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Faculty Affiliates

WGSS Faculty Affiliates

WGSS seeks to build a supportive interdisciplinary community among UH faculty whose research and/or teaching are concerned with women, gender and sexuality. We organize symposia, research presentations, pedagogy workshops and reading groups around the interests and expertise of our affiliated faculty.

WGSS offers a number of with funds raised by the Friends of Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies for which Faculty Affiliates receive first consideration. We recognize that the voluntary efforts of UH faculty on behalf of interdisciplinary programs like ours are an invaluable service to the university. Become a WGSS Faculty Affiliate today!

AFFILIATED FACULTY UH WEBLINK COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT EMAIL COURSE

Tara Green

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African American Studies

ttgreen2@uh.edu 

Harlem Renaissance

Ameenah Shakir

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African American Studies

ashakir2@central.uh.edu

Black Women in the US

Marta Rodriguez

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Architecture & Design 

martar@uh.edu

 

Beckham Dossett

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Art and Art History 

bdossett@uh.edu

 

Natilee Harren

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Art and Art History 

noharren@central.uh.edu

 

Sandra Zalman

Art and Art History 

Szalman@uh.edu 

 

Dan Graur

Biology and Biochemistry 

dgraur@uh.edu 

 

Richard Meisel

 

Biology and Biochemistry 

rpmeisel@uh.edu 

 

Pamela Anne Quiroz

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Center for Mexican American & Latina/o Studies

paquiroz@central.uh.edu 

Sociology of the Family; Race/Ethnicity, Gender & Social Class etc.

Beth Olson&Բ;


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Communication 

bolson@uh.edu  

Course: Gender & Media

Jennifer E. Vardeman

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Communication 

jvardeman@uh.edu 

 

Zhiwen Xiao


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Communication 

zxiao2@uh.edu 

Course: Health Campaigns

Marwa Ghazali


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Comparative Cultural Studies 

mghazali@uh.edu 

Course: Feminist Ethnography

Dinah Hannaford

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Comparative Cultural Studies 

drhannaf@central.uh.edu 

 

Keith McNeal

Comparative Cultural Studies 

kemcneal@uh.edu

Course: Sex & Culture

Debarati Sen

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Comparative Cultural Studies 

dsen2@central.uh.edu

Course: Women and Work

Chinhui Juhn

Economics 

cjuhn@uh.edu&Բ;


Courses: Economics of Gender; Economics of Education

Hosam Aboul-Ela


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English 

haboul-ela@uh.edu

Course: Postcolonial Lit

Margot Gayle Backus


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English 

mbackus@uh.edu

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Courses: Gender & Sexuality in Contemporary Irish Culture; The British Women's Novel; Queer Closures: The Sexual Politics of Literary Form

Ann Christensen


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English 

achrist@uh.edu

Courses: Family, Sex, & Households on the Shakespearean Stage; Gender & Performance in Shakespeare; Labor, Leisure, & Gender in Early Modern Drama

Amanda Ellis

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English 

avellis@central.uh.edu

Course: Women Writers

Karen Fang

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English 

kfang@uh.edu

Course: Romantic Women Writers & Film Noir

María Gonzalez

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English 

mgonzalez@uh.edu

Courses: Women in Literature; Women Writers; Feminist Theory; Feminist Criticism

Haylee Harrell

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English 

hcharrel@central.uh.edu

Courses: Queer Theory; Black Feminism Reimagined; Interracial Intimacies 

Auritro Majumder


 

English 

amajumder@uh.edu

Course: Postcolonial Lit

Nathan Shepley


 

English 

nshepley@uh.edu

Course: Gender & Writing

Kavita Singh


 

English 

kasingh@central.uh.edu

 

Courses: Caribbean Literature; Postcolonial Literature

Michael Snediker


  

English 

msnediker@uh.edu

 

Course: Queer Literature

Lorraine Stock


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English 

lstock@uh.edu  

Courses: Writing Medieval Women; Medieval Women in History, Text, & Film

Roberto Tejada


 

English 

rjtejada@uh.edu 

Course: The Latino American Photobook

Lynn Voskuil


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English 

voskuil@uh.edu

 

Course: Feminist Theory & Methodology

Jennifer Wingard


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English 

jlwingard@uh.edu  

Course: Feminist Theory & Methodology

Daphne Hernandez

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History  

dhernandez26@uh.edu 

 

Demetrius Pearson


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History 

pahoward@uh.edu  

Course: Sport in Contemporary Society

Mabel Cuesta


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History 

mcuesta@uh.edu

 

Courses: Spanish-Caribbean Women Writers Rewriting the Islands from the United States; Topics in Spanish-Amer Literature

Maria Elena Soliño


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History 

mesolino@uh.edu

 

Course: Hispanic Authors; Feminist Theory

Gabriela Baeza Ventura

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Medicine

gbventura@uh.edu

Course: U.S. Latino Literature

Adela Cedillo

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Modern & Classical Languages 

acedill6@central.uh.edu

 

Tshepo Masango Chéry

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Pharmacy 

tmchery@central.uh.edu

Course: Love & African Revolution

Xiaoping Cong

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Physics 

xcong@uh.edu

Courses: History of Women in Modern China; East & SE Asian Women in Historical & Cross-cultural Perspectives

Sarah Fishman


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Sociology

sfishman@uh.edu

 

Courses: Work & Family Life in Modern Europe; Social History of Modern France & Germany

Norah L.A. Gharala


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History

nlgharala@uh.edu 

Course: Colonial Mexico

Gerald Horne


History

ghorne@uh.edu

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Course: Civil Rights Movement

Natalia Milanesio

History

nmilanesio@uh.edu

Course: Women in Latin America

Linda Reed

History

lreed@uh.edu &Բ;


Course: African American Women in Slavery & Freedom

Todd Romero


History

tromero2@uh.edu

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Courses: Witchcraft in the Old & New World; Gender & Colonialism

Sally Vaughn

History

svaughn@uh.edu

 

Course: Large portions of Medieval history courses deal with women's topics

Leandra Zarnow

History

lrzarnow@uh.edu

Course: Issues in Feminist Research

Francesca D'Allesandro Behr

Modern and Classical Languages

fdalessandro-behr@uh.edu

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Courses: Women in the Ancient World; Italian Renaissance

Casey Due Hackney

Modern and Classical Languages

cdue-hackney@uh.edu

Courses: Greek & Roman Mythology

Sandy Frieden

Modern and Classical Languages

sfrieden@uh.edu

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Courses: German Women Film Directors; International Women Writers; New Woman in Literature

Marie Theresa Hernandez

Modern and Classical Languages

mherna18@central.uh.edu

Course: Gender & Sexuality in World Film

Caryn Tamber-Rosenau

Modern and Classical Languages

cmtamber@central.uh.edu

Courses: Female Divinities; Women in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Bhavya Tiwari

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Modern and Classical Languages

btiwari@uh.edu

 

Courses: World Cultures Through Literature & Arts; Cultures of India; & Indian Film: Bollywood & Beyond

Samina Salim

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Pharmacy

ssalim@uh.edu 

Course: Refugee Women’s Health

Lawrence Pinsky

Physics 

pinsky@uh.edu

 

Naomi Choi


Political Science 

nchoi2@uh.edu

Courses: Multiculturalism in Theory & Practice

Jennifer Clark

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Political Science 

jclark10@uh.edu 

 

Nancy Sims

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Political Science 

nlsims@central.uh.edu 

 

Jean Kantambu Latting

Political Science 

jlatting@uh.edu  &Բ;


Courses: Forming Alliances across Gender, Race, Class, Culture, & Other Differences

Amanda Baumle

Sociology 

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Courses: Gender & Society; Sociology of Sexuality

Tracy X. Karner

Sociology 

txkarner@uh.edu

Courses: Gender & Health; Seminar in Masculinity

Sheila Katz

Sociology 

smkatz@uh.edu

 

Courses: Sociology of Gender

Samantha Kwan

Sociology 

sskwan@uh.edu 

Courses: Sociology of the Body

Neema Langa

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Sociology 

nmlanga@central.uh.edu  

Courses: Gender & Health Care in Africa

Shayne Lee

Sociology 

slee3@uh.edu 

Courses: African–American Family

Maria Monserud

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Sociology 

mamonser@central.uh.edu 

Courses: Comparative Family Structures; Sociology of Health Care

Pamela Anne Quiroz

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Sociology 

paquiroz@central.uh.edu 

Sociology of the Family; Race/Ethnicity, Gender & Social Class etc.