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_{Women's Studies at West Chester University: Affiliated Faculty}

Name	Department/Program	Area of Specialization
Jen Bacon	English	Contemporary rhetoric, queer theory, lesbian studies, narrative studies, qualitative research methods
Helen A. Berger	Sociology	Sociology of the family, gender in new religious movements, women's spirituality
Juanita Comfort	English	Composition theory & pedagogy, rhetorical criticism, and black feminist essayists
Virginia M. da Costa	Art	Women artists, women writers 1550-1700, Ancient and Medieval art, travel abroad programs
Eli DeHope	Social Work	Aging, mental health, health care, and sexuality
Celia Esplugas	Foreign Languages	Contemporary Latin American women writers
Susan Gans	Psychology	Biological psychology, individual differences among females in reproductive physiology and behavior
Robin Garrett	Nursing	Obstetrics, women's health
Karin Gedge	History	19^th Century U.S. cultural history, history of American women, history of American religions, history of education and pedagogy
Anne Herzog	English	Composition, twentieth century American poetry, women writers, working-class studies
Lisa Huebner	Women’s Studies Sociology	Intersectionality, work, globalization, intimacy, violence, feminist theories, qualitative methods
Linda Huff	Pre-Major Advising	Academic advising; student diversity; ethnography; composition theory and pedagogy;
Lauri L. Hyers	Psychology	Prejudice from the target's perspective, activism, rites of passage to womanhood, group identity, social psychology
Lisa Kirschenbaum	History	Modern European and Russian history, history of family and childhood, gender and the experience and memory of war
Rodney R. Mader	English	Early American literature and cultural studies, queer theory
Deborah Mahlstedt	Psychology	Social psychology, small group processes, psychology of women, dating violence, models of social change
Rujuta Mandelia	Women’s Studies	African-American Studies, gender and sexuality, and postcolonial theory, East Indian feminism
Lisa M. Millhous	Communication Studies	Organizational communication, intercultural communication, small group and leadership dynamics
Merry Perry	English	Rhetoric and composition, cultural studies, feminist theory and pedagogy, masculinities and men's studies, beauty culture, early modern drama
Ruth Porritt	Philosophy	Aesthetics, feminist aesthetics, women and creativity
Maria Purciello	Music	Women and music, music history, musical aesthetics, interdisciplinary opera studies
Geetha Ramanathan	English	Third world, black, and feminist literature and film
Nancy Rumfield	Art	Photographic images, women and sexuality, digital design
Stacey Schlau	Foreign Languages	Latin American and Spanish women writers, narrative theory, colonial Latin American literature
Frauke Schnell	Political Science	Public opinion, women and politics, political psychology, political socialization, research methods
Helen Schroepfer	Philosophy	Feminist philosophy of religion, religion and ethics, contemporary continental thought
Eleanor Shevlin	English	18th-century British literature and culture, postcolonial writing and theory, history of the book
Carolyn Sorisio	English	Nineteenth century American literature, representations of race and gender, and women's literature
Linda Stevenson	Political Science	Latin American culture and politics,
la tonya thames taylor	History	African diaspora, southern history, violence, class, social and cultural memory, political thought
Maria Van Liew	Foreign Languages	Spanish cultural studies, twentieth-century Spanish literature and film, feminist film theory
Joan Woolfrey	Philosophy	Ethical theory, bioethics, feminist thought
Hyoejin Yoon	English	Rhetoric & composition, critical pedagogy, critical theory, Asian American feminist theories, writing and technology