Our Affiliate Faculty

Name	Title & Research Interests
Aqdas Aftab WSGS Affiliate Faculty Feature	Assistant Professor of English PhD, University of Maryland Research Interests: Trans of Color Theory; Decolonial Thought; Transnational, Migration, and Diaspora Studies; Black and Dalit Solidarities; Black Feminisms; Critical Race Theory; Queer of Color Critique; Cultural Studies View Faculty Profile
Savina Balasubramanian	Professor of Sociology PhD, Northwestern University Research Interests: Gender, Sexuality, & Reproduction; Science, Technology, Health & Medicine; Political & Historical Sociology; Global & Transnational Sociology; Race & Ethnicity; Law & Society; Sociology of Social Knowledge; Asia & Asian America View Faculty Profile
Suzanne Bost WSGS Affiliate Faculty Feature	Professor of English PhD, Vanderbilt University Research Interests: American literature; Latina/o studies; feminist theory; cultural studies View Faculty Profile
Susana Cavallo	Department Chair, Modern Languages and Literature Professor, Spanish Language and Literature PhD, The University of Chicago Research Interests: 20th Century Peninsular Poetry, 20th Century Hispanic Prose, Latin American Poetry, Hispanic Women's Writing, Feminist Theory and Criticism, Translation View Faculty Profile
Michael Dentato	Co-director, Center for Field Innovation, Research, Strategy, and Training (C-FIRST) Associate Professor of Social Work PhD, Loyola University Chicago Research Interests: health and health disparities among sexual minority populations, impact of macro practice, interprofessional education, effective non-profit leadership and service provision for vulnerable communities View Faculty Profile
Anne Figert	Professor of Sociology PhD, Indiana University Research Interests: health, medicine, sociology of science, and gender View Faculty Profile
Timothy J. Gilfoyle	Professor of History PhD, Columbia University Research Interests: American urban and social history View Faculty Profile
Anne Grauer	Professor of Anthropology PhD, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Research Interests: human populations in medieval England, human populations derived from 19th centuries cemeteries in the US View Faculty Profile
Susan Grossman	Associate Dean of the Graduate School Professor of Social Work PhD, University of Chicago View Faculty Profile
Marcia Hermansen	Professor and Director of Islamic World Studies Program PhD, University of Chicago Research Interests: Islamic studies, theory and method in the study of religion, comparative religion, South Asian and Middle East studies, mysticism, women and gender, religion in America, critical theory, youth cultures, Islamic theology, interfaith dialogue View Faculty Profile
Suzanne Kaufmann	Associate Professor of History PhD, Rutgers University Research Interests: modern European social and cultural history, modern France, history of religion and popular culture, gender/women's history View Faculty Profile
Jacqueline Long	Associate Professor of Classical Studies Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences PhD, Columbia University Research Interests: Late Antique history & literature; Roman history & literature; women and gender in the Classical world View Faculty Profile
Harveen Mann	Associate Professor of English Advisor, Pre-Law (Juniors and Seniors) PhD, Purdue University Research Interests: postcolonial studies; South Asian studies; third world feminism View Faculty Profile (English Dept.) View Faculty Profile (Career Services)
Michelle Nickerson	Associate Professor of History PhD, Yale University Research Interests: U.S. Women’s and Gender History, 20th Century Political and Urban History, American Conservatism View Faculty Profile
Tracy Pintchman	Director, International Studies Program Professor of Theology PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara Research Interests: Hinduism, goddess traditions, Hindu women's rituals View Faculty Profile
Abha Rai WSGS Affiliate Faculty Feature	Associate Director, Center for Immigrant and Refugee Accompaniment PhD, University of Georgia Research Interests: Gender-based violence (dating, domestic and intimate partner violence, intimate partner stalking) in diverse populations, immigration issues/stress, culturally responsive research, international/global social work, survey development and instrument design View Faculty Profile
Shweta Singh WSGS Affiliate Faculty Feature	Associate Professor of Social Work PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Research Interests: South East Asian women and the effect of experiences with racism, schooling and girls identity formation, constructing measures of women’s status, culture, policy, and law for women, use of social communication as a social work intervention strategy View Faculty Profile
Frederick Staidum	Assistant Professor of English PhD, Northwestern University Research Interests: African American Studies; Black Study and the Black Radical Tradition; Critical Race Theory; Black Queer and Trans Feminisms; Geography and Spatiality; Temporality; History of Coloniality and Modernity; History of Slavery, Liberty, and the "Afterlives of Slavery;" Racial Liberalism/the Racial Contract; Philosophies of Progress; Art and Visual Culture View Faculty Profile
Loretta Stalans	Director, Psychology of Crime and Justice Minor Professor of Criminal Justice PhD, University of Illinois Chicago Research Interests: domestic violence, sexual violence, criminal justice research methods, program evaluation, statistics, criminal laws and courts, restorative and retributive justice, and communication and conflict resolution View Faculty Profile
Aana Vigen	Associate Professor of Ethics PhD, Union Theological Seminary Research Interests: quality of, and access to, healthcare along with racial-ethnic and socio-economic disparities in healthcare View Faculty Profile
Paula Wisotzki	Professor of Fine Arts PhD, Northwestern University Research Interests: Modern and Contemporary Art, American Modernism, Women Artists and Feminist Art History, Strategies of Museum Display and Artifact Interpretation View Faculty Profile
Professor Emerita
Marilyn Dunn	Associate Professor of Fine Arts & Art History PhD, University of Chicago Research Interests: Italian Renaissance, Baroque, issues of gender and art
Susan Hirsch	Professor of History PhD, University of Michigan Research Interests: American Labor, Urban and Gender History View Faculty Profile
Suzanne Gossett	Professor of English PhD, Princeton University
Marta Lundy	Professor of Social Work PhD, University of Chicago Research Interests: women in families and family violence, domestic violence, adult survivors of childhood abuse and non-offending parents in childhood sexual View Faculty Profile
Kathleen Maas Weigert	Professor of Sociology PhD, University of Notre Dame Research Interests: Education for justice and peace; nonviolence; homelessness; the Catholic social tradition View Faculty Profile
Susan Mezey	Professor of Political Science PhD, Syracuse University Research Interests: Constitutional law, judicial process, judicial-legislative relations, administrative law, women and law and children's rights View Faculty Profile
Prue Moylan	Professor of History PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Interests: Modern British History View Faculty Profile
Bren Ortega Murphy	Former Internship Coordinator, WSGS Professor, School of Communication and WSGS PhD, Northwestern University View In Memoriam Memorial Scholarship Information
Susan Ross	Professor of Theology PhD, University of Chicago Research Interests: feminist theology and ethics; theological anthropology View Faculty Profile
Jasmine Tata	Professor of Business PhD, Syracuse Univeristy Research Interests: Organizational justice, Team Dynamics, Gender and Diversity, International aspects of organizations View Faculty Profile
Julie K. Ward	Professor of Philosophy PhD, University of California, San Diego Research Interests: ancient philosophy, especially Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic philosophy, feminism View Faculty Profile
Judith Wittner	Professor of Sociology PhD, Northwestern University Research Interests: Families, Gender, Qualitative Methods, Popular Culture, Social Theory View Faculty Profile
Talmadge Wright	Professor of Sociology PhD, University of California, Irvine Research Interests: Homelessness, Social Inequality, Critical Social, Cultural Theory, Social-Physical Space, Gender, Mass Media and Popular Culture View Faculty Profile

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Our Affiliate Faculty