Sharon A. Jacobson

Bio

Dr. Jacobson has served as an adjunct in Women and Gender studies since September 1997. Her work has challenged the a priori assumption that leisure is inherently a context for postitive messages about one’s self. Over time, her areas of interest have shifted significantly. Currently, her reading and writing is focused on three areas:

1. Mind, body, and spirit connection
2. Post structural feminist pedagogies
3. Ecofeminism

Education

• M.Div. Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, New York, 2005
• Ed. D., Leisure Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 1996
• Certificate, Gerontology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1996
• M.A., Therapeutic Recreation, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, 1991
• B.A., Theatre/Business Administration, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, 1985

Courses Taught

On a regular basis:

• Gender, Race, and Class
• Sex and Culture

In the past, has also taught:

• Into to Women’s Studies
• Feminist Research Methods
• Feminist Theory

Currently, Dr. Jacobson is working on proposals for three new courses:

• Intro to Men’s Studies
• Masculinity, Femininity, Religion, and Spirituality
• Ecofeminism and Organized Culture

Research Interests

• Post-Structural feminist approaches to teachings
• Relationship between leisure and membership in disempowered populations
• Working as a spiritual companion
• Freelance writing on the mind, body, spirit connection