MASTER OF ARTS
Upon your admission to the program, the
graduate studies committee will appoint a temporary faculty graduate advisor
for all new students. Please note, however, that students are free to
choose any member of the core faculty for advising. We hope students will
develop relationships with several faculty members. Due to changing faculty
workloads and research interests, some faculty members may not be available
to serve as thesis advisors, so please remain flexible.
Make an appointment to meet with your prospective advisor early during
your first semester. Advisors play a central role in the professional
life of graduate candidates. They often provide information about research
and teaching internships, scholarship information, opportunities to participate
in professional meetings, career advising, and research and writing mentorship.
Once a student identifies a thesis advisor,
it is expected, but not automatically guaranteed, that this faculty member
will serve as the “primary reader” for the student’s
“culminating experience.” The “culminating experience”
will most often be a written thesis, understood to be an original contribution
to knowledge or an original review of the research literature or a relevant
body of existing data, particularly given the program’s emphasis
on sexuality research. University and program regulations require that
the chair of the “culminating experience” must be a tenure
or tenure-track faculty member in the human sexuality studies program
(See List Below). The “second reader” or committee member
must also be a tenure or tenure-track faculty member, although the student
may choose a faculty member from other departments in consultation with
his or her advisor. Other faculty members, including lecturers and adjunct
faculty members may serve as “third readers” upon the consent
of the advisor. The graduate advisor can help to shape a thesis committee
suited to the student’s needs.
Note: As a rule, faculty advisors are not available to work during the
summer. Be sure to make arrangements before the end of the Spring Semester.
List
of Faculty Advisors
