Women's and Gender Studies Faculty

The faculty in Saint Louis University’s Department of Women’s and Gender Studies are leading scholars in their fields. Faculty research and teaching are intersectional, considering gender in the contexts of race, class, religion, disability, sexuality, and citizenship, among other categories of identity. Their interests include gender-based violence; film, internet, and technology studies; social activism in St. Louis and beyond; law and policy; motherhood studies; global and transnational feminism; the history of women in the US; sexuality studies; gender and healthcare; poverty; and gender, law, and policy.

Corinne Wohlford Mason, Ph.D.
Interim department chair

Core Faculty

• Kimberly Brown, Ph.D.
• Alesha Durfee, Ph.D.
• Amanda Izzo, Ph.D.
• Claudia Karagoz, Ph.D.
• Mary Maxfield, Ph.D.
• Melissa Ochoa, Ph.D.

Secondary Faculty

Faculty with secondary appointments in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies serve three-year terms and are able to renew their appointments. Faculty are selected based on their teaching, scholarship and commitment to students and the department.

• Toby Benis, Ph.D. (Department of English)
• Flannery Burke, Ph.D. (Department of History)
• Ellen Crowell, Ph.D. (Department of English)
• Mary Dunn, Ph.D. (Department of Theological Studies)
• Ruth Evans, Ph.D. (Department of English)
• Noelle Fearn, Ph.D. (College for Public Health and Social Justice)
• Lorri Glover, Ph.D. (Department of History)
• Colleen McCluskey, Ph.D. (Department of Philosophy)
• Marcia McCormick, J.D. (School of Law)
• Wynne Moskop, Ph.D. (Department of Political Science)
• Elizabeth Richard, Ph.D. (Department of Communication)
• Annie Smart, Ph.D. (Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures)
• Sabrina Tyuse, Ph.D. (School of Social Work)
• Joya Uraizee, Ph.D. (Department of English)
• Constance Wagner, J.D. (School of Law)

Emeritus Faculty

• Gretchen Arnold, Ph.D.
• Robert Strikwerda, Ph.D.
• Penny Weiss, Ph.D.

Advisory Board

The Women's and Gender Studies Advisory board is comprised of volunteered faculty and staff members from with in the WGS-affiliated community. They serve two-year terms and are able to renew their appointments.

Faculty are selected based on their teaching, scholarship and commitment to students and the department. Advisory board members help approve policy changes in the department, keep us informed about what is happening across the university, give us advice, and serve as advocates for women's and gender studies in whatever forums they find themselves.

• Jill Bright (Pius Library)
• Anne Dewey, Ph.D. (SLU-Madrid liaison)
• Torrie Hester, Ph.D. (Department of History)
• Wynne Moskop, Ph.D. (Department of Political Science)
• Elizabeth Richard, Ph.D. (Department of Communication)
• Jennifer Semsar, (Department of Women's and Gender Studies)
• Annie Smart, Ph.D. (Department of Languages, Literatures, Cultures)
• Kent Staley, Ph.D. (Department of Philosophy)
• Sabrina Tyuse, Ph.D. (School of Social Work)
• Connie Wagner, J.D. (School of Law)
• Elizabeth Block, Ph.D. (Department of Theological Studies)
• Denise Côté-Arsenault, Ph.D. (School of Nursing)
• Marcia McCormick, J.D. (School of Law)