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Jami Ake

Jami
Ake

Teaching Professor, Comparative Literature & Thought and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Marlon M. Bailey

Marlon M.
Bailey

Professor of African and African American Studies, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Faculty Affiliate in the Performing Arts Department and the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Equity Associate Chair
Co-Director of Graduate Studies
(On Leave Fall '25)
Cynthia Barounis

Cynthia
Barounis

Senior Lecturer in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Rachel
Brown

Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Co-Director of Graduate Studies
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​Shefali
Chandra

​Associate Professor of History, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Asian American Studies Co-Director of Graduate Programs in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Professor Amy Cislo

​Amy Eisen
Cislo

Teaching Professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
Institute for Public Health Faculty Fellow
René Esparza

René
Esparza

Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Tamsin Kimoto

Tamsin
Kimoto

Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Diana Z. O'Brien

Diana Z.
O'Brien

Bela Kornitzer Distinguished Professor , Professor of Political Science Chair of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Allison Reed

Allison S.
Reed

Assistant Professor, Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity
Faculty Affiliate, Department of Sociology
Rebecca Wanzo

Rebecca
Wanzo

Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies African and African-American Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
American Culture Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
English, Courtesy Affiliation
Film and Media Studies, Courtesy Affiliation

Jami  Ake

  • Teaching Professor, Comparative Literature & Thought and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Umrath 232

Marlon M.  Bailey

  • Professor of African and African American Studies, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Faculty Affiliate in the Performing Arts Department and the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Equity
  • Associate Chair
    Co-Director of Graduate Studies
    (On Leave Fall '25)

McMillan Hall 231

​Shefali  Chandra

  • ​Associate Professor of History, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Asian American Studies
  • Co-Director of Graduate Programs in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

McMillan Hall, Room 207

​Amy Eisen  Cislo

  • Teaching Professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
    Institute for Public Health Faculty Fellow

​McMillan 225

Allison S.  Reed

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity
    Faculty Affiliate, Department of Sociology

McMillan Hall 214

Rebecca  Wanzo

  • Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • African and African-American Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
    American Culture Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
    English, Courtesy Affiliation
    Film and Media Studies, Courtesy Affiliation

McMillan Hall 215