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	Director: Sally Barr Ebest, Professor, English and Gender Studies. Ph.D., Indiana University. Sally Barr Ebest is a Professor of English, TA Coordinator for the Center for Teaching & Learning, and Director of the Gender Studies Program. Her teaching and research reflect these various positions. She offers courses in writing theory and pedagogy, teaching as a feminist, and Irish and Irish American women; she also teaches workshops for the Certificate in University Teaching. Her publications include Writing From A to Z (McGraw-Hill), Writing With: Collaborative Teaching, Learning, and Research (SUNY Press), Changing the Way We Teach (SIU Press), Reconciling Catholicism and Feminism (Notre Dame), and Too Smart to be Sentimental: The Writing of Contemporary Irish American Women (Notre Dame). Her most recent manuscript, The Banshees: Irish American Women Writers vs. the War on Feminism, is currently under review.

	Program Advisor: Kathleen Nigro, Assistant Teaching Professor, English and Gender Studies. Ph.D., St. Louis University. Dr. Nigro' s research interests are gender and nature writing and St. Louis women writers. She teaches Women, Gender, and Culture, Feminism and Witchcraft, Women and Nature Writing, and 19th- century Spiritualism.

	Teaching/Office Assistant: Jason N. Vasser Jason assists the director of the Gender Studies academic program and performs teaching and grading duties. He also maintains the GS website and newsletter.

Affiliate Faculty

Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program; consequently, we offer courses in nearly every discipline. Students can design their own major or a specialized certificate program reflective of their personal areas of interest.

ANTHROPOLOGY	Sheilah Clarke-Ekong Associate Professor of Anthropology Ph.D., University of California; Los Angeles Elizabeth B. Eckelkamp Director of Language Programs, Associate Teaching Professor of Japanese M.A., Washington University

ART AND ART HISTORY	Ruth Bohan Associate Professor of Art History Ph.D., University of Maryland Jeanne Zarucchi Professor of Art History and French Ph.D., Harvard University

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Steven G. Bailey Senior Lecturer in Finance J. D., Southern Illinois University Malaika Horne Director, Executive Leadership Institute Ph.D., St. Louis University Janet Murray E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor in Developing Women Entrepreneurs Ph.D., University of Missouri - Colombia

COMMUNICATION	Charlotte Perry Senior Lecturer M. A. Webster University

CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE	Kristin Carbone-Lopez Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Minnesota

ECONOMICS	Anne Winkler Professor of Economics and Public Policy Administration Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana

EDUCATION	Judith Cochran E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor in Tutorial Education Ph.D., Arizona State University Virginia Navarro, Associate Professor of Education Ph.D., Washington University

ENGLISH	Suellyn Duffey Associate Professor Ph.D., The Ohio State University Kathy Gentile Associate Professor of English Ph.D., University of Oregon Colleen McKee Lecturer M.F.A., University of Missouri - St. Louis Lynn Staley Assistant Teaching Professor of English Ph.D., Saint Louis University Nan Sweet Associate Professor of English Ph.D., University of Michigan Drucilla Mims Wall Assistant Teaching Professor Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE	Maria Teresa Balogh Assistant Teaching Professor M. A., Southern Illinois University Margaret Phillips Associate Teaching Professor in Latin Ph.D., Saint Louis University

GENDER STUDIES	Monica Swindle Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor M. A., University of Missouri-St. Louis

HISTORY	Deborah Cohen Associate Professor of History Ph.D., University of Chicago Minsoo Kang Assistant Professor of History Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Laura Westhoff Associate Professor of History and Education Ph.D., Washington University

MUSIC	Barbara Harbach Professor of Music D.M.A., Eastman School of Music Diane Touliatos Professor of Music and Director of the Center for the Humanities D.M.A., Ohio State University

PHILOSOPHY	Berit Brogaard Professor Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo

PIERRE LACLEDE HONOR'S COLLEGE	Kimberly K. Baldus Associate Teaching Professor Ph.D., Northwestern Nancy Gleason Associate Dean M. A., University of Missouri - St. Louis Jill Evans Petzall Adjunct Professor M. A., Washington University

POLITICAL SCIENCE	Ruth Iyob Associate Professor Ph.D., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Farida Jalalzai Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Buffalo

PSYCHOLOGY	Deana L. Jefferson Clinical Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis Zoë Peterson Assistant Professor Psychology Ph.D., University of Kansas Jayne Stake Professor Emerita, Psychology Ph.D., Arizona State University

SOCIAL WORK	Lori Curtis Assistant Teaching Professor of Social Work M. S.W., Washington University Margaret Sherraden Professor of Social Work Ph.D., Washington University

SUE SHEAR INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE	Vivian Eveloff Director M. A. Washington University Dayna M. Stock Manager M.P.P.A., University of Missouri-St. Louis

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