Gender and Women's Studies

Yue Qian

Yue Qian

Assistant Professor

Family, marriage, divorce, intimate relationships, gender, demography, inequality, China, Asia, United States, Canada,

John Paul Catungal, PhD

John Paul Catungal, PhD

Assistant Professor

Bullying, diversity, equity, gender and women’s studies, HIV / AIDS, Filipino, race, sexuality, migration, immigration, social services, Philippines, HIV, cities, diversity, multiculturalism, racism, caregivers, nannies, LGBT, gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, queer

Gaoheng Zhang, PhD

Gaoheng Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Italian Studies

Italian-Chinese cultural relationships, Chinese migrations to Italy, gender in Italy, Italian media and cinema, Italian literature and culture, Italian colonial and postcolonial cultures, Italian travel and migration literature and cinema

Dr. Shannon Walsh

Dr. Shannon Walsh

Associate Professor

Documentary, film production, South Africa, politics of friendship, social movements, gig economy, gig work, platform economy, cinema, activism, popular education

Katharine Huemoeller

Katharine Huemoeller

Assistant Professor

Roman history, ancient slavery, gender and sexuality in the Greco-Roman world

Jennifer Jakobi, PhD

Jennifer Jakobi, PhD

Professor

aging, older adults, exercise, men, women, sex-specific age-related decline, community exercise, chronic disease, inactivity, neuroscience, STEM Outreach, Youth engagement

Dr. Annalijn Conklin, Hons.BSc, MSc, MPH, PhD.

Dr. Annalijn Conklin, Hons.BSc, MSc, MPH, PhD.

Assistant Professor

Social determinants of health, social and health policy, food and nutrition, obesity and cardiometabolic conditions, gender, disease management evaluation, healthy eating, healthy diet,

Leila Harris, PhD

Professor

water governance, water security, gender, Turkey, South Africa, Environmental Justice

Prof. Tara Cookson, PhD

Prof. Tara Cookson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Gender, Development and Global Public Policy

Gender and development, gender data, social protection, care, social policy, cash transfers, Sustainable Development Goal 5, gender equality

Christopher Patterson, PhD

Christopher Patterson, PhD

Assistant Professor

Video games, digital media, critical race theory, queer theory, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, Oceania, tourism, The Philippines, literature, Asian North America, American empire, multiculturalism, colonization, creative writing, fiction, speculative fiction, travel writing, travel, migration, diaspora

Dr. Jonathan Ichikawa

Dr. Jonathan Ichikawa

Professor

knowledge, epistemology, rape culture, consent, sexual assault, sexual harassment, presupposition, context-sensitive language, skepticism,

Ervin Malakaj, PhD

Ervin Malakaj, PhD

Assistant Professor of German Studies

Germany, Austria, Central Europe, literary studies, media studies, queer studies, sexuality studies, diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice education

Tony Silva, PhD

Tony Silva, PhD

Assistant Professor

Sexuality, sexual identity, LGBTQ, heterosexuality, gender, masculinity,

Samantha Dawson, PhD

Samantha Dawson, PhD

Assistant Professor

sexuality, sexual health, sexual function, sexual dysfunction, couples, transition to parenthood, postpartum, sexual desire, sexual arousal, sex differences, sexual well-being, romantic relationships, sex therapy, clinical psychology,

Dr. Tara Mulder

Dr. Tara Mulder

Assistant Professor of Teaching

ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Mediterranean, ancient medicine, history of medicine, feminism, women, gender, sexuality, history of midwifery, history of childbirth, history of reproduction, teaching,