Faculty
African feminism, Women, Gender, Performance aesthetics, Literary studies, Culture, Migration, African literary criticism, Theatre history, Choreographer, Poet and storyteller
History of sexuality, U.S. Social movements and activism, Health and medicine, Oral history, Policy and Citizenship
Congrats to Dr. Batza! Katie Batza is the winner of an ACLS fellowship for Fall 2018 & Spring 2019.
Gender and politics, African politics, Gender-based violence, Human trafficking, and Qualitative methods
Fall 2018: Dr. Britton is teaching WGSS 562 "Women and Politics" and WGSS 802 "Feminist Methodologies."
Fall 2018 Office Hours: Tues., 11:15-2:15 & by appt.
Sarah Deer (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) has worked to end violence against women for over 25 years and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2014. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of federal Indian law and victims' rights. Prof. Deer is a co-author of four textbooks on tribal law. Her latest book is The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America, which has received several awards. Her work on violence against Native women has received national recognition from the American Bar Association and the Department of Justice. Professor Deer is also the Chief Justice for the Prairie Island Indian Community Court of Appeals.
Fall 2018: Dr. Deer is teaching WGSS 396 "Studies in: Native Feminisms."
Fall 2018 Office Hours: Tues., 12:30-2:00 & by appt.
Public policy, Reproductive policy, Feminist methods, Research design, Reproductive justice, Diversity and equity in public organizations.
WGSS Graduate Director, Fall 2018 & Spring 2019.
Fall 2018 Office Hours: Thursdays 1:00-3:00 & by appointment
Twentieth-century and twenty-first-century African American literature, Gender and sexuality studies, Cultural history and theory, and Twentieth-century and contemporary visual media.
WGSS Dept. Office: Room 324 Blake
Women and violence, Psychology of women, Conceptual issues in human sexuality and Clinical psychology
Fall 2018: Dr. Muehlenhard is teaching WGSS 468 "Psychology of Women."
U.S. Social and cultural history, U.S. women, Biography and History of death
Fall 2018: Dr. Schofield is teaching WGSS 800 "History of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies."
Fall 2018 Office Hours: Wed,, 2:00-4:00 & by appt.
History of women, gender, and sexuality in the 19th- and 20th-century United States; histories of childhood; sex and gender in the law; marriage
Fall 2018: Dr. Syrett is teaching WGSS 101 "Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction" and WGSS 803 "Topics in Feminist Pedagogy."
Fall 2018 Office Hours: Tues., 9:00-12:00.
The intersection of gender, sexuality, and class. The body, affect, and subjectivity. Human trafficking in Japan. Critical theory. Affective ethnography, and Feminist epistemology.
Faculty Office: Room 614 Fraser
Fall 2018: Dr. Takeyama is teaching WGSS 301 "Research Methods."
Fall 2018 Office Hours: Tues., 12:00-2:00 & by appt.
Global feminism, International migration and human trafficking, Gender and sexuality in Africa, and Ethnographic research methods
WGSS Undergraduate Director, Fall 2018 & Spring 2019.
History of sexuality, Women's history in 18th-century Spain, European women's history 1600's to present, Feminist theory, Gender and sexuality.
Fall 2018: Dr. Vicente is teaching WGSS 324 "History of Women and the Body" and WGSS 801 "Feminist Theory."
Fall 2018 Office Hours: Mon., 1:00-2:30 & by appt.
Women's history, Citizenship, U.S., Race, Gender, Masculinity and Feminism
Fall 2018 Office Hours: By appointment.
