Women's & Gender Studies Program

Teaching Faculty

	Dr. Sara Armengot. Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages Office: Bldg. 01-3179 dlbgsh@rit.edu WGS course: Women in the Hispanic World Interests: Comparative literature, Latin American and Carribean studies, Inter-American literature and film, Women's and Gender Studies

	Dr. Deborah Blizzard. Associate Professor, Science, Technology, Society/Public Policy Office: Bldg. 01-3254 dlbgsh@rit.edu WGS course: Gender Science and Technology Interests: Socio-cultural examination of fetoscopy (in utero fetal surgery); Cultures of magic critical pedagogy; Classroom access to knowledge across cultures

	Dr. Evelyn Brister. Assistant Professor, Philosophy Office: Bldg. 17-2541 elbgsl@rit.edu WGS course: Feminist Theory Interests: Philosophy of Science (The role of values in science); Environmental Philosophy; Social Epistemology; Feminist Epistemology; Gendered practices of knowledge production

	Dr. Jeffrey Burnette. Lecturer, Economics Faculty Associate, Future Stewards Program Office: Bldg. 06-A317 jeffrey.burnette@rit.edu WGS course: Economic Role of Women Interests: Differences in wages and returns from human capital investment. Incorporating and adjusting for business cycle effects in time-series macroeconomic data.

	Dr. Kijana Crawford. Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology Office: Bldg. 01-3163 drcgss@gmail.com WGS course: Women, Work and Culture Interests: Mentoring in Career Choice and Development, Minority Relations

	Dr. Vincent F. A. Golphin. Assistant Professor, English Office: Bldg. 06-1315 Vincent.golphin@rit.edu WGS course: Feminist Theory Interests: African American and diaspora studies, creative writing (fiction, nonfiction and poetry)

	Christopher H. Hinesley. Adjunct, Women’s and Gender Studies chhgsm@rit.edu WGS courses: Introduction to GLBT Studies; Queering Gender Interests: Transfomational Leadership, Cultural Studies, Queer Theory and GLBT Studies, Social Change, Critical Race Theory

	Dr. Christine Keiner. Associate Professor, Science, Technology and Society/Public Policy Office: Bldg. 01-3248 cmkgsh@rit.edu WGS course: History of Women in Science in Engineering Interests: History of Ecology and Biology, History of Cold War Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Politics, and Relations between Science and Politics (especially regarding the Chesapeake Bay).

	Dr. Tina Olsin Lent. Professor, Fine Arts Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Office: Bldg. 06-3303 tnlgsh@rit.edu WGS courses: Women and the Visual Arts; Foundations of Women’s and Gender Studies Interests: The American Romantic Comedy Film Genre; Women Artists in Fiction Film

	Dr. Uli Linke. Professor, Anthropology Office: Bldg. 01-3189 uli.linke@rit.edu WGS course: Women in Literature; Womens Studies in Language and Literature Interests: Political Anthropology of the body; visual culture, violence and genocide; the politics of memory and suffering.

	Mary Mapes. Adjunct, History mlmgsh@rit.edu WGS courses: Domestic Violence; Women and Crime Interests: American Social Welfare History; History of Widowhood

	Dr. Cynthia Perez McCluskey. Visiting Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Office: Bldg. 01-2164 Cynthia.mccluskey@rit.edu WGS courses: Domestic Violence; Women and crime Interests: Race/Ethnicity and Crime; Gender and Crime; Developmental Criminology

	Dr. LaVerne McQuiller WIlliams. Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Office: Bldg. 01-2178 Cynthia.llmgcj@rit.edu WGS courses: Domestic Violence; Women and crime; Prostitution and violence Interests: Dating Violence; Ecology and Crime; Women and Gender Issues; Law and Society

	Dr. Martha E. Morgan. Assistant Professor, Material Culture Sciences and Sociology and Anthropology Office: Bldg. 01-3177 memgsh@rit.edu WGS course: Islamic Culture and the Middle East Interests: Feminist pedagogy, Rhetorical Theory, Women and Political Rhetoric, Literacy and Social Change

	Dr. Judy Porter. Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Office: Bldg. 01-2174 jlpgcj@rit.edu WGS courses: Seminar in Sexual violence; Seminar in Domestic Violence Interests: Violence; Corrections; Community

	Dr. Cyril Reade. Associate Professor, Fine Arts and Cultural Resource Studies Office: Bldg. 06-1106 cxrgsh@rit.edu WGS courses: Queer Looks I: Pre-Stonewall; Queer Looks II: Post-Stonewall Interests: German-Jewish studies; Queer studies; Contemporary Art

	Dr. Laura Shackelford. Assistant Professor, English Office: Bldg. 06-2116 Lxsgla@rit.edu WGS course: Women’s Studies in Language and Literature Interests: Multicultural American Literature; Science Fiction; Digital Cultures; Narrative Theory

	Dr. Elena Sommers. Lecturer, English Office: Bldg. 06-1317 ersgla@rit.edu WGS courses: Women in Literature; Women’s Studies in Language and Literature Interests: Russian Literature, Culture and Film; Nabakov Studies