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Gender & Women's Studies Affiliate Faculty and Staff
Affiliate Faculty
Rebecca Adelman, Assistant Professor, Media and Communication Studies
Jessica Berman, Associate Professor and Chair, English
20th-century narrative, gender and cultural studies, feminist theory
Beverly Bickel, Research Assistant Professor, Language, Literacy and Culture Program
Globalized communication, new media and transnational public space, and transformational knowledge projects
Dawn Biehler, Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
Historical geography of environmental health in US cities; gender, race, class, and the environment; environmental justice; social geography; housing
Rebecca Boehling, Professor, History and Director, Dresher Center for the Humanities
European women's history, German women, gender and politics in Europe
Anne Brodsky, Associate Professor, Psychology
Girls', women's risk and resilience in community context, qualitative methods
Kathy Bryan, Affiliate Assistant Professor/Lecturer, American Studies
Education and cultural transmission, childhood and family, intellectual history
Gloria Chuku, Associate Professor, Africana Studies
frican history, African culture and development, West African history, History of women & gender in Africa, Women in Africa and the Diaspora, Comparative slavery in Africa & the New World
Jean Fernandez, Assistant Professor, English
Victorian literature, narratology, class and literacy studies,
empire and post-colonial theory, autobiography and women’s writing
Amy Froide, Associate Professor, History
European women's history, women in early modern England, never-married women, women, work, and investment
Claudia Galindo, Assistant Professor, Language, Literature and Culture
Marilyn Goldberg, Associate Professor and Chair, Ancient Studies
Women in ancient Greece and Italy
Marjoleine Kars, Associate Professor, History
Early American religion, sexuality and women's history
Ilsa Lottes, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
Research methods, statistics, gender roles, sexuality, cross-national work on women's status, reproductive and sexual health
Christine Mallinson, Assistant Professor, Language, Literacy and Culture
Race, class, and gender inequality; regional, ethnic, and gender variation in American English; language and discrimination; interface between sociolinguistics and social theory.
Susan McCully, Affiliate Assistant Professor/Lecturer, Theatre
Literature, playwrighting, feminist theatre
Susan McDonough, Assistant Professor, History
Medieval history and western civilization, relationships between Christians and Jews, men and women, nobles and the middling sort in late medieval Marseille, the dynamics of gender and religious interaction in history
Eileen O’Brien, Affiliate Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer, Psychology
Women's and children's health and well-being, integrated mental health and support services programs for women and children, women in adolescence, impact of gender throughout the lifespan
Denis Provencher, Associate Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication
Michelle Scott, Associate Professor, History
African-American women's history, U.S. social history, 19th-20th centuries, African-American musical and entertainment culture
Anna Shields, Associate Professor, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Director, The Honors College
Chinese literature, specializing in Tang and Five Dynasties poetry and prose, the intersections of literary, social, and intellectual history, including the issues of gendered voice in medieval literature.
Simmona Simmons, Services Development and Special Projects Librarian, AOK Library
International and comparative librarianship, Entrepreneurship, Language and Rhetoric, Communication and broadcasting, Pioneers in African American & Women's History, Personal mastery and development
James Smalls, Professor, Visual Art
Orianne Smith, Assistant Professor, English
Eighteenth and nineteenth century British literature and culture, Romantic women writers, millenarianism, the Gothic
Constantine Vaporis, Professor, History
Women in Asia, East Asian history, urban history
Shelly Wiechelt, Assistant Professor, Social Work
Social work practice, substance use and shame among women, intersection of trauma and substance use problems in the context of culture
Affiliate Staff
April Householder, Assistant Director, McNair Scholars Program
Jill Randles, Assistant Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education
Program Faculty and Staff
Coordinating Committee Members
