Head of department

Ashley Towle, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Assistant Professor of History and Women & Gender Studies

Faculty

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Janna Ahrndt

SHE | THEY

  • Assistant Professor of Art

Rachel Casey, PhD, MSW

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Assistant Professor of Social Work
  • MSW Program Coordinator

Social work

Wendy Chapkis

Wendy Chapkis, PhD

SHE | THEY

  • Professor of Sociology and Women & Gender Studies
  • Sociology Chair
Maureen Ebben

Maureen Ebben

SHE | THEY

  • Associate Professor of Communication

Mackenzie Ess, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Social Psychology

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Nichole Fournier

  • Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Carrie Kancilia

Carrie Kancilia, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Faculty Director of Writing Services
  • Lecturer, English and Women & Gender Studies

Hermeet Kohli, PhD, MSW

SHE | HER | HERS
 
Professor, School of Social Work

Social Work

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Sarah Lockridge, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Lecturer, Anthropology and Women & Gender Studies
Ragini Malhotra

Ragini Malhotra, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Criminology

Julien Murphy

  • Professor of Philosophy
Jessica Ouellette

Jessica Ouellette, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Associate Professor of English and Women & Gender Studies
  • Director of Writing Programs
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Lydia Savage PhD

  • Chair of Geography-Anthropology Department
  • Professor of Geography
Julianne Siegfriedt

Julianne Siegfriedt, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Assistant Professor, Women & Gender Studies and Sociology

Kim Simmons, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

Part-time, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies

Lillian Sparks, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Assistant Professor of History

Ashley Towle, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Assistant Professor of History and Women & Gender Studies
Professor Natalie Turrin

Natalie Turrin, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

Part-time Faculty

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Lisa Walker, PhD

SHE | HER | HERS

  • Associate Dean, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
  • Associate Professor of English

Staff

Tye Lynch

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Work-study Student AY 22-23

Clara Perka

Clara Perka, MA

SHE | HER | HERS

Administrative Specialist CL3

Faculty emeriti

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Rose Cleary

SHE | HER | HERS

 

Nancy Gish

Nancy Gish

  • Professor of English, Emerita
James Messerschmidt

James W. Messerschmidt, PhD

HE | HIM | HIS

  • Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Sociology
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Kate Wininger, emerita

SHE | HER | HERS

Professor of Women and Gender Studies, Professor of Philosophy and Liberal Studies in the Humanities