Graduate Faculty for Women's Studies
WMST

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Aldoory, Linda Regular Member
B.A., George Washington University, 1988; M.A., University of Texas-Austin, 1991; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1998.
- Associate Professor, Communication
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Barkley Brown, Elsa Regular Member
B.A.,DePauw University, 1972; Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994.
- Associate Professor, History
   website: http://www.history.umd.edu/Faculty/EBarkleyBrown/
- Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies
- Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Beasley, Maurine Regular Member
B.A.,University of Missouri-Columbia, 1958; B.J., 1958; M.S., Columbia University,1963; Ph.D., George Washington University, 1974.
- Professor, College of Journalism
- Professor, Journalism
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies

Beck, Evelyn T. Regular Member
B.A., Brooklyn College, 1954; M.A., Yale University, 1955; Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1969.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor Emerita, Women's Studies

Bianchi, Suzanne M. Regular Member
B.A.,Creighton University, 1973; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1974; Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1978.
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Sociology
- Chair, Sociology
- Professor, Sociology

Bolles, A. Lynn Regular Member
A.B., Syracuse University, 1971; M.A., Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 1978; Ph.D., 1981.
- Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Professor, Anthropology
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies

Brush, Stephen G. Regular Member
A.B., Harvard University, 1955 D.Phil., Oxford University, 1958.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, History
   website: http://punsterproductions.com/~sciencehistory/
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Carpenter, Faedra Regular Member
B.A., Spelman College, 1992; M.A. Washington University, 1994; Ph.D., Stanford University, 2005.
- Assistant Professor, Theatre
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Chernela, Janet Regular Member
PH.D. Anthropology, Columbia University, 1983
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Anthropology
   website: www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Chico, Tita Regular Member
A.B., Vassar College, 1991; M.A., New York University, 1994; Ph.D., 1998.
- Associate Director, English Language and Literature
- Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Coletti, Theresa M. Regular Member
B.A.,University of Pittsburgh, 1971; M.A., University of Rochester, 1973; Ph.D.,1975.
- Associate Chair, English Language and Literature
- Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Collins, Merle Regular Member
B.A., University of the West Indies-Mona, Jamaica, 1972;M.A., Georgetown University, 1980; Ph.D.,London School of Economics & Political Science, 1990.
- Professor, Creative Writing
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, English Language and Literature
- Professor, Comparative Literature

Collins, Patricia Hill Regular Member
B.A., Brandeis University, 1969; M.A.T. Harvard University, 1970; Ph.D. Brandeis University, 1984.
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Distinguished University Professor, Sociology

Cypess, Sandra M. Regular Member
B.A., Brooklyn College, 1963; M.A., Cornell University, 1965; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1968.
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures

Desai, Sonalde B. Regular Member
B.A., University of Bombay, 1978; M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 1980; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1987.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, Sociology

Dill, Bonnie T. Regular Member
B.A.,University of Rochester, 1965; M.A., New York University, 1970; Ph.D., 1979.
- Chair, Women's Studies
- Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Professor, Sociology

Doherty, Lillian E. Regular Member
B.A., St. Mary's College, 1974; M.A., University of Chicago, 1977; Ph.D.,1982.
- Professor, Classics
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Donawerth, Jane L. Regular Member
B.A., Miami University-Oxford, 1969; M.A.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1970; Ph.D., 1975.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Felbain, Leslie Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975.
- Assistant Professor, Theatre
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Frederiksen, Elke P. Regular Member
B.A., University of Kiel, 1962; M.A., 1962; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1965; Ph.D.,University of Colorado-Boulder, 1973.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Germanic Studies

Freidenberg, Judith N. Regular Member
M.A., University of Buenos Aires, 1969; Ph.D., City University of New York-Graduate School & Univ. Center, 1978.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Aging, Center on
- Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies
- Associate Professor, Anthropology
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Jewish Studies

Fuegi, John B. Regular Member
B.A., Pomona College, 1961; Ph.D., University of Southern California-Los Angeles, 1967.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Germanic Studies

Geores, Martha E. Regular Member
B.A., Bates College, 1973; J.D., New York University School of Law, 1977; Ph.D.,University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1993.
- Associate Professor, Geography
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Gullickson, Gay L. Regular Member
B.A.,Pomona College, 1965; B.D., Yale University, 1968; Ph.D.,University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1978.
- Professor, History
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Hallett, Judith P. Regular Member
A.B., Wellesley College, 1966; A.M.,Harvard University, 1967; Ph.D., 1971.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Classics

Hanhardt, Christina Benes Regular Member
B.A., Brown University, 1994; M.A., San Francisco State University, 1998; Ph.D., New York University, 2007.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Assistant Professor, American Studies

Harley, Sharon Regular Member
B.A., Saint Mary of the Woods College, 1970; M.A.,Antioch College, 1971; Ph.D., Howard University, 1981.
- Associate Professor, Afro-American Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Jelen, Sheila Regular Member
B.A. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1993; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 2001.
- Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Comparative Literature
- Associate Professor, English Language and Literature

Jones, Gretchen I. Regular Member
B.A., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1986; M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1992; Ph.D., 1999.
- Assistant Professor, Asian and East European Languages and Cultures
- Assistant Professor, Asian and East European Languages and Cultures
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Jones, Hilary Regular Member
B.A.,, Spelman College; Ph.D. Michigan State University
- Assistant Professor, History
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Kauffman, Linda Regular Member
B.A., University of California-Santa Barbara, 1971; Ph.D., 1978.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Kerkham, H. Eleanor Regular Member
B.A., Pomona College, 1961;M.A., Stanford University, 1963; Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1974.
- Associate Professor, Asian and East European Languages and Cultures
- Associate Professor, Asian and East European Languages and Cultures
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Kim, Seung-Kyung Regular Member
B.A., Yonsei University-Seoul, 1977; M.A., City University of New York-Graduate School & Univ. Center, 1987; Ph.D., 1990.
- Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Anthropology

King, Katherine R. Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Santa Cruz, 1975; Ph.D., 1987.
- Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies

Leonardi, Susan Regular Member
B.A.,Immaculata College, 1968; M.A., University of California-Davis, 1982; Ph.D., 1986.
- Professor Emerita, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies

Leslie, Leigh A. Regular Member
B.S., Texas Tech University, 1975; M.S., 1977; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1982.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, Family Science
- Associate Professor, Public Health: Maternal and Child Health Ph.D.

Letzter, Jacqueline Regular Member
J.D., Belgium, 1978; L.L.M.,University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1979; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1995.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, French Language and Literature
- Associate Professor, Modern French Studies

Lin, Jing Regular Member
B.A., Guangxi University, 1983; M.A., Michigan State University, 1987; Ed.D.,University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1990.
- Associate Professor, Education: Policy and Leadership
- Professor, Education Leadership, Higher Education, and International Education
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Lindemann, Marilee Regular Member
B.A., Indiana University, 1981; M.A., Rutgers State University, 1983; Ph.D., 1991.
- Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Liu, Jianmei Regular Member
B.A.,Beijing University/Peking University, 1989; M.A.,University of Colorado-Boulder, 1992; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1998.
- Assistant Professor, Asian and East European Languages and Cultures
- Assistant Professor, Asian and East European Languages and Cultures
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Liu, Meina Regular Member
B.A., Beijing University, 1997; M.A., Tsinghua University, 2000; Ph.D., Purdue University, 2006.
- Assistant Professor, Communication
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Logan, Shirley W. Regular Member
B.A., Johnson C. Smith University, 1964; M.A.,University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1966; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1988.
- Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Lyons, Clare A. Regular Member
B.S., Lewis & Clark College, 1980; M.A., University of California-Santa Barbara, 1989; Ph.D., Yale University, 1996.
- Associate Professor, History
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Mamo, Laura A. Regular Member
B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991;Ph.D., University of California-San Francisco, 2002
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, Sociology

Marshall, Elizabeth Regular Member
B.A, The Evergreen State College, 1990; Masters in Teaching, The Evergreen State College, 1992; Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2001
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

McCune, Jr., Jeffrey Q. Regular Member
B.S.S., Cornell College, 1999; M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2001; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2006.
- Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
   website: www.womensstudies.umd.edu
- Assistant Professor, American Studies

Michel, Sonya A. Regular Member
B.A., Barnard College, 1964; M.A., San Francisco State University, 1975; Ph.D., Brown University, 1986.
- Professor, History
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Milkie, Melissa A. Regular Member
B.A., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1987;M.A., 1990; Ph.D., 1995.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, Sociology

Moses, Claire G. Regular Member
A.B., Smith College, 1963; M.Phil.,George Washington University, 1972; Ph.D., 1978.
- Affiliate Professor, History
- Professor, Women's Studies

Mossman, Carol A. Regular Member
B.A., University of New Mexico-Albuquerque, 1975; M.A., Rice University, 1979; Ph.D., 1982.
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, French Language and Literature
- Professor, Modern French Studies

Muncy, Robyn L. Regular Member
B.A., Lindenwood College, 1977; M.A., University of Idaho, 1980; Ph.D.,Northwestern University, 1987.
- Associate Professor, History
- Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Nieves, Angel D. Regular Member
B. Arch., Syracuse University, 1994; M.A., Binghamton University, 1996; Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University, TBD.
- Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning and Design
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Assistant Professor, Historic Preservation
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Professor, Anthropology

Nunes, Zita Regular Member
B.A., Brown University, 1983; M.A.,University of California-Berkeley, 1986; Ph.D., 1994.
- Director, Comparative Literature
- Director, American Studies
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
- Professor, Comparative Literature

O'Brien, Karen Mary Regular Member
B.S., Loyola University of Chicago, 1983; M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1988; Ph.D., Loyola University of Chicago, 1993.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Psychology

Ontiveros, Randy Regular Member
B.A., Biola University, 1997; M.A. University of California, Irvine, 2001; PhD., 2006.
- Professor, Comparative Literature
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Assistant Professor, English Language and Literature

Orlando, Valerie Regular Member
Ph.D., Brown University, 1996
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, French Language and Literature
- Associate Professor, Modern French Studies

Oster, Rose-Marie G. Regular Member
M.A., Stockholm University, 1956; D.Phil., Kiel University, 1958.
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Germanic Studies

Paolisso, Michael J. Regular Member
B.A., University of California-Los Angeles, 1976; M.A., 1978; Ph.D., 1985.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, Anthropology

Parks, Sheri L. Regular Member
B.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1978; M.A., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1983; Ph.D., 1985.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, American Studies

Parry-Giles, Shawn J. Regular Member
B.F.A., Emporia State University, 1984; M.A., University of New Mexico, 1987; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1992.
- Director, Communication
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Communication

Peres, Phyllis A. Regular Member
B.A., City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1977; M.A., University of Iowa,1979; Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1986.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures

Peterson, Carla L. Regular Member
B.A., Radcliffe College, 1965; Ph.D., Yale University, 1976.
- Professor, Comparative Literature
- Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Presser, Harriet B. Regular Member
B.A., George Washington University, 1959; M.A.,University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1962; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1969.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Distinguished University Professor, Sociology
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Ray, Sangeeta Regular Member
B.A., University of Calcutta,1980; M.A., 1983; M.A., Miami University, 1987; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1990.
- Associate Professor, Undergraduate Studies
- Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Comparative Literature

Rodriguez, Ana Patricia Regular Member
B.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1987; M.A., University of California-Santa Cruz, 1994; Ph.D., 1998.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures

Rosenfelt, Deborah S. Regular Member
B.A., Goucher College, 1964; M.A., Columbia University, 1965; Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 1972.
- Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies

Rosenthal, Laura Regular Member
B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1983; M.A. Northwestern University, 1985; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1990.
- Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Rowley, Michelle V. Regular Member
B.A., The University of the West Indies, 1992; M.Sc., The University of the West Indies, 1996; Ph.D., Clark University, 2003
- Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Scholnick, Ellin K. Regular Member
A.B., Vassar College, 1958; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1963.
- Professor, Academic Affairs
- Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Psychology

Schuler, Catherine A. Regular Member
B.A., Eckerd College, 1974; M.A., Emerson College, 1977; Ph.D., Florida State University, 1984.
- Associate Professor, Theatre
- Associate Chair, Theatre
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Schultz, Jaime (Jessica) Regular Member
B.A., Luther College, 1996; M.A.,University of Iowa, 1999; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2005.
- Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
   website: www.hhp.umd.edu/KNES/research/sportstud.html
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Segal, Mady W. Regular Member
B.A., City University of New York-Queens College, 1965; M.A., University of Chicago, 1967; Ph.D., 1973.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Sociology
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Shinagawa, Larry Hajime Regular Member
B.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1983; M.A. University of California-Berkeley, 1986; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1994
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, American Studies

Sies, Mary C. Regular Member
A.B., Michigan State University, 1974; A.M.,University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1977; Ph.D., 1987.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, American Studies

Smith, Martha Nell Regular Member
B.A., Livingston College-Rutgers State University, 1977; M.A., Rutgers State University, 1982; Ph.D., 1985.
- Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies

Stehle, Eva Marie Regular Member
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1966; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1971.
- Associate Professor, Classics
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Strauch, Gabriele L. Regular Member
B.A., Padagogische Hochschule des Saarlandes, 1969; M.A.,Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1975; Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984.
- Associate Professor, College of Arts and Humanities
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Associate Professor, Germanic Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Dean, College of Arts and Humanities

Struna, Nancy L. Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972; M.A., University of Maryland-College Park, 1975; Ph.D., 1979.
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Chair, American Studies
- Professor, American Studies

Tonn, Mari Boor Regular Member
B.S., Pittsburg State University, 1976; M.A., 1982; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1987.
- Associate Professor, Communication
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies

Toth, Elizabeth L. Regular Member
B.A., Northwestern University, 1966; M.A., Purdue University, 1969; Ph.D., 1975
- Professor, Communication
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Chair, Communication

Vaughan, Mary Kay Regular Member
B.A., Cornell University, 1964; M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1970; Ph.D., 1973.
- Professor, History
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Washington, Mary Helen Regular Member
B.A.,Notre Dame College, 1962; M.A., University of Detroit/Mercy, 1966; Ph.D.,1976.
- Professor, English Language and Literature
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies

Zambrana, Ruth Enid Regular Member
B.A., CUNY-Queens College, 1969; M.S.W., University of Pennsylvania, 1971; Ph.D., Boston University, 1977.
- Professor, Women's Studies

Zilfi, Madeline C. Regular Member
B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1964; M.A.,University of Chicago, 1971; Ph.D., 1976.
- Associate Professor, History
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies