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201. Introduction to Women's Studies

An introduction to topics and themes in women's experiences from a cross-cultural, historical and interdisciplinary perspective. Topics may include women's historical roles in the family, the workforce and public and private spheres in different societies; the psychology of changing gender roles; images of women and how they are constructed; women's perspectives in literature and in the sciences; and the roots and prospects of the contemporary women's movement.

Darlene L. Boroviak

Professor of Political Science

Deyonne Bryant

Samuel Valentine Cole Associate Professor of English, Curriculum Coordinator

Claire Buck

Professor of English

Dolita Cathcart

Assistant Professor of History

M. Teresa Celada

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Vipan Chandra

Professor of History

Beverly Lyon Clark

Professor of English

Shawn Christian

Assistant Professor of English

Barbara Darling-Smith

Assistant Professor of Religion

Susan Dearing

Associate Professor of English

Nancy Evans

Associate Professor of Classics, Program Coordinator of Ancient Studies

R. Tripp Evans

Associate Professor of Art History
Chair, Art and Art History

Peony Fhagen-Smith

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Touba Ghadessi Fleming

Assistant Professor of Art History

Tommasina Gabriele

Chair, Professor of Italian Studies, Coordinator of Italian Studies

Jessica Hayes-Conroy

Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow

Gerard Huiskamp

Associate Professor of Political Science

Nancy Kendrick

Professor of Philosophy

Donna O. Kerner

Professor of Anthropology

Serene J. Khader

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies/Philosophy

Hyun Sook Kim

Professor of Sociology

Meg Kirkpatrick

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Paula M. Krebs

Professor of English

Tessa Lee

Assistant Professor of German

Keridwen N. Luis

Visiting Instructor of Women's Studies

Stephen Mathis

Chair, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Karen M. McCormack

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Sean McPherson

Assistant Professor of Art History

Charlotte Meehan

Playwright-in-Residence, Associate Professor

John Miller

Professor of Economics

Kim Miller

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Art History; Coordinator, Women's Studies

Laura Muller

Chair, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Bianca Cody Murphy

Chair, Professor of Psychology

Ann H. Murray

Professor of Art, Director of Beard and Weil Galleries

Leah Niederstadt

Assistant Professor of Museum Studies, Art History and Curator of the College's Permanent Collection

John Partridge

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Montserrat Perez-Toribio

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies

Dana M. Polanichka

Assistant Professor of History

Francoise Rosset

Chair, Coordinator of German & Russian, Associate Professor of Russian

Gail Sahar

Professor of Psychology

Ann Sears

Heuser Professor of Music

Sue Standing

Professor of English, Writer in Residence

Evelyn Ruth Staudinger

Associate Provost and Associate Professor of Art History

Josh Stenger

Associate Professor of Film Studies and English

Mary Beth Tierney-Tello

Professor of Hispanic Studies

Kathryn Tomasek

Associate Professor of History

M. Gabriela Torres

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Program Coordinator of Development Studies

Jonathan David Walsh

Professor of French, Coordinator of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies

Brenda Wyss

Chair, Associate Professor of Economics

Kersti Alice Yllo

Chair, Professor of Sociology, Coordinator of Faculty Development