Core Faculty

Professor of Sociology; Professor and Director of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Suzanna Danuta Walters’ work centers on questions of gender, feminist theory and politics, sexuality, and popular culture and she is a frequent commentator on these issues for the media. Her most recent book, The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, a…

Assistant Teaching Professor of Human Services and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Margot Abels’ scholarly work is rooted in medical sociology and inequality studies with interpretation and analysis intended to influence application, practice, and change. She is a Board Member for the Northshore Education Consortium and champ…

Professor of Law and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Professor Adler holds a joint appointment with the School of Law and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. She teaches Constitutional Law, Sexuality, Gender and the Law, Family Law and Administrative Law. Professor Adler has written extensiv…

Director of Africana Studies, Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice, and Professor of Africana Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Régine Michelle Jean-Charles is a Black feminist literary scholar and cultural critic who works at the intersection of race, gender, and justice. Her scholarship and teaching in Africana Studies includes expertise on Black France, Sub-Saharan Africa,…

Associate Dean of Teaching, Learning, and Experiential Education; Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

As associate dean, Laura Green works with colleagues throughout the college and the university to advance our mission in the Experiential Liberal Arts by connecting innovative classroom teaching and experiential learning; fostering excellence and inn…

Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature; Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Carla Kaplan, a professor of English and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, holds the Davis Distinguished Professorship in American Literature and writes on modern, African-American, and women’s history and culture. She has published five books,…

Associate Professor of English and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Coordinator of Digital Integration Teaching Initiative

K.J. Rawson works at the intersections of the Digital Humanities and Rhetoric, LGBTQ+, and Feminist Studies. Focusing on archives as key sites of cultural power, he studies the rhetorical work of queer and transgender archival collections in both bri…