Gender equality guest column: Dawn Campbell
I started my college career at the University of South Carolina as a psychology [major] and English minor. At that time, I knew nothing of women’s studies. Over halfway through my undergraduate program, I signed up for a postmodernism course, which evolved into a Third World women writers class. This is the class that changed the course of my life. The professor was unlike any other. I was both overwhelmed and enlightened by the course content and structure. I had never taken a class that was student-centered; we were encouraged to speak freely and to engage in literary discussion circles. My mind began twisting and turning as we read women’s literature and deconstructed language.