Dr. Ozzie Mayers

Dr. Ozzie Mayers is the current Professor of Gender Education and Development.  He has been a member of the CSB/SJU English Department since 1979 and has been on the forefront of integrating gender analysis into the curriculum since coordinating a major FIPSE grant in Gender and Curriculum from 1984-87.  Ozzie has engaged in gender education and development over the span of his teaching and research career at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. His expertise in women's development and men's development issues continues to impact student learning in and outside the classroom. 

The designation of Professor in Gender Education and Development recognizes Ozzie’s many contributions, highlights the important role of gender development at our institutions, and creates a locus of leadership and connection for our many gender initiatives. 

As the current Professor in Gender Learning and Development, Ozzie seeks to make CSB/SJU’s commitment to gender explicit, formal, and visible by:

• assisting faculty, staff, and students develop an understanding of gender, masculinity, and feminism that extends beyond CSB/SJU and that is informed by other aspects of identity, such as race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, and ability;

• fostering gender research and scholarship and coordinating forums for on- and off-campus gender scholars to share their research;

• encouraging a dialogue among faculty, students, and staff at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, in and outside the classroom, on the ongoing significance of gender, masculinity, and the meanings of feminism, for both women and men;

• integrating the gender related activities sponsored by student development with those sponsored by faculty in order to enhance student learning;

• acting as a resource to other gender related campus initiatives;

• promoting the mission of Gender Education and Development by communicating our programs, curricular offerings, and research on campus and to other institutions of higher education;

• assessing the impact of Gender Education and staff’s understanding of gender.