Faculty & Staff
As an interdisciplinary program, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies faculty can be found all across the University! And we are always looking for new partners! If your research and teaching deals with women’s and gender issues, please look into becoming an Affiliated Faculty member.
If your research and teaching deals with women’s and gender issues, we invite you to fill out the Affiliated Faculty Application. All applications will be reviewed by the steering committee. Please direct any questions about affiliated status to Director Sarah Rainey-Smithback
College of Arts and Sciences
American Culture Studies Program
Radhika Gajjala - Professor
Department of English
Bill Albertini - Associate Professor
Ellen Berry - Professor Emeritus
Kim Coates - Associate Professor
Rona Klein - Teaching Professor Emeritus
Piya Pal Lapinski - Associate Professor
Lee Nickoson - Professor
Jolie Sheffer - Professor
Sue Carter Wood - Associate Professor Emeriti
Department of Ethnic Studies
Vibha Bhalla - Associate Professor
Susana Peña - Associate Professor
Department of History
Lilian Ashcraft-Eason - Professor Emeritus
Casey M. Stark - Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Political Science
Melissa Miller - Professor
Shannon Orr - Professor
Department of Popular Culture
Jeffrey Brown - Professor
Becca Cragin - Associate Professor
Angela Nelson - Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Sherona Garrett-Ruffin - Teaching Professor
Department of Sociology
Kei Nomaguchi - Professor
Laura Sanchez - Professor
Department of Theatre and Film
Angela Ahlgren - Associate Professor
Cynthia Baron - Professor
Lesa Lockford - Professor
Heidi L. Nees - Assistant Professor
Department of World Languages and Cultures
Beatrice Guenther - Professor
Christina Guenther - Professor
Valeria Grinberg Pla - Professor
Remy Attig - Assistant Professor
University Writing Program
Cynthia Mahaffey - Teaching Professor
School of Media and Communication
Sandra Faulkner - Professor
Ellen Gorsevski - Associate Professor
Lara Lengel - Professor
Lisa Hanasono - Associate Professor
Lori Liggett - Teaching Professor
School of Art
Allie Terry-Fritsch - Associate Professor
Schmidthorst College of Business
Department of Legal Studies
Nancy Kubasek - Professor
College of Education and Human Development
School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies
Vikki Krane - Professor
Nancy Spencer -Emeriti Professor
School of Counseling and Special Education
Peterann Siehl - Emeritus Associate Professor
Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs
Ellen Broido - Professor
School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Elizabeth Holman - Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
College of Musical Arts
Department of Musicology/Composition/Theory
Mary Natvig - Professor
Sidra Lawrence- Assistant Professor
College of Health and Human Services
Department of Human Services
Nancy Orel - Professor Emeritus
Wendy K. Watson - Associate Professor
Center for Public Impact
V. Rosser - Director
Center for Women and Gender Equity
Mary Krueger - Emerita
Kacee Snyder - Director
2022-2023
- Sarah Smith Rainey-Smithback (Director)
- Julie Haught (Core Faculty)
- Sandra Faulkner (Affiliated Faculty)
- Ellen Gorsevski (Affiliated Faculty)
- Sidra Lawrence (Affiliated Faculty)
- Debipreeta Rahut (Grad Student)
- Loni Stouffer (Grad Student)
- Kayleigh Norris (Undergrad Student)
Updated: 05/18/2023 10:24AM