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NIU WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM
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Fall/Spring 2007-08
Faculty Associates

Alexandra Bennett
English

753-6639

abennet1@niu.edu
Research:  16th- and 17th-century drama, writings of and about early modern women, Shakespeare, modern theatre and drama by women.
Barbara Burrell 
Public Opinion Lab

753-9657

bburrell@niu.edu
Research: history of childhood narrative structures, post-colonial literature.

Kate Cady
Dept. of Communication
753-7011
kcady@niu.edu

Research: public representations of working women, postindustrial economics, and feminism in the late 20th century U.S.; contemporary rhetorical theory and criticism; cultural studies
Louise Ciallella
Foreign Languages & Literatures

753-6447

lciallella@niu.edu
Research:  the change from realism to modernism in Spanish literature, narrative imaging of women/gender/ class, effects of dictatorship/power on texts (graphic or verbal;  film, periodical literature, novels), especially in terms of imaging gender.
Sabiha Daudi
Teaching and Learning
753-5722
sdaudi@niu.edu
 
Mayra Daniel
Dept. Of Literacy Education
753-8379
mcdaniel@niu.edu

Research: the link between reading and writing for second-language learners; language learners’ reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and ability to write in English

Deborah DeRosa
English
753-6650
derosa@niu.edu

Research: Abolitionist women's subversive writings for children; nineteenth century women's fiction, especially ghost narratives; African-American literature, especially contemporary writers like Morrison and Naylor.
Jill Dunlap (ex officio)
University Resources for Women

753-0320

jdunlap@niu.edu
Interests: women and media literacy, social aggression among girls and women's leadership.
Kerry Ferris
Sociology
753-0365
kferris@niu.edu
Research: fame as a system of stratification; celebrity in contemporary society; fans and fanship.

Valerie Garver
History
753-6823
vgarver@niu.edu

Research: cultural, social, and religious history of the Carolingian Empire, particularly the history of women, family, gender, and material culture
Carla Goar
Sociology
753-6430
goar@niu.edu
Research: power and prestige differences between members of small, diverse groups, social psychology of "whiteness," issues surrounding transracial adoption.
Laverne Gyant 
Center for Black Studies

753-1709

lgyant@niu.edu
Research:  African American women in business and hospitality industry, development as sisters, adult participation in and contributions to adult education.
Lynn Kamenitsa
Women's Studies Program/ Political Science

753-7053

lynnkam@niu.edu
Research: women and politics--U.S., Germany, Eastern Europe.
Hana Layson
English
753-6606
hlayson@niu.edu
Research: gender and sexuality, specifically related to both fictional and non-fictional seduction and rape narratives from the late 18th century through the early 19th century
Amy Levin
Women's Studies/English

753-1038

alevin@niu.edu
Research: literature by women, especially British and African-American women; museums, narratives, and culture
Margaret Asalele Mbilizi
Counseling, Adult and Higher Education

753-0788

mmbilizi@niu.edu
 
Beth Miller
FCNS
753-6339
jem@niu.edu
Research: feminist teaching, work and family issues, faculty development.
Robin Moremen
Sociology

753-6439

rmoremen@sun.soci.niu.edu
Research:  health and aging  with emphasis on women's health, AIDS, complex organizations, and multicultural education.
Adele Morrison
College of Law

753-7231

amorrison@niu.edu
Research: domestic violence, family law, sexuality and the law and poverty law; particularly the application of critical race theory, feminist legal theory, queer legal theory and culture studies in these areas.
Helen Nagata
Art History

753-7863

hnagata@niu.edu
 
 Kei Nomaguchi
Sociology
753-0365

knomaguchi@niu.edu
Research: work, family, and well-being; parenthood and children; and family life transitions, with the specific focus on variations by gender, socioeconomic statuses, and culture
Kathleen Renk
English
753-6612

krenk@niu.edu
Research: postcolonial studies, British Modernism, and women writers
Patricia Rickett
English

753-6398

prickett@niu.edu
 
Lesley Rigg
Geography

753-6838

rigg@geog.niu.edu
Research:  population and disturbance dynamics of vegetation communities. The role of women in ecological science.
Amy Rose
Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
753-9373
arose@niu.edu

 

Tajuja Singh
Marketing
753-7967
tanuja@niu.edu
Research: global and cross-cultural marketing strategy, privacy and other public policy issues in marketing, advertising in developing and emerging markets, and global e-commerce.
Diana Swanson
Women's Studies Program/English

753-6611

tb0dls1@corn.cso.niu.edu
Research: Virginia Woolf, British women novelists, lesbian writers, feminist criticism & theory, history of sexuality, literature & play, literary genre & the social construction of self gender, & sexuality.
Sharon Systma
Philosophy
753-6411
ssytsma@niu.edu
Research: ethical theory (especially Kant's ethics and theories of moral motivation); biomedical ethics, intersexuality.

Faculty Affiliates

Gulsat Aygen
English Department
753-6633
gaygen@niu.edu

Diana J. Mertens
School of Nursing
753-6558

dmertens@niu.edu
Gretchen Bisplinghoff
Communication
753-7005

gbisplin@niu.edu
Carole Minor
Counseling, Adult, and Health Education
753-1462
cwm@niu.edu

Andrea Bonnicksen
Political Science
753-7059

albcorn@niu.edu

Lynn Neeley
College of Business
753-6174

neeley@niu.edu
Paula Brown
Management
753-6187

pbrown1@niu.edu
Amy Newman
English
753-6651

anewman@niu.edu
Virginia Cassidy
Provost Office
753-0492

vcassidy@niu.edu
Barbara Posadas
Department of History
753-6697

bposadas@niu.edu
Margie Cook
LGBT Programs
753-2235

mcook@niu.edu
Shirley Richmond
Health & Human Sciences
753-6155

srichmond@niu.edu
Lisa Finkelstein
Department of Psychology
753-0439

lisaf@niu.edu
Robert Ridinger
Founders Library
753-1367

rridinger@niu.edu
Kay Forest
Department of Sociology
753-6437

kforest@sun.soci.niu.edu
Lorraine Schmall
College of Law-S
753-0480

lschmall@niu.edu

Kay Harned
Social Science Research Institute

753-0933

kharned@niu.edu

Lois Self
Department of Communication

753-7028

lself@niu.edu
Beatrix Hoffman
History
753-0858

beatrix@niu.edu
Christine Sorensen
College of Education
753-9055

csorensen@niu.edu
Barbara Jaffee
Art History
753-7876

bjaffee@niu.edu
Diana Steele
Mathematics
753-6755

dsteele@math.niu.edu
Carolyn Law
Graduate School
753-9405

claw@niu.edu

Lynne Thomas
University Libraries
753-0255

lmthomas@niu.edu

Judy Ledgerwood
Anthropology
753-8579

jledgerw@niu.edu
Carol Thompson
Physics
753-6402

c_Thompson@anl.gov
Melissa Lenczewski
Geology
753-7937
melissa@geol.niu.edu
Toni Tollerud
Counseling, Adult & Higher Educ.
753-9311

tollerud@niu.edu
Susan Linden
Foreign Languages & Lit.
753-6456
slinden@niu.edu
Lucy Townsend
LEPF
753-9326
ltownsend@niu.edu
Maryline Lukacher
Foreign Languages & Lit.
753-6453
mlukache@niu.edu
Virginia Wilcox-Gok
Economics
753-6957
vlw@niu.edu
Doris Macdonald
English
753-0615

dmvm@niu.edu

Honorary Affiliate: Barbara Cole Peters


 

Updated: 08/02/07

 

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