Meet the Scholars

Pnina Abir-Am

History of Women and Gender in Science; History & Memory; History of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Women in the Bible; Biblical Midrash; Women’s Folklore; Women and Ritual; Coming-of-Age Rituals Cross-Culturally; Jewish Women’s Folklore; Issues of Pre-teen Jewish Girls; Jewish Mothers in Relation to the Bat Mitzvah; Spiritual Direction

Nancer Ballard

Creative Writing (Creative Non-Fiction; Poetry, and children’s fiction and non-fiction); Law (Large Litigation, Risk Management, and Women in Law-Related Issues)

Rosalind Chait Barnett

Alternative Work Schedules; After-School Stress; Work-Family; Gender; Job Stress-Illness Relationship; Dual-Earner Couples

Mary G. Berg

Latin American Literature

Meg A. Bond

Community Psychology; Workplace Diversity

Marguerite Bouvard

Political Science; Poetry; Creative Nonfiction

Terry Byrne

Journalism; Theater; Dance; Critical Writing

Maria Agui Carter

Latino Studies; American Studies; New Orleans Hispanic History; Women Soldiers of the Civil War

Christine Cooper

Cultural History; Critical Theory; History of Science; Gender Studies

Emily Corbato

Photography (black/white fine art); Pianist

Liane Curtis

Music History; Women Composers; Gender and Music

Nick Danforth

International Reproductive and Sexual Health

Paula Doress-Worters

Women in Political Movements; History of Women in U.S.; Women’s Health; Aging and Caregiving

Nurit Eini-Pindyck

Visual Arts

Susan Eisenberg

Poetry; Personal Narrative; Medical Humanities; Occupational Segregation; Labor Arts

Mei Mei Akwai Ellerman

Memoir; Chinese History; International Development; Social Activism (Human Rights); Gender; Adoption Issues

Lisa Fishbayn

Gender and Multiculturalism; Family Law; Political Theory; Law and Religion

Judy Foreman

Medicine; Journalism

Fran Forman

Visual Art; Graphic Design

Jane Ring Frank

Music; Creative Arts

Helen Fremont

Writing

Elinor Gadon

History of Art; History of Religion; Cultural Anthropology; South Asia Area Studies; Women’s Studies

Jehanne-Marie Gavarini

Visual Art; Visual Culture

Cheri Geckler

Medical Ethics; Autistic Spectrum Disorders; Neuropsychology; Behavioral Neurology

Rajashree Ghosh

Social Development and Gender (Regional Contexts and Global Concerns)

Nance Goldstein

Healthcare Organizations, Technological Change and Workforce Outcomes

Anne Gottlieb

Theater; Acting; Collaborative Writing

E.J. Graff

Sex Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Media Criticism; LGBT Issues

Florence Graves

Journalism; Politics; Gender Issues

Barbara Greenberg

Poetry and Fiction

Margaret Morganroth Gullette

Cultural Studies; Age Studies

Trisha Gura

Medical and Science Journalism; Writing; Food and Body Issues; Eating Disorders; Psychology; Biology

Bonna Devora Haberman

Jewish Gender Studies; Textual Activism

Mary Oestereicher Hamill

Contemporary Installation Art

Hilde Hein

Aesthetics; Museums; Feminist Theory; Philosophy

Tracey Hurd

Developmental Psychology; Psychology of Women; Qualitative Research; Child Development; Children & Spirituality

Lois Isenman

Cognitive Science

Sandra Jones

Psychology of Women; Feminist Interpretive Research; Narrative Analysis; Performative Social Science

Hilda Kahne

Labor Economics; Social Policy; Women and Work

Laurie Kahn-Leavitt

Documentary Filmmaking; Women’s History; American History

Ashmita Khasnabish

Twentieth Century Literature; Postcolonial Literature and Theory; Women’s Literature and Cross-Cultural Feminist Theory

Shirley Kolack

Sociology

Kathleen Laughlin

U.S. Women’s History; U.S. Public Policy and Labor History

Ruth Lomon

Music Composition; Orchestration

Maria Lopez

Law; Cuba; TV Personality

Louise Levesque Lopman

Feminist Phenomenology; Qualitative Research; Gender, Globalization and Social Justice

Frances Maher

Higher Education; Feminist Pedagogy; Feminist Theory; Gender and Education

Mary Mason

Literature; Disability Studies; Women’s Autobiography; Personal Narrative

Brenda Gael McSweeney

Gender and International Development; Gender and Development Issues in India, West Africa and the Caribbean; Poverty Eradication

June Ellen Mendelson

Life Sciences and Public Health

Marsha Mirkin

Psychology; Psychological Interpretations of Torah; Psychosocial Contexts of Women’s Lives

Rachel Munn

Architecture

Evelyn Murphy

Economics; Public Policy; Grassroots Activism

Naomi Myrvaagnes

Writing

Tema Nason

Fiction and Non-Fiction Writing

Ruth Nemzoff

Parent-Adult Children Relationships; Interfaith Marriage

Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson

Health and Health Care Disparities; Women’s Health; Intersectional Theories and Research Methodologies

Linda Pololi

Medical Education; Faculty Development; Mentoring

Susan Porter

History; Oral History; Public History; Gender Studies; Museum Planning and Interpretation

Ellen Israel Rosen

Sociology

Rosie Rosenzweig

Jewish-Buddhist Connection; Poetry; Women’s Spirituality; Memoir

Amy Rutstein-Riley

Emerging Adult Women’s Health; Relational Psychology; Women and Body Image; Public and Community Health

Roberta Salper

Spanish and Caribbean Literature and Politics; Women’s Studies and Feminist Identity; Social Activism

Marjorie Attignol Salvodon

Contemporary Francophone Literatures; Creative Writing; Literary Translation; Gender Studies; Postcolonial Studies

Nancy Salzer

Film; Scriptwriting; Women and Film

Ludmila Shtern

Behavioral Characteristics of Women Surviving Under Pressure of the Holocaust, the Police States, Ethic Prejudice or Everyday Life; Analysis of Events in Russia and Former Republics of the USSR

Eric Silverman

Masculinity; Fatherhood; Ethnic Identity; Circumcision; Ritual; Cross-cultural Comparison; Material Culture
(e.g., Jewish Clothing); American Jewish Identity; Childhood; Folklore; Pop Culture