School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professional Development
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American Indian Studies |
Tammy Greer, Ph.D.
Director of American Indian Studies銆ssociate Professor
Discipline: Psychology
Research Interests: American Indian Studies, Brain and Behavior
Jeanne Gillespie, Ph.D.
Co-director of American Indian Studies銆rofessor
Discipline: World Languages
Research Interests: Amerindian letters and cultures, Latin American Colonial Letters, Early Modern Women's
Voices,
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Black Studies |
Thomas V. O鈥橞rien, Ph.D.
Interim Director, Center for Black Studies | Professor
Vickie Reed, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator, Black Studies Minor
Valencia Walls
Interim Associate Director, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
Area of Expertise
Green Dot certified instructor, Cornell Diversity and Inclusion certificate
Rebecca Tuuri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: African American, Women's and Gender, Modern U.S. history
Charkarra Anderson-Lewis, Ph.D.
Full Professor
Andrew Gutkowski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, African American History, U.S. South
Marek D. Steedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Political Science and Legal Studies
Research Interests: Political Theory
Jessica Valles, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Discipline: Anthropology and Sociology
Research Interests: Aging, mental health, gender, family
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Disability Studies Minor |
Emily Stanback, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator 銆� Associate Professor
Specialization Area
English
Area of Expertise: British Romanticism, health humanities / medical humanities, disability studies, histories
of medicine and science
Jerry R. Alliston, Ph.D.
Associate Director of the Institute for Disability Studies
Leslie LaVergne, Ph.D.
Director, Wellness Programs in the Institute for Disability Studies
Terri "Cookie" Smith
Specialization Area
Social Work / Student Affairs
Health and Medical Humanities |
Emily Stanback, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator 銆� Associate Professor
Specialization Area
English
Area of Expertise: British Romanticism, health humanities / medical humanities, disability studies, histories
of medicine and science
Katie Anthony, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Specialization Area
Communication Studies
Area of Expertise: Medical decision-making, Public Health Risk Communication
Sam Bruton, Ph.D.
Full Professor
Specialization Area
Philosophy
Area of Expertise: Ethics, Applied Ethics
Brent Hale, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialization Area
Communication Studies
Area of Expertise: Mediated Communication; Social Media; User Comments; Media Psychology
Wes Johnson, Ph.D.
Full Professor
Specialization Area
Criminal Justice
Area of Expertise: Corrections, Jails, Prisons, Mental Health Courts, Probation, Parole, deescalation
training
Michelle McLeese, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Specialization Area
Sociology
Area of Expertise: Mental Health and Crime/Deviance
Courtney Luckhardt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialization Area
History
Area of Expertise: early medieval ages, religion, cultural history, ancient and medieval women
Leah Parker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialization Area
English
Area of Expertise: Medieval literature, Old and Middle English, disability studies, phenomenologies of
religion
Deanne Stephens, Ph.D.
Full Professor
Specialization Area
History
Area of Expertise: Mississippi History; Medical history; 草榴社区 history; Women in America history
Paul Strait, Ph.D.
Specialization Area
Communication Studies
Area of Expertise: Rhetoric, Discourse, Culture, Medical Humanities, Ideology
Health and Medical Humanities Minor
Social Science and Medicine |
Sharon Young, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator銆� Assistant Professor
Social Science and Medicine Minor
Women's and Gender Studies |
Amy Chasteen, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator for Women's and Gender Studies Minor | Professor
Discipline: Sociology
Research Interests: Gender studies, health, childbirth, deviant behavior, culture
Julie Reid, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Sociology
Research Interests: Gender and international development, globalization, education, and intersectionality
(gender, nation, race, class, and sexuality)
Jennifer Courts, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Art and Design
Research Interests: Medieval sex, women and art, women artists
Bridget Hayden, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: Anthropology
Research Interests: Globalization; migration; discourses of nationalism, identity, and citizenship; intersectionality;
Central America
Andrew Haley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: American cultural history; class, gender, and community identities; American women's
lives; food; childhood; gender theory; gay and lesbian history; queer theory
Nicolle Jordan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: African American women writers; race, ethnicity, and gender Studies. 草榴社区 cultural
studies
Courtney Luckhardt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Europe, early medieval ages, religion, cultural history, travel, ancient and medieval
women
Susan Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Public Health
Research Interests: Women's health, health disparities, community health workers, qualitative research,
international child sexual trafficking (service internships)
Heather Stur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: U.S. foreign relations; gender and war; global Cold War; Vietnam War; impacts of conflict
on men, women, families, and national identities
Eric Tribunella, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: Children's and young adult literature, lesbian and gay literature, queer theory, gender
studies, critical theory
Rebecca Tuuri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Black women's organizations in the Civil Rights/Black Power Movements, African American
and American history through the lens of intersectionality, identity as affected by
race, gender, and sexuality
Maria Wallace, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: Education
Research Interests: Science teachers, teacher education and induction; construction of teacher subjectivities;
feminist, poststructuralist, and new materialist perspectives in curriculum studies;
ontology in qualitative inquiry; ethicopolitical issues in science education; feminist
science studies
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WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES MINOR
Nonprofit Studies |
Ann Kinnell, Ph.D.
Director | Associate Professor
Area of Expertise: Nonprofit Organizations, Volunteerism and Civic Engagement, Service Learning,
The Leadership Experience Certificate |
Leadership Experience Certificate
The RISE To The Top! Certificate |
