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Women's Studies

Fantasy Studies

Precepted by Dr. Julian Barr and Pilar Barrera

Current and Upcoming Modules in the Women's Studies Portal

August 2026

Signum Classics: Little Women Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Julian Barr and Pilar Barrera

Preceptors for Women's Studies

Amy H. Sturgis

Brenton Dickieson

Chris Vaccaro

Faith Acker

Gabriel Schenk

Joel D. Ruark

Julian Barr

Pilar Barrera

Robert Steed

All Modules in Women's Studies Portal

Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals
Book Club: A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro or A Study of Memory	Pilar Barrera	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Japan Women's Studies
Book Club: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell	Pilar Barrera	General Humanities Sector	Fantasy Shakespeare Women's Studies
Exploring Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book 枕草子	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies History Japan Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages Women's Studies
Haunting Tales Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
Haunting Tales: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Gothic Literature Weird Fiction Women's Studies
His Dark Materials in Context Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Faith Acker Dr. Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson: Exploring a Gothic Campus Mystery	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Dark Academia Gothic Literature Mystery Fiction Women's Studies
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson: Exploring a Gothic Campus Mystery	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities Sector	Dark Academia Gothic Literature Mystery Fiction Women's Studies
His Dark Materials in Context: The Amber Spyglass	Dr. Faith Acker Dr. Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
His Dark Materials in Context: The Amber Spyglass	Dr. Faith Acker Dr. Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
His Dark Materials in Context: The Golden Compass	Dr. Faith Acker Dr. Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
His Dark Materials in Context: The Golden Compass	Dr. Faith Acker Dr. Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
His Dark Materials in Context: The Subtle Knife	Dr. Faith Acker Dr. Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
His Dark Materials in Context: The Subtle Knife	Dr. Faith Acker Dr. Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Koke Saavedra	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World: Chile’s Extraordinary Science Fiction and Fantasy I	Dr. Koke Saavedra	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World: Chile’s Extraordinary Science Fiction and Fantasy I	Dr. Koke Saavedra	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World: Chile’s Extraordinary Science Fiction and Fantasy II	Dr. Koke Saavedra	Fantasy Studies Sector	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
Men Marrying Up: Marriage and Romance in Tolkien	Dr. Joel D. Ruark	General Humanities Sector	Cultural Studies JRR Tolkien Women's Studies
Reading L.M. Montgomery as Fantasy: Part 1: Anne of Green Gables	Dr. Brenton Dickieson	General Humanities Sector	Canada Children’s Literature Creative Writing Fairy Tales Fantasy Lucy Maud Montgomery Magic Modernism Romanticism Speculative Fiction Women's Studies Worldbuilding Young Adult Fiction
Reading L.M. Montgomery as Fantasy: Part 1: Anne of Green Gables	Dr. Brenton Dickieson	General Humanities Sector	Canada Children’s Literature Creative Writing Fairy Tales Fantasy Lucy Maud Montgomery Magic Modernism Romanticism Speculative Fiction Women's Studies Worldbuilding Young Adult Fiction
Reading L.M. Montgomery as Fantasy: Part 1: Anne of Green Gables	Dr. Brenton Dickieson	General Humanities Sector	Canada Children’s Literature Creative Writing Fairy Tales Fantasy Lucy Maud Montgomery Magic Modernism Romanticism Speculative Fiction Women's Studies Worldbuilding Young Adult Fiction
Signum Classics: Little Women	Dr. Julian Barr Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies Sector	American Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Ethics History Literacy Women's Studies
The Women of Beowulf	Dr. Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies Sector	Beginning Languages Fairy Tales JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages Women's Studies
The Women of Beowulf	Dr. Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies Sector	Beginning Languages Fairy Tales JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages Women's Studies
The Women of Beowulf	Dr. Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies Sector	Beginning Languages Fairy Tales JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages Women's Studies
Tolkien and the Romantics Non-Sequential Series	Will Sherwood	General Humanities Sector	British Literature Ecocriticism JRR Tolkien Legacy Literacy Philosophy Romanticism Women's Studies
Tolkien and the Romantics: Nature and Ecology	Will Sherwood	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy JRR Tolkien Legacy Literacy Metaphysics Philosophy Romanticism Travel Literature Women's Studies
Tolkien and the Romantics: Nature and Ecology	Will Sherwood	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy JRR Tolkien Legacy Literacy Metaphysics Philosophy Romanticism Travel Literature Women's Studies
Tolkien and the Romantics: Nature and Ecology	Will Sherwood	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy JRR Tolkien Legacy Literacy Metaphysics Philosophy Romanticism Travel Literature Women's Studies
Tolkien and the Romantics: Nature and Ecology	Will Sherwood	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy JRR Tolkien Legacy Literacy Metaphysics Philosophy Romanticism Travel Literature Women's Studies
Women in the Old Testament	Dr. Joel D. Ruark	General Humanities Sector	Ancient Middle East Bible History Religious Studies Women's Studies

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