons from 12:30-1:30 or by appointment. Her office is upstairs in the Social Science building, in room SS204B and her email address is smawhirter@mpc.edu.