GENDER MATTERS MOST - THE INTERACTION OF GENDERED EXPECTATIONS, FEMINIST COURSE CONTENT, AND PREGNANCY IN STUDENT COURSE-EVALUATIONS

In this paper, we explore undergraduate students' contradictory expect ations of a woman professor (Dr. Baker) who taught a feminist course. Over the course of three semesters teaching the same class, the profes sor got pregnant and carried her child to term. Using qualitative and quantitative teaching evaluation data from this course, we analyze how students' reactions to their professor shifted depending on their pro fessor's capacity to fulfill their gendered expectations. We also exam ine how the interactions between students' gendered expectations, thei r reactions to feminist course content, and their responses to their p regnant professor influenced the students' teaching evaluations of Dr. Baker.