Faculty

Core Faculty

	Director: Kathy J. Gentile, Associate Professor, English and Women’s and Gender Studies, Ph.D., University of Oregon. Dr. Gentile has published a book on the iconoclastic British novelist, Ivy Compton-Burnett, and articles on the expatriate American, avant-garde writer, Jane Bowles, as well as studies of the female gothic and the uncanny. Over the years, Dr. Gentile has taught courses on feminist criticism, gender theory and popular culture, female gothic, genres and genders of comedy, Jane Austen, and the Brontes.

	Nanora Sweet, Associate Professor, English and Women’s and Gender Studies. Ph.D., University of Michigan. Dr. Nan Sweet teaches poetry and the work of Romantic writers, women poets, and explorers between East and West who aim to change society and reshape history as we know it. She is interested in the material circumstances of writers in a gendered world. Dr. Sweet is an international expert on Romantic poet Felicia Hemans, the author of two chapbooks of poetry, and a lifetime member of the women’s poetry collective Loosely Identified.

	Deborah Cohen. Assistant Professor, History and Women’s and Gender Studies. Ph. D., University of Chicago . Dr. Cohen has published articles on gender, race, and nation formation in Mexico and the U.S. Her interests include theories of feminism and post-colonialism, critical race theory, queer theory, and the growing field of transnational history. She teaches History of Women in the U.S. , Feminist Theory, History of Women in Comparative Cultures, and History of Sexuality.

	Farida Jalalzai, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies. Ph.D., University of Buffalo. Dr. Jalalzai’s research interests are women leaders in comparative perspectives and gender and political behavior. She teaches Women and the Law, Women, Gender, and Culture, and courses in gender and leadership.

	Assistant Director: Kathleen Nigro, Assistant Teaching Professor, Institute for Women’s 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.

	Kristin Carbone-Lopez, Assistant Criminology & Criminal Justice Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Dr. Carbone-Lopez's research considers the interaction of gender, crime and victimization, with a particular emphasis on violence between intimate partners. She teaches Gender, Crime and Justice as well as other courses that focus on women, victimization and crime.

	Zoë Peterson, Assistant Professor Psychology . Ph.D., University of Kansas Dr. Peterson’s teaching and research interests are in the areas of gender and human sexuality. She is particularly interested in young adults’ experiences with nonconsensual and unwanted sex. She teaches Psychology of Women and Women and Mental Health.

Affiliate Faculty

Due to our strong ties with other academic departments across campus, we are able to offer courses in nearly every discipline. Regardless of their major, students are able to tailor for themselves 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

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	Malaika Horne Director, Executive Leadership Institute Ph.D., St. Louis University Steven G. Bailey Senior Lecturer in Finance J. D., Southern Illinois 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	Jody Miller Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Ph.D., University of Southern California

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

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

ENGLISH	Sally Barr Ebest Professor of English Ph.D., Indiana University Lynn Staley Assistant Teaching Professor of English Ph.D., Saint Louis University Colleen McKee Lecturer M.F.A., University of Missouri - St. Louis Suellyn Duffey Associate Professor Ph.D., The Ohio State University 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

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

MUSIC	Barbara Harbach Professor of Music D.M.A., Eastman School of Music

OPTOMETRY	Carol K. Peck Professor of Optometry Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles

PHILOSOPHY	Berit Brogaard Associate Professor Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo

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

POLITICAL SCIENCE	Ruth Iyob Associate Professor Ph.D., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

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

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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Phone: (314) 516-5581
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