Jessica Kilbourn

Part Time Lecturer

714M Pray Harrold

734.487.1177

jkilbourn@emich.edu

Education

MA, Liberal Studies in Women's Studies concentration in Leadership and Counseling Eastern Michigan University, 1997
BS, Sociology/Social Work with a double minor in Family Life and Human Sexuality and Women's Studies Central Michigan University, 1995
Ann Arbor Institute of Massage Therapy, 1998

Interests and Expertise

• Women's Spirituality
• Women's Health
• Gender performance and moving beyond the binary
• Teaching about the fluidity of sex and gender
• Sexual assault/rape and gendered violence

Publications and Presentations

Various campus and community presentations on aspects of sex/sexuality, gender violence and domestic or intimate partner violence, women's spirituality and the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program

Courses taught:

• WGST 200 Introduction to Women's Studies
• WGST 202 Introduction to Gender and Sexuality
• WGST 202 Inside Out Prison Exchange Program Introduction to Gender and Sexuality (taught at Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility)