WGST Advisory Board

Giovanni N. Dortch, Sociology
Susan Nordstrom, CEPR
William Robertson, Anthropology
Cookie Woolner, History

WMST 2100 Teaching Faculty

Elizabeth Allen  
Dianna N. Watkins-Dickerson
Natalie Watson

WGST Affiliate Faculty

Anthropology

Lindsey Feldman, Ph.D. - prison, gender and punishment, masculinities, gender and labor
Michael Vicente Pérez, Ph.D. - human rights and gender, religion and gender
William Robertson, Ph.D. - LGBTQ+ health, queer/trans anthropology, queer theory, transgender studies

Art

Bryna Bobick, Ed.D. - urban art education, civic engagement, community art

Biology

Jaime Sabel, Ph.D. - underrepresentation in STEM

Communication and Film

Christina L. Moss, Ph.D. - gender and Southern identity, intersectionality

Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research

Taneshia Greenidge, Ph.D., Ed.S. - sexuality, family, African American women, feminism
Alison Happel-Parkins, Ph.D. - pelvic floor health, feminist qualitative research, ecofeminism
Susan Nordstrom, Ph.D. - postqualitative research methodology, qualitative research methodology, critical qualitative research methodology, arts-based research
Crystal L. White, Ph.D. - hip hop feminism, gendered-racial and sexual identity development, sexy-selfies research

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Shelley Keith, Ph.D. - gender identity, restorative justice, and crime
Amaia Iratzoqui, Ph.D. - domestic violence, gender and victimization

Earth Sciences

Angela Antipova, Ph.D. - transportation studies, medical geography (race disparities in health outcomes in women), urban processes
Esra Ozdenerol, Ph.D. - gender inequalities, GIS approaches to gender analysis, gender indicators, women’s health

English

Lorinda B. Cohoon, Ph.D. - children's and young adult literature, boyhoods, girlhoods, and young adulthoods in literature, and women, literature, and law
Sage Lambert Graham, Ph.D. - gender and language, gender in digital discourse, gender in legal and medical discourse
Verner D. Mitchell, Ph.D. - Black women writers, gender and the military
Rhonda R. Powers, M.A. - premodern gender, performance, and power
Courtney Miller Santo, M.F.A. - literary and artistic constructions of gender and sex, intergenerational family
Leah C. Windsor, Ph.D. - gender and bias in family formation in academia, and gender, language, and politics
Lyn Wright, Ph.D. - language learning and multilingualism, gender, sexuality, family

History

Christine Eisel, Ph.D. - Early American women, gender, law
Chrystal Goudsouzian, Ph.D. - ancient gender, identity, sexuality, family
Selina Makana, Ph.D. - African women, transnational feminism, war and militarism, modern global history, oral history

Instruction and Curriculum Leadership

Thouraya Al-Nasser, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA - women in Islam, cultural system analysis, organizational behavior analysis, honor crimes

Leadership

Edith Gnanadass, Ph.D. - race and learning, adult learning theory, DesiCrit, qualitative research

Philosophy

Michael J. Monahan, Ph.D. - feminist theory, oppression, gender

Psychology

Kathryn Howell, Ph.D. - family systems, mother-child dyad, maternal mental health, intergenerational trauma
Rachel L (Rane) Ankney, Ph.D. - gender identity, intersectionality, transgender identities

Public and Nonprofit Administration

Elizabeth M. Gillespie, Ph.D. - women's philanthropy, feminism, nonprofits

Religious Studies

Dianna N. Watkins-Dickerson, Ph.D. - womanist theory, religious studies, political communication

School of Social Work

Bernadette K. Ombayo, Ph.D. – intimate partner violence across lifespan, gender and women’s studies, sexuality, Black women, feminism

Sociology

Giovanni N. Dortch, Ph.D. - reproductive justice, gender, race and health policy, feminist theory and pedagogy
Wesley James, Ph.D. - maternal mortality, infant mortality, gender health disparities
Jeni Loftus, Ph.D. - gender, sexuality, relationships, family
Kendra Murphy, M.A. - sociology of gender, statistical literacy and health
Gretchen Peterson, Ph.D. - inequality, sports, household labor
Patricia Watson, Ph.D. - gender, sexual and gender-based violence, reproductive justice

Student Academic Success

Karen Weddle-West, Ph.D. - Black women's/feminist studies

University Libraries

Ashley Roach-Freiman, M.F.A., M.L.I.S - gender in communications and popular culture, critical information literacy

World Languages and Literatures

Vania Barraza, Ph.D. - film studies, Latin American literature, Chilean cinema, gender and sexuality studies, children's literature
Cosetta Gaudenzi, Ph.D. - gender in Italian cinema and literature
Heike Polster, Ph.D. - women's texts, feminist literary scholarship, narratology, critical time studies
Diana Ruggiero, Ph.D. - Latinx women, community engagement, world languages for specific purposes, DEI