Women's Studies Faculty & Staff

Program Advisor
Erin Davis, Associate Professor of Anthropology & Sociology, 209 College Hall, (319) 895-4296

Affiliated Faculty

Administrative Assistant
Diane Harrington, 103 College Hall, (319) 895-4358

Erin Davis, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, serves as advisor to the Women's Studies program. She teaches the women's studies electives Families in Social Context, Self and Identity, Sexualities, and Gender and Social Institutions. Erin will also co-lead the 2009-10 off-campus topics course Culture, Gender, and Public Policy in Japan with psychology professor Carolyn Zerbe Enns. Find more about Professor Davis on the sociology and anthropology department faculty page.
Craig Allin, Professor of Politics, teaches the women's studies elective Race, Sex, and the Constitution. Find more about Professor Allin on the politics department faculty page.
Diane Crowder, Professor of French, co-founded the Women's Studies Program in 1984 along with Charlotte Vaughn. Diane teaches the women's studies elective French Women Writers in Translation and the core course Women's Studies Seminar. Her research interests cover a wide variety topics related to feminist literary and cultural criticism. Find more about Professor Crowder on the French department faculty page.
Carolyn Zerbe Enns, Professor of Psychology, studies and publishes on feminist and multicultural pedagogy and feminist psychotherapy. Carolyn teaches the women's studies elective Psychology of Women and Gender, and will also co-lead the 2009-10 off-campus topics course Culture, Gender, and Public Policy in Japan with sociology professor Erin Davis. Find more about Professor Enns on the psychology department faculty page.
Melinda Green, Assistant Professor of Psychology, studies the biological, psychological, and sociocultural predictors of eating disorder behaviors and works closely with student researchers to present and publish regularly on this topic.  Melinda occasionally teaches the women's studies elective Psychology of Women and Gender. Find more about Professor Green on the psychology department faculty page.
John Gruber-Miller, Professor of Classical Studies, teaches the women's studies electives Women in Antiquity and Love, and Sexuality in Greece and Rome. Find more about Professor Gruber-Miller on the classical studies faculty page.
Leslie Hankins, Professor of English, teaches the women's studies electives  Virginia Woolf, and Film and Criticism. Find more about Professor Hankins on the English department faculty page.
Mark Hunter, Associate Professor of Theatre, teaches the women's studies elective Women and Theatre. Find more about Professor Hunter on the theatre department faculty page.
Genevieve Migely, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, teaches the women's studies elective Philosophy of Feminism. Find more about Professor Migely on the philosophy department faculty page.
Joseph Molleur, Associate Professor of Religion, teaches the women's studies elective Issues in Christianity Today: Feminist Theology. Find more about Professor Molleur on the religion department faculty page.
Alfrieta Monagan, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, teaches the women's studies electives Women's Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective and The Black Woman in America. Find more about Professor Monagan on the sociology and antrhopology department faculty page.
Michelle Mouton, Associate Professor of English, teaches the women's studies elective Fairy Tales, Walt Disney, and Cultural Criticism. Find more about Professor Mouton on the English department faculty page.
Mary Olson, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, teaches the women's studies elective Women: Oppression and Resistances. Find more about Professor Olson on the sociology and antrhopology department faculty page.
Christina Penn-Goetsch, Associate Professor of Art, teaches the women's studies electives Feminist Art and Saints and She Devils. Find more about Professor Penn-Goetsch on the art department faculty page.
Shannon Reed, Associate Professor of English, teaches the women's studies elective Women on the Verge: Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries in Literature and Film . Find more about Professor Reed on the English department faculty page.
Katy Stavreva, Associate Professor of English, teaches the women's studies elective Renaissance Non-Dramatic Literature: Women Writers in the Age of Shakespeare. Find more about Professor Stavreva on the English department faculty page.
Catherine Stewart, Associate Professor of History, teaches the women's studies electives United States Social History Since 1940 and Work and Leisure in Modern America. Find more about Professor Stewart on the history department faculty page.
Jama Stilwell, Associate Professor of Music, teaches the women's studies elective Women and Music. Find more about Professor Stilwell on the music department faculty page.
Aparna Thomas, Assistant Professor of Politics and Women's Studies, teaches the women's studies core courses Introduction to Women's Studies and Feminist Theories, along with the cross-listed electives Women and Politics: A Cross-National Perspective and Gender in Developing Countries. Find more about Professor Thomas on the politics department faculty page.
Ellen Whale, Professor of Kinesiology, teaches the women's studies elective Women and Sport. Find more about Professor Whale on the kinesiology department faculty page.