20 practical, difficulty-rated ways Gender and Feminist Studies students at Hobart and William Smith Colleges can use AI — each naming the exact tutorial it links to and what you’ll take away. Click any card to watch it.
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It differs by course, and these examples are study aids — not permission.
All Gender and Feminist Studies AI use cases
Easy
Define key theoretical terms
Explain intersectionality, the gender binary, or performativity clearly. The linked tutorial covers ChatGPT's Study Mode (type /study), an interactive tutor that guides you with questions step by step instead of just handing over the answer.
What you'll take awayHow to switch ChatGPT into tutor mode so it drills you on terms and ideas rather than doing the thinking for you.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Define key theoretical terms — Explain intersectionality, the gender binary, or performativity clearly.
Define each term in one clear sentence, then give a concrete example of each in context. Once I've read them, quiz me on them one at a time and tell me what I got wrong and why.
Condense a bell hooks or Butler chapter into main ideas. The linked tutorial covers MacMost's copy-paste method — pull an article into reader view, paste it into ChatGPT after 'summarize this:', then ask for a set word count or a 10-bullet version; also how to grab a YouTube transcript to summarise a video.
What you'll take awayHow to compress a long reading or video into a summary of the exact length you need, and why pasting the source keeps it accurate.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Summarize a feminist reading — Condense a bell hooks or Butler chapter into main ideas.
Give me (1) a three-sentence summary, (2) five bullet-point key claims, and (3) anything the author asserts without supporting evidence. Text below:
[PASTE THE TEXT HERE]
Clarify differences between second and third wave movements. The linked tutorial covers a 10-step ChatGPT prompt system — standard definition, an explain-it-to-a-10-year-old version, real-life analogies, a simple diagram, then a comparison table — that you aim at any concept you're stuck on.
What you'll take awayA repeatable prompt sequence that turns a confusing idea into a definition, an analogy and a diagram you can check against your course notes.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Explain a wave of feminism — Clarify differences between second and third wave movements.
Start with a one-sentence definition, then explain it as if I'm 10, then give a real-world analogy. Finish by flagging anything scholars genuinely disagree about — and tell me what you're unsure of.
Brainstorm essay topics on gender and media representation
Generate research angles on media representation and gender. The linked tutorial covers three brainstorming methods in ChatGPT — a reusable custom-instructions 'brainstorm paradigm', an AI-diagram tree that fans one topic into dozens of branches, and a SWOT prompt to pressure-test an idea.
What you'll take awayThree prompt patterns you can reuse to go from a blank page to a categorised list of options, plus a way to stress-test the one you pick.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Brainstorm essay topics on gender and media representation — Generate research angles on media representation and gender.
Give me 10 options grouped into 3 themes, then mark the 3 most original and explain what makes them stronger.
Reach out to an advocacy group for an interview or internship. The linked tutorial covers drafting an email in ChatGPT and improving it through conversation — the first draft is deliberately generic, then detail is added turn by turn — plus what not to paste in for privacy.
What you'll take awayWhy the first draft always reads like AI, how to iterate it into your own voice, and to keep real names out of the prompt.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Draft an email to an organization — Reach out to an advocacy group for an interview or internship.
Keep it under 150 words: polite, specific, with one clear ask. Give me two versions — one formal, one warmer. Don't include real names, ID numbers, or anything private.
Summarize Foucault on power or Crenshaw on intersectionality. The linked tutorial covers a 10-step ChatGPT prompt system — standard definition, an explain-it-to-a-10-year-old version, real-life analogies, a simple diagram, then a comparison table — that you aim at any concept you're stuck on.
What you'll take awayA repeatable prompt sequence that turns a confusing idea into a definition, an analogy and a diagram you can check against your course notes.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Explain a theorist's core idea — Summarize Foucault on power or Crenshaw on intersectionality.
Start with a one-sentence definition, then explain it as if I'm 10, then give a real-world analogy. Finish by flagging anything scholars genuinely disagree about — and tell me what you're unsure of.
Explain heteronormativity, cisnormativity, and the closet concept. The linked tutorial covers ChatGPT's Study Mode (type /study), an interactive tutor that guides you with questions step by step instead of just handing over the answer.
What you'll take awayHow to switch ChatGPT into tutor mode so it drills you on terms and ideas rather than doing the thinking for you.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Define terms in queer theory — Explain heteronormativity, cisnormativity, and the closet concept.
Define each term in one clear sentence, then give a concrete example of each in context. Once I've read them, quiz me on them one at a time and tell me what I got wrong and why.
Distill a film on reproductive rights into discussion points. The linked tutorial covers MacMost's copy-paste method — pull an article into reader view, paste it into ChatGPT after 'summarize this:', then ask for a set word count or a 10-bullet version; also how to grab a YouTube transcript to summarise a video.
What you'll take awayHow to compress a long reading or video into a summary of the exact length you need, and why pasting the source keeps it accurate.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Summarize a documentary — Distill a film on reproductive rights into discussion points.
Give me (1) a three-sentence summary, (2) five bullet-point key claims, and (3) anything the author asserts without supporting evidence. Text below:
[PASTE THE TEXT HERE]
Suggest creative formats for a feminist activism assignment. The linked tutorial covers three brainstorming methods in ChatGPT — a reusable custom-instructions 'brainstorm paradigm', an AI-diagram tree that fans one topic into dozens of branches, and a SWOT prompt to pressure-test an idea.
What you'll take awayThree prompt patterns you can reuse to go from a blank page to a categorised list of options, plus a way to stress-test the one you pick.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Brainstorm zine or project ideas — Suggest creative formats for a feminist activism assignment.
Give me 10 options grouped into 3 themes, then mark the 3 most original and explain what makes them stronger.
Clarify standpoint theory or feminist ethnography basics. The linked tutorial covers a 10-step ChatGPT prompt system — standard definition, an explain-it-to-a-10-year-old version, real-life analogies, a simple diagram, then a comparison table — that you aim at any concept you're stuck on.
What you'll take awayA repeatable prompt sequence that turns a confusing idea into a definition, an analogy and a diagram you can check against your course notes.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Explain a research method — Clarify standpoint theory or feminist ethnography basics.
Start with a one-sentence definition, then explain it as if I'm 10, then give a real-world analogy. Finish by flagging anything scholars genuinely disagree about — and tell me what you're unsure of.
Contrast liberal, radical, and materialist feminism across key questions. The linked tutorial covers a compare-and-contrast prompt in ChatGPT (demonstrated on Buddhism vs Hinduism) that asks for similarities and differences, then expands any point you want more depth on.
What you'll take awayA prompt for structured comparisons, and how to push ChatGPT to elaborate on the specific dimension you care about.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Compare feminist theories — Contrast liberal, radical, and materialist feminism across key questions.
Give me a table of the key similarities and differences, then one short paragraph on which difference matters most and why.
Examine gender coding in advertising samples and flag patterns. The linked tutorial covers pasting a broken snippet into ChatGPT with the prompt 'scan the following code for potential problems' — it finds the bug (a divide-by-zero), explains why it happens and returns a fixed version.
What you'll take awayA debugging prompt formula, plus the habit of re-running the fixed code to confirm the error is actually gone.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Analyze media representation — Examine gender coding in advertising samples and flag patterns.
Tell me what's wrong, explain why it happens, then give the corrected version. Walk through the fixed code line by line with a concrete input.
[PASTE YOUR CODE AND THE ERROR HERE]
Synthesize course readings on the body and biopolitics into questions. The linked tutorial covers building a custom study plan with ChatGPT using the Ultralearning why/what/how framework — benchmarking how others learn it, then a week-by-week plan with deliverables and grading rubrics.
What you'll take awayA prompt sequence that produces a personalised study schedule with checkable milestones, plus a pass where ChatGPT critiques the plan as an expert.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Build a seminar study guide — Synthesize course readings on the body and biopolitics into questions.
I have [X hours per week] and my exam is on [DATE]. Build a week-by-week plan with specific deliverables, and for each week give me a way to check I've actually learned it.
Combine multiple sources on race, class, and gender into an argument. The linked tutorial covers ResearchRabbit — seed it with one paper, then explore the citation network visually to surface related work and spot gaps.
What you'll take awayA way to map a literature landscape from a single starting paper instead of searching keyword by keyword.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Synthesize intersectional scholarship — Combine multiple sources on race, class, and gender into an argument.
Group the sources below into themes, show where they agree and disagree, and name the gap that's left. Do not invent sources.
[PASTE SOURCES OR ABSTRACTS HERE]
Design interview questions and consent approach for community narratives. The linked tutorial covers designing a study end-to-end in ChatGPT — research questions, hypotheses, survey items, sample size and sampling method, R code for the analysis, then implications and titles.
What you'll take awayA full research-design workflow, including how to answer a reviewer who says your sample is too small.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Plan an oral history project — Design interview questions and consent approach for community narratives.
Propose a research question, hypotheses, method, sample and sampling strategy, and the analysis plan. Then critique the weaknesses of your own design.
Explore gendered response patterns and interpret findings with verification. The linked tutorial covers dragging a dataset straight into ChatGPT and prompting it to describe the data, produce descriptive statistics per column, and chart the columns you care about.
What you'll take awayHow to interrogate a spreadsheet conversationally, and why the 'analyzing' step means it ran real code rather than guessing.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Analyze survey data on attitudes — Explore gendered response patterns and interpret findings with verification.
I'm uploading my dataset. First describe what's in it and flag any data-quality problems, then answer my question, and show the code you ran so I can check it myself.
Plan interviews on lived experience with coding and ethics framework. The linked tutorial covers designing a study end-to-end in ChatGPT — research questions, hypotheses, survey items, sample size and sampling method, R code for the analysis, then implications and titles.
What you'll take awayA full research-design workflow, including how to answer a reviewer who says your sample is too small.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Design a qualitative research study — Plan interviews on lived experience with coding and ethics framework.
Propose a research question, hypotheses, method, sample and sampling strategy, and the analysis plan. Then critique the weaknesses of your own design.
Run sentiment and framing analysis of gendered news coverage
Build the pipeline, then validate a sample by hand before trusting it. The linked tutorial covers the fundamentals of ChatGPT — prompting basics, what it can and can't do, and how to personalise it.
What you'll take awayEnough grounding to attempt an unfamiliar task with AI and judge whether the answer is trustworthy.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Run sentiment and framing analysis of gendered news coverage — Build the pipeline, then validate a sample by hand before trusting it.
Walk me through how to do this step by step. Ask me any clarifying questions first, and show your reasoning so I can check it.
Configure a GPT to surface themes across digitized feminist archives. The linked tutorial covers building a Custom GPT from scratch in ChatGPT and feeding it your own past writing so its output sounds like you rather than generic AI.
What you'll take awayHow to set up a reusable assistant with your instructions baked in, so you stop re-explaining context every session.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Build a custom archival-research GPT — Configure a GPT to surface themes across digitized feminist archives.
Draft the name, description, instructions and 4 conversation starters for this Custom GPT. The instructions should tell it to ask clarifying questions and to admit when it doesn't know.
Write code analyzing gender ratios in film datasets and validate. The linked tutorial covers pasting a broken snippet into ChatGPT with the prompt 'scan the following code for potential problems' — it finds the bug (a divide-by-zero), explains why it happens and returns a fixed version.
What you'll take awayA debugging prompt formula, plus the habit of re-running the fixed code to confirm the error is actually gone.
Starter prompt — paste into ChatGPT
I'm a Gender and Feminist Studies student at HWS. My task: Model representation statistics — Write code analyzing gender ratios in film datasets and validate.
Tell me what's wrong, explain why it happens, then give the corrected version. Walk through the fixed code line by line with a concrete input.
[PASTE YOUR CODE AND THE ERROR HERE]