WGS Faculty
WGS Faculty
Faculty members in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program represent a variety of disciplines in the humanities, the fine arts, and the social and natural sciences. They are published in prestigious professional and literary journals, and frequently present their research findings and literary work at national and international conferences, including the annual meetings of the National Women’s Studies Association and the Association of Women in Psychology. Our faculty work closely with students and assist them in their academic pursuits–whether it is research in the social sciences, creative writing, or dance performance.
Core Faculty
Sarah Ahmed, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Abigail Brooks, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Jennifer Illuzzi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Virginia Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Elizabeth Bridgham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Sara Hassani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Carmen Rolón, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Affiliated Faculty
Maia Bailey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Licia Carlson, Ph.D.
Professor
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Kara Cebulko, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Luz Colpa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Shatanjaya Dasgupta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Catherine Gordon, Ph.D.
Professor
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Saaid Mendoza, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Alexander Moffett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Jessica Mulligan, Ph.D.
Professor
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Jeffery Nicholas, Ph.D.
Professor
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Charlotte Roberts, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Aishah Scott, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Tuire Valkeakari, Ph.D.
Professor
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Trina Vithayathil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Jessica Blum-Sorensen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Kathleen Cavender-McCoy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Christopher Chambers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Peter Costello, Ph.D.
Professor
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Molly Driessen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Bruce Graver, Ph.D.
Professor
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Rhiannon Miller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Vance Morgan, Ph.D.
Professor
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Sharon Ann Murphy, Ph.D.
Professor
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Maureen Outlaw, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Erin Joy Schmidt, M.F.A.
Associate Professor
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Robert Stretter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Eve Veliz-Moran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Adjunct Faculty
- C. Kelly Smith, MSW
Faculty Adjunct of Social Work and Women’s and Gender Studies - Jessica Geier, Ph.D.
Faculty Adjunct of Women’s and Gender Studies
Emeritae and Retired
- Mary L. Bellhouse, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Political Science - Deborah J. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Art History and Women’s and Gender Studies - Patricia M. Lawlor, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of French - Charlotte G. O’Kelly, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies - Jane Lunin Perel, M.F.A.
Professor Emerita of English and Women’s and Gender Studies - Mary Anne Sedney
Retired Professor of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies - Wendy Oliver, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Dance and Women’s and Gender Studies - Gloria-Jean Masciarotte, Ph.D.
Long-Standing Faculty Adjunct of Women’s and Gender Studies - Margaret Manchester, Ph.D.
Retired Professor of History and Women’s and Gender Studies
Abigail T. Brooks, Ph.D.
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies Director / Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, and Sociology
Library LL 13
401.865.2923
wgs@providence.edu
Katie Weeks
Women’s and Gender Studies Administrative Coordinator
Library LL 12
401.865.2924
wgs@providence.edu
