Jacquelyn Zita

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Publications
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• B.A: Biology and Chemistry (Phi Beta Kappa), Washington University, 1969 - none
• Ph.D.: Philosophy, Washington University, 1982 - none

Specialties

• Women's Biology, Environmental Justice, and Feminist Envrionmental Studies
• Sexuality, Corporeal Philosophy, and LGBT Studies
• Feminist Theory and Philosophy

Publications

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Publications

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• Chair, Department of Women's Studies 1995 - 2001
• Co-Chair of the NWSA Program Administration and Development Committee 2000 - 2003
• President of the National Women's Studies Association 2004 - 2005

Outreach

• Women's Environmental Instiute Director of Education and Operations (www.w-e-i.org): Assist in the creation and development of the Women's Environmental Instiute a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to environmental justice, agricultural sustainability, education and policy development. 2002 --- ongoing - none

Research

• Material Girl in a Chemical World: Reflections on Postmodernity, Environmental Crisis and the Female Body: Work-in-progress for sabbatical year 2006-2007. Reflections on female biologies in the post-World War II chemical/nuclear world and the ensuing envi. 2005 - 2007
• Caustic Spring: Mapping Pesticide-Related Pathologies in Minnesota: Current work-in-progress will anthologize the research of Dr. Vincent Garry and provide the lay reader with an introducition to scientific method and toxicology.. 2005 - 2007
• Eco(A)ware Home Project: From the Home to the Summit, Women's Environmental Institute Principle Investigator: Research on scientific research on the unregulated environmental crisis in the American home. Includes kitchen table activism and a Summit Conference in 2008.. 2005 - 2008

Awards

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Awards

• College of Liberal Arts Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 1991 - none
• Morse Amoco/Alumni Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 1997 - none
• Academy of Distinguished Teachers, 1997 - none
• University of Minnesota Community Service Award, 2006 - none
• University of Minnesota Mortar Board Honor Society Award for Outstanding Faculty, 2001 - none

Courses

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Courses

• WoSt 3290 - Eco-Feminism and Environmetnal Justice
• Wost 8108 - Feminist Theory and Method
• WoSt 3202 - Biology of Women
• WoSt 8190 Topics: Queer Theory; Theorizing the Body; Reading Donna Haraway; Reading Judith Butler