Affiliated Faculty
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Affiliated Faculty
Kristin Anderson
Sociology. Gender and society, the family in society, domestic violence and the criminal justice system.
Dharitri Bhattacharjee
South Asian History, Indian Ocean World, Empire, Colonialism, Decolonization
Bidisha Biswas
Political Science. Diaspora politics, international relations, ethnic and civic conflicts, terrorism.
Christina Byrne
Psychology. Interpersonal violence and psychological trauma.
Josh Cerretti
History and WGSS Interim Director. Local and transnational feminisms, memory, trauma, and violence in wartime.
Joshua.Cerretti@wwu.edu (Joint Appointment in History and WGSS)
Elizabeth Colen
English. Hybrid genres, experimental writing, ecopoetics, and literary collage.
Susan Costanzo
History. Russian women's history and culture.
Robyn Dahl
Geology.
Rita Daniels
Communication Studies. African womanism, women and gender studies, intersectionality, women organizing and organizations, decolonization, intergroup communication, and mixed research methods.
Shirin Deylami
Political Science. Feminist and queer theory; post-colonial and Islamic thought; and gender and Islam.
Raine Dozier
Human Services.
Julie Dugger
English. Women writers, gender and genre, the romance novel.
Marie Eaton
Fairhaven College. Lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered issues in education.
Marie.Eaton@wwu.edu (Emerita)
Nada Elia
Arab and Muslim American Studies.
Lena Ericksen
Psychology. Gender issues.
Mary Erickson
Communication Studies. Critical media studies, gender, film/TV/internet, media industries.
Amanda Eurich
History. Gender, sexuality, and religion in early modern Europe.
Barbara Farrand
Psychology. Gender issues, learning and cognitive development, adolescent development.
Angela Fillingim
Sociology. Human rights, immigration, international law, Latin America, race, and political sociology.
Jenny Forsythe
English.
Allison Giffen
English. Early 19th century American women writers and American women poets.
Carol Guess
English. Queer Studies, Creative Writing.
Joyce Hammond
Anthropology. Cross-cultural women studies, gender in visual media and popular culture, gender and body, women's folk arts.
Pam Hardman
English. Women's literature, cultural studies, medical institutions' treatment of women.
Nini Hayes
Environmental Studies. Critical education theory, environmental education, and social justice.
Vicki Hsueh
Political Science. Feminist political theory, political participation and gender, post-colonialism, ethnicity, and race.
Mary Hunt
Public Health. Gender and sexual and reproductive health, particularly abortion.
Melina Juárez Pérez
Political Science and WGSS. Immigration, Latinx politics, race, gender, and sexuality. (Joint Appointment in Political Science and WGSS).
Tara Perry
Communication Studies. Black women of the diaspora, feminism, anti-Blackness, racial healing and wellness for women, equity, anti-racism, and social justice.
Laura Laffrado
English. Early U.S. literature and culture, U.S. women's writing, women's autobiographical writing.
Anne Lobeck
English. Language and gender.
Jen Lois
Sociology. Social psychology, emotions, gender, qualitative methods.
Baozhen Luo
Sociology. Family and life course, social gerontology, Asian/Asian American.
Kelly Magee
English. Creative writing, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered studies.
Lori Martindale
Honors and WGSS. Gender studies; film and media studies; philosophy and literature; feminist theory; writing about literature.
Mary Janell Metzger
English. Feminist, gender, and critical theory; early modern lit & culture; globalization and literature, globalization, women and literature.
Barbara Miller
Art History. Feminist art theory, contemporary women artists, and the representation of gender in modern and contemporary visual culture.
Carolyn Nielsen
Journalism. Diversity, mass media and social change as it relates to women's lives.
Nancy Pagh
English. Gender and Pacific Northwest regional studies, women and environments, women and space.
Suzanne Paola
English. Creative writing, women and literature.
Rachel Paul
Political Science. Women and politics.
Lysa Rivera
English. Chicano/a and African American literature and culture, science fiction, literature and culture.
Shurla Rogers-Thibou
WGSS. Introduction to Women Studies, women and globalization.
Debra J. Salazar
Political Science. Queer politics, social justice, social change, women and environmental politics.
Kathy Saunders
Anthropology. Gendered aspects of technoscience, reproduction and kinship, cross-cultural sex and gender.
Michael Schulze-Oechtering
History/ESJ/ACS. Social movements, ethnic studies, Asian-American and Black power movements, labor rights.
Michael.Schulze-Oechtering@wwu.edu
Rae Lynn A. Schwartz-DuPre
Communication and WGSS. Rhetoric, mass media and postcolonial communication.
RaeLynn.Schwartz-DuPre@wwu.edu (Joint Appointment in Comm Studies and WGSS)
Ely Shipley
English.
Michael Slouber
Liberal Studies. South Asia history and culture, gender and sexuality.
Tamara Spira
Fairhaven/American Cultural Studies. Transnational, de-colonial, and critical race feminist theories and praxis; queer of color and transnational sexuality studies and feminist critiques of militarism, prisons, and empires.
Anika Stafford
WGSS. Queer & feminist theory and methods, critical childhood studies, colonialism and North American history.
Anika.Tilland-Stafford@wwu.edu
Midori Takagi
Fairhaven College. Race, class and gender, comparative studies of women of color.
Kate Trueblood
English. Women and literature, creative writing.
Chris Vargas
Art. Time-based art, queer radicalism, transgender hirstory, and imperfect role models.
Verónica N. Vélez
Education and Social Justice/Woodring and Fairhaven. Critical race theory and Latina/o critical theory in education, Chicana feminist epistemologies, politics of parent engagement in educational reform, particularly for Latina/o (im)migrant families, and participatory action and community-based models of research.
Theresa Warburton
English. Contemporary women's literature, Native literature, women of color and indigenous feminisms, feminist theory, anarchist studies, social justice.
Sara Weir
Political Science. Social and health policy, women and politics, feminist political theory.
Sara.Weir@wwu.edu (Emerita)
Cameron Whitley
Sociology.
Christopher Wise
International Studies. Colonization/Post colonization and expected gender roles.
Jane Wong
English. Creative writing, women of color in the literary arts, Asian American studies, digital humanities.
Greg Youmans
English. Film and media studies, documentary and experimental cinema, LGBTQ history and historiography, and queer and feminist theory.
Kathleen Young
Anthropology. Cross cultural gender roles.
Sarah Zarrow
History. Jewish women's history and culture, gender and sexuality in Judaism.
Sarah Zimmerman
History. Africa, colonialism, women and gender.