Rachel Brown

Our People

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

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

Tonya Edmond

  • Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work
  • Associate Dean, George Warren Brown School of Social Work Affiliated Faculty, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

​Andrea Friedman​

  • Professor of History and of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies MA MA/JD Programs Director Professor Emeritus of the Department of History

Tyriesa Howell

  • Assistant Professor - George Warren Brown School of Social Work
  • Affiliated Faculty, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Seanna Leath

    • Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
    • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Affiliated Faculty

    Somers Family Hall Room 321A

    ​Rebecca Messbarger

    • ​Professor of Italian
    • Affiliate Professor of History, Art History, Global Studies, Performing Arts, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies in Italian Co-Founder and First Director of Medical Humanities

    Ridgley 410

    ​Linda Nicholson

    • Susan E. and William P. Stiritz Distinguished Professor of Women's Studies
    • ​Professor Emerita of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
    • Professor Emerita, Department of History

    Patricia Olynyk

    • Florence and Frank Bush Professor of Art, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
    • Director, Graduate School of Art Affiliated Faculty, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Lewis Center Room 202

    Allison S. Reed

    • Post-Doctoral Fellow
    • Assistant Professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (beginning in 2024-2025)

    McMillan Hall 214

    ​Nancy Reynolds​

    • ​Associate Professor of History, of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Affiliate), and of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (Affiliate)
    • Director of Graduate Studies in History and JIMES

    Busch Hall 213

    Peggie Smith

    • Charles F. Nagel Professor of Employment and Labor Law, Washington University School of Law
    • Affiliated Faculty, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 543

    Lindsay Stark

    • Professor - George Warren Brown School of Social Work
    • Affiliated Faculty, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Associate Dean of Global Strategy and Programs Professor Public Health and Social Work Co-Director, Center for Violence and Injury Prevention Principal Investigator, The Study of Adolescent Lives after Migration to America

      Karen Tokarz

      • Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law & Public Service
      • Professor, Washington University School of Law Affiliated Faculty, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

      Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 584

      ​Anika Walke​

      • Associate Professor of History; Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies; and of Global Studies

      ​Busch Hall 216 Personal website: https://hcommons.org/members/awalke/

      Rebecca Wanzo

      • Chair and 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