Women's and Gender Studies Faculty and Staff Directory

Dr. Nicole Goulet
Interim Director, Women's and Gender Studies

Department of Religious Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

HSS 505F

724-357-1360

Nicole.Goulet@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Race, Class, and Gender in Hinduism
  • Feminist and Postcolonial approaches in Colonial India
Dr. Abigail Adams
Steering Committee

Department of Anthropology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

McElhaney G-12J

724-357-2841

Abigail.Adams@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Reproductive Health
  • Human Rights
  • Political Action
  • Borderlands
  • Geographical Focus on Latin America and US
Lynn Botelho
Distinguished University Professor
Professor, Department of History

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Stabley 103/HSS 304

724-357-4483

Lynn.Botelho@iup.edu

Carrie Cole
Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance, College of Fine Arts

Waller Hall 104

724-357-2965

Carrie.Cole@iup.edu

Susan Comfort
Associate Professor

Department of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

HSS 506W

724-357-3202

Susan.Comfort@iup.edu

Dr. Chauna Craig
Steering Committee

Department of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

HSS 506DD

724-357-2576

ccraig@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Creative Writing
  • Contemporary Fiction
  • Feminist Pedagogy
Dr. Alison Downie
Assistant Professor
Assistant Chair, Department of Religious Studies

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

HSS 505D

724-357-1360

alisono@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Christian Feminist Perspectives
  • Ecofeminst theories and Spiritualities
Dr. Melanie Duncan
Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

McElhaney Hall, 102A

724-357-2730

Melanie.Duncan@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Families
  • Sex and Gender
  • LGBTQ+studies
  • Interpersonal Violence
  • Law and Policy
Beth Ann Harrington
Steering Committee

Department of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts

Sprowls Hall, G3

724-357-2530

ba.harrington@iup.edu

Dr. Tanya Heflin
Assistant Professor

Department of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

McElhaney, 201C

724-357-7675

heflin@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • 19th- and 20th-century American Literature
  • Women’s Literature and Theory
  • Multi-ethnic Literature (Native American Lit)
Melanie Holm
Assistant Professor

Department of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

HHS 506PP

724-357-2261

Melanie.Holm@iup.edu

Dr. Bitna Kim
Steering Committee

Department of Criminology, College of Education and Communications

Wilson Hall 217

724-357-2720

Bitna.Kim@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • International and Comparative Criminology
  • Gender and Crime
  • Minority Issues in Criminology
  • Police-Community Corrections Partnerships
  • Evidence-Based Crime Prevention Practice and Meta-Analysis
  • Female Homicide Offender; Domestic Violence
Dr. Mary MacLeod
Steering Committee
Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

College of Arts and Humanities

HSS 505H

724-357-2310

mmacleod@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Modern Philosophy and Logic
Dr. Joseph Mannard
Steering Committee

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

HSS 304S

724-357-2284

Joseph.Mannard@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • 19th-Century US Social History
  • Roman Catholic Nuns
Elizabeth Ricketts Marcus
Assistant Professor

Department of History, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

HSS 304O

724-357-2513

Elizabeth.Ricketts@iup.edu

Dr. Marissa McClure Sweeny
Steering Committee

Department of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts

Sprowls Hall 115

724-357-2530

Marissa.McClure@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Feminist Art
  • Feminist Theory
  • Feminist Approaches to Art Education
Theresa McDevitt
Steering Committee

IUP Libraries

110 Stapleton Library

724-357-4892

mcdevitt@iup.edu

Area of Specialization:

  • 19th-Century Women’s History
Maureen Mchugh
Distinguished University Professor

Department of Psychology, Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

204 Uhler Hall

724-357-2448

Maureen.Mchugh@iup.edu

Nurhaya Muchtar
Assistant Professor

Department of Communications Media, College of Education and Communications

129 Stouffer Hall

724-357-3417

Nurhaya.Muchtar@iup.edu

Dr. Gloria Park
Associate Professor
MA Coordinator, MA-TESOL Program

Department of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

346 Sutton

724-357-3095

Gloria.Park@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Language Teacher Identity
  • East Asian Women's Life Histories
  • Equity and Access Issues in Second Language Teacher Education
Dr. Heather Powers
Associate Professor

Department of English

506CC Leonard

724-357-4013

Heather.Powers@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • 18th- and 19th-Century British Literature
  • Critical Theory
  • Major British Authors: Jane Austen
  • Major British Authors: J.K. Rowling
Laurie Roehrich
Associate Professor

Department of Psychology, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

203 Uhler Hall

724-357-3168

Laurie.Roehrich@iup.edu

Cristina Sánchez-Martín
Assistant Professor

Department of English

506PP Leonard

724-357-4936

csanchez@iup.edu

Dr. Michelle Sandhoff
Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

112G McElhaney

724-357-3930

Michelle.Sandhoff@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Military Sociology
  • Sociology of Gender
Dr. Melissa Swauger
Steering Committee

Department of Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

112H McElhaney

724-357-0158

mswauger@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Girl’s Studies
  • Women and Work
  • Women and Education
Dr. Christian Vaccaro
Associate Professor

Department of Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

102B McElhaney Hall

724-357-3174

C.A.Vaccaro@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology of Gender
  • Men and Masculinites
Dr. Joan VanDyke
Steering Committee

Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance, College of Fine Arts

Zink Hall Dance Studio

724-357-5528

jvandyke@iup.edu

Distinguished Faculty Award in Creative Arts 2012

Areas of Specialization

  • Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Ballroom
  • Kinesiology
  • Yoga
  • Pilates-based Exercise
  • Laban Studies
Dr. Brandon Vick
Assistant Professor

Department of Economics, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

213 McElhaney Hall

724-357-2640

Brandon.Vick@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Gender Inequalities in the Workforce
  • Measuring the Gender Wage Gap
  • Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Gender Differences
Dr. Lingyan Yang
Associate Professor

Department of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

506BB HHS

724-357-2604

lingyan@iup.edu

Areas of Specialization

  • Asian American and Asian Diasporic Women’s Literature and Feminist Criticism
  • Feminist Theories between Worlds
  • 20th-Century Critical Cultural Theories and Literacy Criticism
  • Post-colonial and American Multi-Ethnic Women’s Literature and Criticism
College of Arts and Humanities
  • Women's and Gender Studies Program
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    429 South Eleventh Street
     Indiana, PA 15705
  • Phone: 724-357-4753
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