Faculty List
Kathleen Berkeley (History) teaches the history of women in America from the era of pre-contact to the present, with a special emphasis on the interactions among gender, race, class, and ethnicity, and the influence these variables have on expressions of power and sexuality in American society.
Candace Bredbenner (History) teaches courses in U. S. history, including women’s history and Constitutional history. Her current research involves on a book project on the evolution of ideas about the obligations of citizens in twentieth century America.
María Camí-Vela (Foreign Languages & Literatures) teaches literature and film courses focusing on gender, class, and sexuality. Her current research explores the representation of desire and sexuality in films directed by women.
Cara Cilano (English) teaches courses in women’s literature from around the globe, with a particular emphasis on third world women’s literature. Her research focuses on issues of nationhood, cultural production and reception of texts, and globalization.
Eleanor Krassen Covan (Gerontology) teaches courses on women and aging. A sociologist by discipline, she is editor of the journal Health Care for Women International.
Andrea Deagon (Foreign Languages & Literatures) teaches classical studies. Her research interests include women’s dance and women’s experience of the sacred.
Janet Ellerby (English) teaches courses that focus on women writers, issues of gender, and the memoir. She is currently working on a cultural analysis of adoption practices in literature and history.
Jennifer Horan (Public & International Affair) teaches courses focusing on the status of women in the American political system. Her current research interests include environmental policy and policymaking in Latin America and the impact of environmental degradation on women in the developing world.
Leslie Hossfeld (Sociology & Criminology) teaches sociology courses focusing on gender and society. Her current research interests include worker displacement and gender and job loss.
Donna King (Sociology & Criminology) teaches sociology courses focusing on gender, race, and class. Her current research interests include eco-feminism and feminist critiques of consumer culture.
Patricia Lerch (Anthropology) teaches courses on women in such diverse cultural settings as Brazil, Barbados, and North America. Her research focuses on women and religion, tourism, and economic development.
Diane Levy (Sociology & Criminology) teaches courses in the sociology of the family, gender and society, and the sociology of work and occupations. She is interested in gender and globalization, tourism, and women’s travel accounts.
William McCarthy (History) teaches courses in European history, global history, and the history of science, addressing masculinity and gender in European, colonial and postcolonial contexts. His research interests focus on masculinity in maritime and colonial settings, with particular attention to sexuality, verbal insults and personal violence
Katherine Montwieler(English) teaches courses related to gender and literature. Her current research interests are eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women writers and constructions of gender and sexuality.
Marlon Moore (English) teaches African American literature from various perspectives, including gay/lesbian culture and theory, women writer-activists, and southern sensibility. Her research explores the intersection of spirituality and queerness, as well as queer identities and same-sex sexual culturesin the south.
Diana Pasulka (Philosophy & Religion) teaches courses on women and religion. Her research focuses on gender representations in world religions as well as religion and popular culture.
Laurie Patterson (Computer Science) teaches introduction to computer science courses.. Her research looks at the differences between the genders in areas such as how technology is used and why women leave the computer science major at higher rates than men do.
Katie Peel (English) teaches courses in young adult and children's literatures, as well as GLBTQ literature and studies. Her research interests include issues of gender and sexuality, young adult and Victorian literatures.
Lisa Pollard (History) teaches courses on Muslim, Jewish, and Christian women in the modern Middle East, and courses on gender. Her research interests focus on gender and nation building in 19th and 20th century Egypt.
Colleen Reilly (English) teaches courses in professional writing and computers and writing, including a course in gender and technology. Her current research explores how gender and sexuality help to construct and are constructed by technologies.
Sue Richardson (Film Studies) teaches courses about women filmmakers, representations of the female form on screen, and issues that include the interconnections of gender, sexuality, race, and class.
Chadwick Roberts (Communication Studies) teaches courses in media literacy and popular culture. His research interests include gender and popular culture, sexuality and obscenity. He is currently completing his dissertation on the use of feminist rhetoric in Playgirl magazine.
Karen Sandell (Social Work) teaches social work courses focusing on issues relating to women, children, and society. Her current research interests include teaching innovations in social work education, technology and social work education, and feminist practice.
Michelle Scatton-Tessier (Foreign Languages & Literatures) is the director of the Women’s Studies & Resource Center. She teaches courses on French language, culture and French/Francophone film.
Amy Schlag (English) teaches courses that focus on gender in American culture. Additionally works with literature of the Other, with particular focus on African-American literature.
Rachel N. Spear (English) teaches writing and literature courses that focus on gender, identity, and writing acts. Her primary research on the therapeutics of writing fuses literary, composition, and pedagogical studies by exploring women writers and their autobiographical stories post-trauma and by investigating pedagogical possibilities and limitations when teaching these narratives.
Shannon Silva (Film Studies) teaches courses in experimental and documentary film production. Her current research focuses on issues of gender, consumer culture, celebrity and fan studies.
Barbara Waxman (English) teaches literature by and about women, multicultural autobiography, fiction, and autobiography about aging and Victorian literature. Her research examines memoirs of the bilingual/trans-cultural experience.
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