School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professional Development
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American Indian Studies |
Tammy Greer, Ph.D.
Director of American Indian Studies〡Associate Professor
Discipline: Psychology
Research Interests: American Indian Studies, Brain and Behavior
Jeanne Gillespie, Ph.D.
Co-director of American Indian Studies〡Professor
Discipline: World Languages
Research Interests: Amerindian letters and cultures, Latin American Colonial Letters, Early Modern Women's
Voices,
Josh Haynes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Early American History, Native American History, the Native South
Black Studies |
Sherita L. Johnson, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Black Studies 〡 Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: African American Literature and Southern Literature
Cheryl D. Jenkins, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center for Black Studies 〡Associate Professor
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Research Interests: Journalism, Minority Representation in Media, Media and Culture
Douglas B. Chambers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Oral History, Cultural Heritage
Amy Chasteen, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: Sociology
Research Interests: Gender & Sexuality; Diversity; Culture and Social Change; Higher Education; Student
Success and Retention
Kevin D. Greene, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Twentieth Century US History, African American History, Music History, Oral History
Thomas V. O’Brien, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
Research Interests: Education; History of American Education; Social Foundations of Education; Education
Policy and Politics; Race, Class, and Education; School Law; Higher Education
Marek D. Steedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Political Science and Legal Studies
Research Interests: Political Theory
Rebecca Tuuri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: African American, Women's and Gender, Modern U.S. history
Women's and Gender Studies |
Allison Abra, Ph.D.
Director of Women's and Gender Studies 〡Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Popular culture, dance, gender and sexuality, globalization, war and society, European
women’s history
Julie Reid, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Women's and Gender Studies 〡 Associate Professor
Discipline: Sociology
Research Interests: Gender and international development, globalization, education, and intersectionality
(gender, nation, race, class, and sexuality)
Amy Chasteen, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: Sociology
Research Interests: Gender studies, health, childbirth, deviant behavior, culture
Jennifer Courts, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Art and Design
Research Interests: Medieval sex, women and art, women artists
Sher Gibbs, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Entrepreneurship
Research Interests: Entrepreneurship, opportunity recognition, women's entrepreneurship, Black entrepreneurship,
organizational behavior, affect, social psychological approaches to entrepreneurship,
career choice and boundary theory
Kate Greene, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Political Science and Legal Studies
Research Interests: Music and politics, public law, women and politics
Bridget Hayden, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: Anthropology
Research Interests: Globalization; migration; discourses of nationalism, identity, and citizenship; intersectionality;
Central America
Andrew Haley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: American cultural history; class, gender, and community identities; American women's
lives; food; childhood; gender theory; gay and lesbian history; queer theory
Sherita L. Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: African American women writers; race, ethnicity, and gender Studies. Southern cultural
studies
Nicolle Jordan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: African American women writers; race, ethnicity, and gender Studies. Southern cultural
studies
Courtney Luckhardt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Europe, early medieval ages, religion, cultural history, travel, ancient and medieval
women
Susan Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Public Health
Research Interests: Women's health, health disparities, community health workers, qualitative research,
international child sexual trafficking (service internships)
Heather Stur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: U.S. foreign relations; gender and war; global Cold War; Vietnam War; impacts of conflict
on men, women, families, and national identities
Eric Tribunella, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: Children's and young adult literature, lesbian and gay literature, queer theory, gender
studies, critical theory
Rebecca Tuuri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Black women's organizations in the Civil Rights/Black Power Movements, African American
and American history through the lens of intersectionality, identity as affected by
race, gender, and sexuality
Maria Wallace, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: Education
Research Interests: Science teachers, teacher education and induction; construction of teacher subjectivities;
feminist, poststructuralist, and new materialist perspectives in curriculum studies;
ontology in qualitative inquiry; ethicopolitical issues in science education; feminist
science studies
Ellen Weinauer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: American literature (particularly of the 19th century), American women writers, women's
and gender studies, law and literature
WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES MINOR
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