ALLEN, SUSAN L., Director, Nonviolence Education (1993). BA 1970, Wichita State University; MS 1975, Kansas State University; PhD 1980, University of Kansas.
ASKEY, JENNIFER D., Assistant Professor of Modern Languages (2005). BA 1993, Tulane University; MA 1996, PhD 2003, Washington University.
BAILLARGEON, TARA J., Associate Professor, Social Science Librarian, K-State Libraries (2002). BA 1999, University of Windsor; MLIS 2001, University of Western Ontario.
BAIRD, CHARDIE, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work. Research interests: Youth and the Life course, gender and work; work and the family.
BENSON, JANET, Associate Professor of Anthropology (1972). BA 1964, Arizona State; MA 1969, PhD 1974, Brandeis University. Research interests: the new immigration; gender and culture; work and the family; ethnic relations; South and Southeast Asia.
BRITTON, DANA, Professor of Sociology (1995). BA 1987, MA 1989, University of Oklahoma; PhD 1995, University of Texas, Austin. Research interests: gender/sexuality and organizations gender and the labor force; social control.
CARROLL, VALERIE, Instructor of Women’s Studies Program (2001). BA 1994, University of Texas at San Antonio; MA 1997, PhD 2005, St. Louis University. Research interests: Intersections of gender, race/ethnicity and class, environmental justice and environmentalism, gender and popular culture.
CHANCE-REAY, MICHAELINE, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies Program (1994). BS 1966, MA 1967 Ball State University; PhD 1984 Ohio State University. Research interests: First Ladies of K-State & their families, K-State building history and the Harvey Girls (Kansas Women History).
COOPER, CORA, Professor of Music (1990). BM 1978, University of Vermont; MM 1982, Eastman School of Music; DM 1992, Florida State University. Research interests; Violin music by women composers.
DICKINSON, TORRY, Professor of Women’s Studies (1996). BA 1975, Livingston College, Rutgers University; MA 1977, PhD 1983, State University of New York, Binghamton. Research interests: global sociology of women; women and work; women and public policy.
DIAZ De SABATES, GABRIELA, Instructor of Women’s Studies Program (1997). BS 1989, University of Buenos Aires; MA 1994, Harvard University. Research interests: gender, ethnicity and race; Latinas’ cultural and gender identity, academic achievement and oral stories.
DINKEL, JANICE, Associate Professor and Director of Social Work (1988). BSW 1976, MSW 1978, University of Kansas.
DODD, ELIZABETH C., Professor of English (1989). BA 1983, Ohio University; MFA 1986, PhD 1989, Indiana University. Research interests: 20th-century American and British women writers; creative writing.
EARLES, BEVERLEY, Associate Director, English Language Program (1990). DipTESL 1979, PhD 1989, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand.
GONZÁLEZ, TANYA, Assistant Professor of English (2005). BA 1995, Scripps College; MA 2000, PhD 2004, University California Riverside. Research interests: Chicana and U.S. Latina literature and popular culture.
HEDRICK, DONALD K., Professor of English (1976). BA 1969, University of Kansas; MA 1972, PhD 1974, Cornell University. Research interests: Shakespeare and the Renaissance cultural studies; theories of language, gender, sociolinguistics; feminist criticism; film and popular culture.
HUBLER, ANGELA, Associate Professor and Director of Women’s Studies (1991). BA 1985, College of Wooster; MA 1986, PhD 1992, Duke University. Research interests: early 20th-century American women writers; adolescent girls’ reading and gender-role socialization.
JANETTE, MICHELE, Associate Professor of English; Women’s Studies (1997). BA 1988, MA 1991, MPhil 1993, PhD 1997, Yale University. Research interests: Vietnamese American Literature and film; Asian American literature; cultural studies; film.
JANKE, RHONDA R., Associate Professor of Hort., Forestry, and Recreation Resources, Ext. Spec., Sustainable Cropping Systems (1994). BS 1980, Kansas State University; MS 1984, PhD 1987, Cornell University.
KOZAR, JOY, Assistant Professor of Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design (2006). BS 1998, MS 2000, Kansas State University; PhD 2004, Iowa State University.
LONGMUIR, ANNE, Assistant Professor of English (2006). MA 1996, PhD 2003, University of Edinburgh.
MARTÍNEZ-ORTIZ, MARÍA TERESA, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Modern Languages (2006). PhD 2001, Purdue University.
McELROY, MARY A., Professor of Kinesiology (1978). BA 1974, Queens College, New York; MA 1975, Ohio State University; PhD 1978, University of Maryland. Research interests: sport and gender issues: sport and social class.
MUTURI, NANCY, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications (2005). BA 1989, MA, 1998, University of Iowa; PhD 2002, University of South Carolina. Research interests: Gender and health communication with a focus on HIV/AIDS prevention, communication & social change.
NEL, PHILIP W., Professor of English (2000). BA 1992, University of Rochester; MA 1993, PhD 1997, Vanderbilt University.
NELSON, BONNIE A., Associate Professor of English (1983). BA 1965, City College of New York; MAT 1967, City University of New York; PhD 1981, Pennsylvania State University. Research interests: Feminism and the Enlightenment; Restoration.
ROSHANRAVAN, SHIREEN, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies Program (2005). BA 2000, Southwestern University; MA 2002, PhD 2007, Binghamton University. Research interests: Feminist of color theory, Asian American studies, critical race theory.
SCOTT, SUSAN S., Director of Leadership Studies and Program; Associate Dean of Student Life; Associate Professor, Education (1979). BS 1973, MS 1974, Emporia State University; PhD 1982, Kansas State University. Research interests: women’s leadership and women’s mental health.
SPEARS, JACQUELINE, Associate Professor of Education; Co-Director of Rural Clearinghouse for Lifelong Education and Development (1984). BS 1969, MS 1972, PhD 1988, Kansas State University. Research interest: contextual issues in education, focus on gender, rurality and ethnicity.
TAKEMOTO, DOLORES, Professor of Biochemistry; Biochemist, Research and Ext. (1982). BS 1971, Ball State University; MS 1973, Colorado State University; PhD 1979, University of Southern California. Research interests: vision and problems with vision during diabetes, primary; women in science.
THURSTON, LINDA P, Assistant Dean and Professor of Education (1987). BS 1967, Baker University; MS 1975, University of Texas; PhD 1977, University of Kansas. Research interests: low-income families; rural issues; parent training, single parent families.
WHEATLEY, ALISON E., Associate Professor of English, Assistant Dean of Arts and Sciences (2002). AB 1974, Barnard College; MA 1980, PhD 1994, University of Virginia.
WILLIAMS, L. SUSAN, Associate Professor of Sociology (1997). BA1988, MA 1990, Texas Tech University; PhD 1997, University of Connecticut.
WOOD, NAOMI, Assistant Professor of English. PhD 1991, Duke University. Research interests: children’s literature; Victorian studies; gender and feminist theory.
ZSCHOCHE, SUE, Associate Professor of History (1983). BA 1970, Emporia State University; MA 1974, East Texas State. Research interests: American women’s history; history of female reform in the Progressive period; history of domestic violence.
