Faculty

  • Assistant Professor, Women's & Gender Studies
  • Professor, History
  • Professor, Women's & Gender Studies
  • Associate Professor, Women's & Gender Studies
  • Department Chair, Women's & Gender Studies
  • Associate Professor, Geography
  • Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies
  • Associate Professor, Global Studies (Comparative Literature Program)
  • Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Women's & Gender Studies

Administrative Staff

Ebarp, Erik
  • Administrative Assistant III, Ancient & Modern Languages, Literature, and Culture
  • Financial and Systems Support, Women's and Gender Studies
  • Undergraduate Advisor & Program Coordinator, Women's & Gender Studies
  • Lecturer, English
Kelley, Katherine
  • Administrative Assistant, Women's & Gender Studies
  • Graduate Student, Women's & Gender Studies

Graduate Students

Name Title Email Phone Location
  • Graduate Student, TA, Women's & Gender Studies
bowersmj@uwm.edu
  • Graduate Student (MA), Women's & Gender Studies
cacasper@uwm.edu
  • Graduate Student, TA, Women's & Gender Studies
clemen54@uwm.edu
  • Graduate Student, TA, Women's & Gender Studies
gafiles@uwm.edu
  • Graduate Student, TA, Women's & Gender Studies
amcneill@uwm.edu
  • Graduate Student (MA/MSW) / TA, Women's & Gender Studies
sugoretz@uwm.edu

Emeriti

Name Title Email Phone Location
  • Associate Professor Emerita, English
gkennedy@uwm.edu
  • Distinguished Professor Emerita, History
merrywh@uwm.edu

Affiliated Faculty and Staff

We are delighted to have the support of so many across such diverse areas on campus!  If you are interested in becoming a Women’s & Gender Studies’ affiliate, please contact us for information. 

African & African Diaspora Studies 

  • Ermitte Saint Jacques 
  • Anika Wilson 
  • Erin Winkler 

Ancient & Modern Languages, Literatures, & Cultures 

  • Meghan Murphy-Lee 
  • Rachel Baum 

Anthropology 

  • Bettina Arnold 
  • Mark Freeland 
  • Jennifer Haas 
  • Jean Hudson 

Art History 

  • Tanya Tiffany 

Biological Sciences 

  • Reinhold Hutz 

Business 

  • Belle Rose Ragins 

Communication 

  • Leslie J. Harris 

Continuing Education 

  • Marcia Gabriel

Dance 

  • Mair W. Culbreth 
  • Maria Soledad Gillespie 
  • Annie Melchior 

Economics 

  • Itziar Lazkano 

Educational Policy & Community Studies 

  • Raji Swaminathan 

English 

  • Jennifer Dworschack-Kinter 
  • Barrett Kalter   
  • Elana Levine 
  • Margaret Noodin
  • Maria Novotny 
  • Kumkum Sangari 
  • Kristin Terwelp 

Ethnic Studies 

  • Jonathan Bruce 

General Studies 

  • Lisa Hager
  • Jennifer Heinert
  • Ellyn Lem
  • Anne Widmayer

Geography 

  • Anne Bonds 
  • Anna Mansson McGinty (joint with WGS) 
  • Kristin Sziarto 

Geosciences 

  • Dyanna Czeck 

Global Studies 

  • Anita Alkhas 
  • Eric Anderson  
  • Simonetta Milli Konewko 
  • Drago Momcilovic  
  • Kristin Pitt (joint with WGS) 
  • Caroline Seymour-Jorn 
  • Christine A. Wolf 

History 

  • Rachel Buff 
  • Carolyn Eichner (joint with WGS) 
  • Nan Kim  
  • Richard Popp 

Honors College 

  • Hilary Snow 

Information Studies 

  • Nadine Kozak 
  • Abby Phillips 

Latin American and Caribbean Studies 

  • Natasha Borges Sugiyama 

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Studies 

  • Cary Gabriel Costello 

Mathematical Sciences 

  • Gabriella Pinter 

Music 

  • Gillian Rodger 

Nursing 

  • Jennifer Doering 
  • Vipavee Thongpriwan 

Occupational Science and Technology 

  • Phyllis King 

Philosophy 

  • Elizabeth Silverstein 

Political Science 

  • Kathleen Dolan 
  • Kennan Ferguson 
  • Erin Kaheny 
  • Natasha Borges Sugiyama 

Public Health 

  • Lori Klos 
  • Linnea Laestadius 
  • Lorraine Halinka Malcoe 
  • Emmanuel Ngui 

Psychology 

  • Rodney Swain 

Social Work 

  • Jane Hereth  

Sociology 

  • Noelle Chesley
  • Cary Gabriel Costello 

Spanish & Portuguese 

  • Nancy Bird-Soto 
  • Estrella Sotomayor 

Translation & Interpreting Studies 

  • Amy Olen 
  • Lorena Terando 

Additional Affiliates

  • Deanna Alba, Letters & Science 
  • Heidi Anoszko, UWM Libraries 
  • Edwige Fangseu Badjio, University Information Technology Services 
  • Joan Mayr, Public Health
  • Ariana Myers, LGBTQ+ Resource Center   
  • Kacie Otto, Women’s Resource Center   
  • Jaclyn Stoczanyn, Health Sciences 
  • Chelsea Tennis, Assistant Director, LGBTQ Resource Center 
  • Susan Wagner, History
  • Kristin Woodward, UWM Libraries 
  • Max Yela, UWM Libraries 
  • Karate Zubek, Student Health and Wellness Center

Retired Affiliates

  • Osei-Mensa Aborampah (African & African Diaspora Studies)
  • Cheryl Ajirotutu (Anthropology)
  • Margo Anderson (History)
  • Margaret Atherton (Philosophy)
  • Ewa Barczyk (UWM Libraries)
  • Patrick Bellegarde-Smith (African & African Diaspora Studies)
  • Kimberly Blaeser (English)
  • Sandi Brunette-Hill (Washington County) (General Studies)
  • Mary Louise Buley-Meissner (English)
  • Nancy Burrell (Communication)
  • Brenda Cárdenas (English)
  • Simone C. O. Conceição (Admnistrative Leadership)
  • Kim Cosier (Art & Design)
  • Mary Ann Czarnezki (Sociology)
  • Kathryn Dindia (Communication)
  • Anne Dressel (Nursing)
  • Margaret Duncan (Health Sciences)
  • Barbara Federlin (Registrar’s Office)
  • Susan Firer (English)
  • Nancy Frank (Urban Planning)
  • Jane Gallop (English)
  • Donna Genzmer (Geography)
  • Laurie Glass (Nursing)
  • J. Patrick Gray (Anthropology)
  • Kristie Hamilton (English)
  • Margaret Hamilton (Washington County) (General Studies)
  • Ian Harris (Educational Policy & Community Studies)
  • Barbara Hart (Health Sciences)
  • Cynthia Hasbrook (Health Sciences)
  • Jeanne Hewitt (Nursing)
  • Linda Huang, (Global Inclusion and Engagement)
  • Karen Jander, (UWM Libraries)
  • Gregory Jay (English)
  • Jenna Jazna (Graduate School)
  • Connie Jo (Letters & Science)
  • Joan Jones (Social Work)
  • Sandra Jones (African & African Diaspora Studies)
  • Cheryl Kader (Women’s and Gender Studies, LGBT Studies)
  • Sharon Keigher (Social Work)
  • Judith Kenny (Geography)
  • Joyce Kirk (African & African Diaspora Studies)
  • Patricia Kissinger (Letters & Science)
  • Susan Kundrat (Kinesiology)
  • Gwat-Yong Lie (Social Work)
  • Pat Mayes (English)
  • Genevieve McBride (History)
  • Doreatha Mbalia (African & African Diaspora Studies)
  • Jeffrey Merrick (History)
  • Kathy Miller-Dillon (Women’s & Gender Studies)
  • Sarah Morgan (Nursing)
  • Chava Frankfort Nachmias (Sociology)
  • Stacey Oliker (Sociology)
  • Hope A. Olson (Information Studies)
  • Kathryn M. Olson (Communication)
  • Robin Pickering-Iazzi (Global Studies)
  • David Pritchard (Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies)
  • Diane Reddy (Psychology)
  • Robyn Ridley (Psychology)
  • Josh Rivers (Art & Design)
  • Kim Romenesko (Letters & Science Advising)
  • Jean Salzer, (Career Planning and Resource Center)
  • Erika Sander (Kinesiology)
  • Patricia Stevens (Nursing)
  • Helena Pycior (History)
  • Kristin Ruggiero (History)
  • Ruth Schwertfeger (Foreign Languages & Literature)
  • Cathy Seasholes (Women’s Resource Center)
  • Trudy Turner (Anthropology)
  • Leslie Vansen (Art & Design)
  • Gabrielle Verdier (French, Italian, & Comparative Literature)
  • Anne Frances Wysocki (English)
  • Elizabeth Zanichowsky (General Studies)

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