Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program

Steering Committee
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Betül Başaran

Professor of History and Religious Studies | Coordinator of Women, Gender and Sexuality Program

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Jessye McDowell

Assistant Professor of Digital Media

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Sahar Shafqat

Sahar Shafqat

Professor of Political Science | Co-Director of the SMCM Washington Program

Diana Boros

Diana Boros

Associate Professor of Political Science

Department Chair

Affiliated Faculty
Aileen M. Bailey

Aileen M. Bailey

Professor of Psychology | Department Co-Chair

Department Chair

José R. Ballesteros

José R. Ballesteros

Professor of Spanish, Director of Equity Programming

Joanna Bartow

Joanna Bartow

Professor of Spanish

Department Chair

Brian Smithson

Brian Smithson

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

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Adriana M. Brodsky

Professor of History

Department Chair

Andrew Cognard-Black presenting at a conference in 2015

Andrew J. Cognard-Black

Pandion Haliaetus Professor of Sociology

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Jennifer Cognard-Black

Jennifer Cognard-Black

Professor of English

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Jeffrey Lamar Coleman

Jeffrey Lamar Coleman

Professor of English | Acting Director, VOICES Reading Series

Faruk Eray Düzenli

Faruk Eray Düzenli

Associate Professor of Economics

Samantha Elliott

Samantha Elliott

Director of the Center for Inclusive Teaching & Learning (CITL) and Associate Professor of Biology

David Ellsworth

David Ellsworth

Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies

Department Chair

Katherine Gantz

Katherine Gantz

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty

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Darlene S. Gentry

Adjunct Self Defense Instructor of

Angela Johnson

Angela Johnson

Professor of Educational Studies

On Sabbatical 08/01/2022 - 08/01/2023
Ellen Kohl

Ellen Kohl

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

George MacLeod

George MacLeod

Associate Professor of French

Sarah Lynn Malena

Sarah Lynn Malena

Associate Professor of History

Pamela Mertz

Pamela Mertz

Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Charles D. Musgrove

Charles D. Musgrove

Professor of History, Coordinator of Asian Studies

Brian O'Sullivan

Brian O'Sullivan

Associate Professor of English

Department Chair

Carrie Patterson

Carrie Patterson

Professor of Art

Department Chair

Gail Savage

Gail Savage

Professor Emeritus of History

Jennifer Tickle

Jennifer Tickle

Interim Assistant Dean of Faculty / Associate Professor of Psychology / Department Co-Chair

Department Chair

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Christine A. Wooley

Christine A. Wooley

Associate Professor of English | Associate Dean of Curriculum

Emeritus/ Emerita Faculty
Iris Ford

Iris Ford

Associate Professor Emerita of Anthropology

Katharina Von Kellenbach

Katharina Von Kellenbach

Professor Emerita of Religious Studies