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Gender Studies Faculty

The Gender Studies Faculty represent approximately 20 different affiliate departments from across various disciplines. We have faculty in psychology, art, computer science, sociology, political science, theology, english, hispanic studies, exercise health science, history, strategic communication studies, and more. The benefit of taking a course in gender studies is that you get exposure to a wide variety of ways of approaching knowledge and it works with any major!

Gender Studies Steering Committee

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The Gender Studies Steering Committee is a select group of volunteer faculty who make decisions about the program on behalf of the broader affiliated faculty. For more information, contact Program Director Emily Berg Paup.

The 2024-2025 Steering Committee Members are:

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Emily Ann Berg Paup

Associate Professor, Chair Gender Studies

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Pedro dos Santos

Janelle Hinchley

Janelle Hinchley

Associate Professor

Jacob Jantzer

Jacob Jantzer

Corrie Grosse

Corrie Grosse

Associate Professor

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Heather Amthauer

Associate Professor, Computer Science

Majel Baker

Majel Baker

Gender Studies Affiliate Faculty

Amanda Macht Jantzer

Amanda Macht Jantzer

Anna Mercedes

Anna Mercedes

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Carol Brash

Professor

Christina Tourino

Christina Tourino

Associate Professor

Claire Haeg

Claire Haeg

Emily Esch

Emily Esch

Eric Belt

Eric Belt

Visiting Assistant Professor

J. Scott Johnson

J. Scott Johnson

Jean Keller

Jean Keller

Jeff DuBois

Jeff DuBois

Dr. Jennifer Kramer

Jennifer Kramer

Associate Professor

Jon Armajani

Jon Armajani

Kelly Kraemer

Kelly Kraemer

Laura Taylor

Laura Taylor

Patricia Bolanos-Fabres

Patricia Bolanos-Fabres

Shane Miller

Shane Miller

Professor

Shannon Smith

Shannon Smith

Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee

Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee

Professor