Women's Studies

Faculty Appointed to Women's Studies:

Carol Burger, Associate Professor (IDST)

  • Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1983. Sporn Award recipient, Academy of Teaching Excellence inductee.
  • Research: factors associated with successful recruitment and retention of women and girls in science, technology, engineering; tumor immunology.

Laura Gillman, Associate Professor (IDST)

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1988. College Diversity Award recipient.
  • Research: global/diasporic theories, Black/Latina women's issues

Ann Kilkelly, Professor (Theatre Arts and IDST)

  • Ph.D., University of Utah, 1981. Diggs Teaching Scholar Award Recipient
  • Research: performance theory, race, class, gender, sexuality

Grace Kao, Assistant Professor (IDST)

  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 2003
  • Research: Religion, ethics, feminism

Minjeong Kim, Assistant Professor (IDST)

  • Ph.D. State University of New York, Albany, 2008
  • Research: gender in a global context, focusing on international migration and family

Neal King, Associate Professor (IDST)

  • Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1996
  • Research: Masculinity among old men, gendered violence in popular culture, theories of agency and empowerment

Barbara Ellen Smith, Director, Professor (IDST)

  • Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1981
  • Research: Appalachian Studies, Race, Gender, and Labor in the South, Immigration

 

Women's Studies Faculty Affiliates:

Professors:

K. Allen (Human Development); R. Blieszner (Human Development); C. Burch-Brown (Art); T. Calasanti (Sociology); K. DePauw (Dean, Graduate School); G. Downey (STS); E. Fine (IDST); V. Fowler (English); B. Hausman (English); I. Luciak (Political Science); J. Rothschild (SPIA); S. O. Rowlands (Dean, CLAHS); L. Roy (English); K. Singh (Education) D. Stoudt (Dean's office)

Associate Professors:

K. Belanger (English); E. Creamer (Education); W. Dunaway (SPIA); E. T. Ewing (History); S. Farquhar (Foreign Languages); S. Fowler (GEDI and English); S. Johnson (FLL); K. Jones (History); S. Knapp (English); M. Mollin (History); K. Powell (English); K. R. Shingles (Political Science); J. Watson (FLL); Y. White (Art)

Assistant Professors:

C. Brandt (Teaching and Learning); S. Carter-Tod (English); M.E. Christie (Women in International Development); C. Dannenberg (English); S. Halfon (STS); C. Kaestle (Human Development); S. Paterson (Art); L. Pendleton (Electrical Engineering); E. Plummer (Deputy Director, Office of Recovery and Support); S. Samanta (IDST); E. Satterwhite (IDST); R. Scott (IDST)