Event Title

Students' Feminist Identification and Feminist Values at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Presenter Information

Rachel Igo, Minnesota State University - MankatoFollow
Hailey Gorman, Minnesota State University - MankatoFollow

Location

CSU 201

Start Date

20-4-2015 1:05 PM

End Date

20-4-2015 2:05 PM

Student's Major

Gender and Women's Studies

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Laura Harrison

Mentor's Email Address

laura.harrison@mnsu.edu

Mentor's Department

Gender and Women's Studies

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

The purpose of this research project is to discover if students at Minnesota State University, Mankato who do not identify as feminists hold feminist values. The researchers are aware of the negative stigma associated with feminism and think that these stereotypes draw students away from feminism. Data will be collected through anonymous surveys distributed in Minnesota State classrooms. The survey will ask questions in a Likert scale fashion regarding students’ identification and agreement or disagreement with feminist values. While constructing the survey, researchers referenced scholarly journals written about liberal feminism and knowledge they learned in Gender and Women’s Studies courses at Minnesota State. Results of the research have yet to be made because the project is still in progress. Conclusions will be made through the data by comparing the students’ self-identification of feminism to their agreement or disagreement with feminist values indicated by their responses to the survey questions.