Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership | Illinois

Gale Summerfield
Associate Professor, Human and Community Development, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
Director, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program

Entrepreneurial course taught by Professor Summerfield

HCD595G/GWS 480, Gender Relations in International Development

This course focuses on analysis of the gendered dimensions of globalization and socio-economic transformation policies during the last few decades. It provides students the analytical and empirical skills needed to address global human security and gender equity issues in research and policy analysis. We will examine who gains and who loses from neoliberal policies, explore the alternative human development and capability approach, assess the disparities in the impacts of crises and reforms on women, men, and children, and study the successful strategies and policies that appear. The course will address conceptual tools for evaluating development policies based on different paradigms. It satisfies the core requirement for the GRID graduate minor offered by the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives (WGGP) program and Human and Community Development in cooperation with departments and units across campus; for more information, check the WGGP webpage. Related seminars and other programs are offered by WGGP and cosponsors; students are encouraged to attend these and other related events.

About Professor Summerfield

• Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) faculty profile

Read more:

• "A minute with... Gale Summerfield", University of Illinois News Bureau (September 2009)
• "Workgroup examining gender and global equity concerns", Inside Illinois (February 2008)
• "With booming economy in China comes unexpected offshoot: beauty pageants", Inside Illniois (September 2007)
• "Despite reforms, China's housing policy still favors men", Inside Illinois (October 19