Head of department
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Ashley Towle, PhD
SHE | HER | HERS
- Assistant Professor of History and Women & Gender Studies
Faculty
![Photo of Janna Ahrndt in cowboy hat.](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2023/06/Janna-Ahrndt-Headshot-366x366.jpg)
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Rachel Casey, PhD, MSW
SHE | HER | HERS
- Assistant Professor of Social Work
- MSW Program Coordinator
Social work
![Wendy Chapkis](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/people-profile_chapkis-366x366.jpg)
Wendy Chapkis, PhD
SHE | THEY
- Professor of Sociology and Women & Gender Studies
- Sociology Chair
![Maureen Ebben](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/Ebben-copy.jpg)
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![Carrie Kancilia](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/Carrie-Kancilia-People-Profile-366x366.jpg)
Carrie Kancilia, PhD
SHE | HER | HERS
- Faculty Director of Writing Services
- Lecturer, English and Women & Gender Studies
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Sarah Lockridge, PhD
SHE | HER | HERS
- Lecturer, Anthropology and Women & Gender Studies
![Ragini Malhotra](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/people-profile_malhotra-366x366.jpg)
Ragini Malhotra, PhD
SHE | HER | HERS
- Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Criminology
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![Jessica Ouellette](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/Ouellette-Jessica-cropped-3-scaled-366x366.jpg)
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](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/people-profile_siegfriedt-366x366.jpg)
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
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Ashley Towle, PhD
SHE | HER | HERS
- Assistant Professor of History and Women & Gender Studies
![Professor Natalie Turrin](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/Natalie-Turrin-People-Profile-366x366.jpg)
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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
THEY | THEM | THEIRS
Work-study Student AY 22-23
![Clara Perka](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/Clara-People-Profile-366x366.jpg)
Faculty emeriti
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Rose Cleary
SHE | HER | HERS
![Nancy Gish](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2023/02/Gish-Nancy-cropped-366x366.png)
![James Messerschmidt](https://usm.maine.edu/women-gender-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/people-profile_messerschmidt-366x366.jpg)
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