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Afflitiated Faculty Jen Bacon English Contemporary rhetoric, queer theory, lesbian studies, narrative studies, qualitative research methods Ellie Brown Psychology Research, teaching and clinical interests in children's academic and social-emotional development, developmental risk related to poverty and oppression, and models of individual and social change. 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 Susan Gans Psychology Biological psychology, individual differences among females in reproductive physiology and behavior Robin Garrett Nursing Women’s health, gender and health, violence prevention and reduction Karin Gedge History 19th 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 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 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 Melina McConatha-Rosle Women’s Studies Sociology Human Development, Sociology of Gender, Sociology of the Family, Group Dynamics 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 Lisa Ruchti Women’s Studies Sociology Intersectionality, work, globalization, intimacy, violence, feminist theories, qualitative methods 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, Maria Van Liew Foreign Languages Spanish cultural studies, twentieth-century Spanish literature and film, feminist film theory Mary Ruth Warner Women’s Studies Black women’s studies; women and folklore; women and popular music Joan Woolfrey Philosophy Ethical theory, bioethics, feminist thought Hyoejin Yoon English Rhetoric & composition, critical pedagogy, critical theory, Asian American feminist theories, writing and technology