ROBERTA ANN DUNBAR, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) Roberta Ann Dunbar's current research focuses on law, women, and social change in Africa Her areas of interest include African social history, women and development in Africa, and public education in relation to African affairs.

JOY KASSON, Professor (Ph.D., Yale University) Joy Kasson's major fields of inquiry include American literature and American Studies. Her research concerns images of women in nineteenth-century American art and culture

KAJA FINKLER, Professor (Ph.D., The Graduate Center of City University of New York) Kaja Finkler's research, field work, and teaching center on medical anthropology, particularly in relation to women's health, and the political economy of Mexico and Latin America.

DOROTHY HOLLAND, J. Ross MacDonald Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) Among Dorothy Holland's research interests are women and schooling, cultural formations of the self, cultural models of gender, and gender stereotypes.

BETH GRABOWSKI, Associate Professor and Assistant Chair (MFA, University of Wisconsin) Beth Grabowski's recent artwork has been specifically tied to her experience as a woman in contemporary North Carolina and American society, especially seeing how stereotypes and preconceptions about women's roles prevail especially in terms of images of women.

MARY SHERIFF, Professor (Ph.D., University of Delaware) Mary Sheriff teaches courses on women and the visual arts, on feminist theory, and on 18th- and 19th-century art. Her research focuses on issues in the art and culture of 18th- and 19th-century France.

JAN BARDSLEY, Associate Professor (Ph.D., UCLA) Jan Bardsley's research interest are Japanese feminist debate; Japanese women's magazines; royal women in Japan.

ANN G. MATTHYSSE, Professor (Ph.D., Harvard University) Ann Matthysse is interested in promoting women in science and agricultural research as well as in the general problems of women's education and job discrimination. 

 

DELLA POLLOCK, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Northwestern University) Della Pollock's interest in the rhetoric of performance and oral traditions are reflected in her investigations of feminist performance practices and women's storytelling.

JULIA T. WOOD, Professor (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) A specialist in gender and communication and feminist theories, Julia Wood focuses on intimate communication, sex differences in communication styles, and the relationship between these differences and social practices.

LILIAN R. FURST, Marcel Batillion Professor (Ph.D., Cambridge University) Lilian Furst's course on Women and Work, 1850-1900, reflects her study of the possibilities and limitations of nineteenth-century working women, particularly Victorians, as depicted in both fiction and non-fiction.

DIANE LEONARD, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Diane Leonard's research specialties are twentieth-century narrative, literary theory, the writings of women, and the relationship between literature and the visual arts. 

ANNE M. COBLE, Assistant Professor of Design Anne Coble's teaching examines the development of period styles, and addresses the images of women presented in the visuals of each era.

BOONE A. TURCHI, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Boone Turchi.s research on population and family economics deals with divorce, marriage, career choices, labor supply, reproductive behavior, roles within marriage, and childcare.

CONNIE C. EBLE, Professor (Ph.D)., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Connie Eble's research interests include the history of English in the USA, and English in Louisiana. 

TRUDIER HARRIS, Professor (Ph.D., Ohio State University) Trudier Harris' major fields of interest include folklore in literature, portrayals of women in fiction, violence in Black American literature, and images of women in Afro-American folklore.

MEGAN M. MATCHINSKE, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of California, San Diego) Megan Matchinske's current research interest include seventeenth-century literature and culture; women's studies; gender studies; hagiography and religious culture; and gendered philosophies of history.

JOHN MCGOWAN, Professor (Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo) John McGowan's research interests include literary theory; cultural studies; theories of value, including feminist ethics; feminist political theory, especially Hannah Arendt.

JEANNE MOSKAL, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Washington) Among Jeanne Moskal's research and teaching interests are English women writers of the Romantic Period, 1789-1832.

MARGARET O'CONNOR, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Davis) In her teaching and research, Margaret O'Connor focuses on twentieth-century women writers of fiction, and women and minority writers whose work is under-represented in the canon of American literature. She is also interested in film.

BEVERLY TAYLOR, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Duke University) Beverly Taylor's interest in nineteenth-century British literature is reflected in her work on the poetry of Tennyson, the Brownings, and the novels of Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, and George Eliot.

JAMES THOMPSON, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida) Among James Thompson's research specialties are women novelists and other women writers of the eighteenth century, particularly Jane Austen. 9 Linda Wagner-Martin, Hanes Professor (Ph.D., Bowling Green State University) Linda Wagner-Martin's research focuses on modernism, feminist criticism, and women's writing in the 20th century. She has published biographies on Sylvia Plath, Gertrude Stein, and Ellen Glasgow.

LINDA WAGNER-MARTIN, Professor (Ph.D., Bowling Green State University) Linda Wagner-Martin's research interest include Women's Writing, 20th/century; biographies of women; American modernism and post modernism.

BARBARA OSBORNE, Assistant Professor (J.D., Boston College Law School) Barbara Osborne's is interested in legal and women's issues in college sport.

ALTHA CRAVEY, Associate Professor (Ph. D., University of Iowa)
As a former construction electrician and member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, she became interested in the geographies of gender, work and globalization. Author of Women and Work in Mexico's Maquiladoras, Rowman & Littlefield Inc. (1998), she publishes on globalization topics in Mexico and the US South.

ALICE KUZNIAR, Professor (Ph.D., Princeton University) Alice Kuzinair has published books on gender and sexuality in the Age of Goethe and on German queer cinema. She is currently working on women and dogs.

KATHRYN STARKEY, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Kathryn Starkey's research interest include Word and Image in Medieval Manuscripts; Material Culture; and Women in the Middle Ages.

STANLEY CHOJNACKI, Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Stanley Chojnacki has written many articles exploring the dimensions of gender, and especially the experience of patrician women, in Renaissance Venice (14th-16th centuries). He features in his courses on medieval and early modern history the interaction between the ruling institutions in society, overwhelmingly male-dominated, and the creatively disruptive potential of women in private life, especially through marriage.

PETER FILENE, Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor (Ph.D., Harvard University) Peter Filene researches recent U.S. history and American sex roles. He is particularly interested in the history of masculinity and marital relationships.

JACQUELYN D. HALL, Julia Cherry Spruill Professor, Director, Southern Oral History Program (Ph.D., Columbia University) Jacquelyn Hall investigates American women's history and Southern working-class history. Her work includes studies of women reformers and intellectuals, southern textile workers, Appalachian women, and the politics of memory. She is currently president of the Organization of American Historians.

DONALD RALEIGH, Professor (Ph.D., Indiana University) Donald Raleigh's research interests include women in revolutionary Russia and in the Soviet Union after 1945.

JANE M. HAWKINS, Professor and Associate Chair (Ph.D., University of Warwick, England) Jane Hawkins is interested primarily in the study of chaotic dynamical systems. As the research of most women mathematicians in the past and present is virtually ignored by the mathematical community, she is interested in helping to bring women's achievement to light.

BARBARA ROWAN, Lecturer (M.A., Mills College)

TERRY ELLEN RHODES, Professor (D.M.A. & M. M. from the Eastman School of Music) As a performing soprano, voice teacher, and opera director at UNC-CH, Dr. Rhodes takes special interest in new works by women composers, and on the ways in which women have influenced and contributed to the musical arena.

THOMAS E. HILL, JR., Professor (Ph.D. Harvard University, B.Phil. Oxford) Thomas Hill's investigation of ethics and political philosophy includes studies of sexual equity and female autonomy. He also incorporates sexism and racism into his introductory ethics course.

SUSAN L. BICKFORD, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) Susan Bickford's current research interests include feminist political theory, democratic theory, and ancient Greek political thought. She teaches feminist political theory.

PAMELA J. CONOVER, Everett D. Palmatier Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota Pamela Conover concentrates on political perceptions and beliefs, political psychology and behavior, and women and politics, particularly conflicts between feminism and the new right.

STEPHEN T. LEONARD, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) In his research and teaching, Stephen Leonard investigates the history and philosophy of social and political theory including feminist political theory, social movements, and comparative political economy.

MICHAEL LIENESCH, Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Michael Lienesch's research includes the study of women in American politics, emphasizing religion and politics, and concentrating on contemporary Christian conservatism.

BETH KURTZ-COSTES, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame) Beth Kurtz-Costes does research on family and cultural influences on children's identity development and achievement striving (particularly among ethnic minority children). Gender Stereotypes (academic skills). She has also done some research on day care.

PAUL N. MERMIN, Clinical Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Paul Mermin's research includes a study of women's and men's adjustments to parenthood for the first and second times. He also studies role strain as it relates to personality and life events.

CARYL E. RUSBULT, Professor (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Caryl Rusbult studies various determinants of commitment and satisfaction in friendships and romantic associations; among these are the roles played by gender and sex-role orientation.

RANDALL STYERS, Assistant Professor (J.D., Yale Law School; Ph.D., Duke University) Randall Styers' research interest are religion and culture; modern western religious thought; religion and gender.

FRED M. CLARK, Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida) Fred Clark's research interests are semiotics of theater, Brazilian literature, and more recently feminist literary theory and the representation of women (by women and men) in Brazilian literature and theater.

MARSHA S. COLLINS, Associate Professor and Director, Women's Center (Ph.D., Princeton University) Marsha Collins' interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish Literature, Spanish Golden Age Prose and Poetry, Hispanic Women Writers, and Literature and the Visual Arts.

ROSA PERELMUTER, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) The principal research areas of Rosa Perelmuter are colonial and contemporary Spanish American literature, especially the images of women in the literature of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain and Spanish America.

MONICA RECTOR, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Sao Paulo & Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Monica Rector focuses on Lusa-Brazilian Literature. Her research interests are in the field of semiotics, mass communication and contemporary Portuguese literature, particularly with regard to Portuguese's Female Novelists.

ALICIA RIVERO-POTTER, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Brown University) Alicia Rivero-Potter's research and teaching specialties include twentieth-century Latin American literature, literary theory, women's texts and feminist criticism, as well as the relation of science and literature.

BARBARA ENTWISLE, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Carolina Population Center (PhD, Brown University) A specialist in social demography, Barbara Entwisle focuses on social, demographic and environmental change in Northeast Thailand, economic reforms and work patterns in China, and neighborhood contexts in the United States.

SHERRYL KLEINMAN, Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) Among Sherryl Kleinman's research specialties are the effects of gender difference on occupations and professions, the sociology of emotions, and the interaction of family and society.

HENRY LANDSBERGER, Professor (Ph.D., Cornell University) Among Henry Landsberger's research specialties are lems of the modern welfare state, especially health @ education policy, and Latin American development as it touches upon the church and rural problems.

RONALD RINDFUSS, Professor (Ph.D., Princeton University) Ronald Rindfuss' most recent research centers on birth interval dynamics in the Philippines and social-demographic determinants of out-of-wedlock childbearing. He has published widely on issues of contraception, fertility, and the effects of divorce, economics, and education on childbearing.

SHIRLEY B. GEISSINGER, Associate Director, Family Support Network (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Shirley Geissinger's current areas of research involve health and safety as related to youth and women and the impact of traumatic injury on the family. She is also interested in adoptive parents' attitudes regarding background information on adopted children.

BENSON ROSEN, Senior Associate Dean for ADAD AFF, Kenan-Flagler Business School (Ph.D. Wayne State University) Among Ben Rosen's research interests are women in managerial positions, particularly the effect sex-role stereotyping has on their career progress and on their decisions to remain in the workforce. He also investigates sexual harassment issues.

RICHARD A. BRICE, Assistant Professor (Ed.D., University of Georgia) At present, Richard Brice is investigating the development of social identity in early childhood teachers, the effects of motherhood on child educators, and strategies for improving early childhood education.

AUDREY HEINING-BOYNTON, Clinical Associate Professor (Ph.D., Michigan State University) Audrey Heining-Boynton is interested in the area of positive role models and mentoring for young women.

GAIL JONES, Associate Professor (Ph.D., North Carolina State University) Gail Jones' research focuses on the participation of women in science and on the influences of gender on classroom atmosphere and student behavior.

CATHERINE MARSHALL, Professor (Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara) Catherine Marshall's research interests are gender policy in education, politics of education, qualitative inquiry, and women in leadership.

JUDITH MEECE, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Judith Meece's major fields of inquiry in education include the effects of sex differences in children's motivation and achievement and the mechanisms of sex role socialization in school settings.

GEORGE W. NOBLIT, Professor (Ph.D., University of Oregon) George Noblit is currently working on a redefinition of affect in education based on Gilligan's and Nodding's work in "caring".

DWIGHT ROGERS, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida) Dwight Rogers' principal areas of interest are student/teacher relationships, the nature of caring in the teaching profession, and classroom teachers as researchers in education.

BARBARA B. MORAN, Professor and Dean (Ph.D., State University of NY-Buffalo) Among Barbara Moran's research interests are the career progression of female library administrators and the impact of affirmative action/EEO on career patterns and career advancement.

ANNE JOHNSTON, Professor (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma) Anne Johnston's research interests include women and mass media, and women and political communication.

JANE D. BROWN, Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison) Jane Brown's research interests are mass media's effects on the health of adolescents, especially as related to sex and sexuality.

LUCILA VARGAS, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin) Lucila Vargas' research interests include gender and mass communication, communication for social change, and media and majority-minority relations.

JOHN M. CONLEY, Kenan Professor (Ph.D., J.D., Duke University) John Conley studies gender differences in legal discourse, specifically, the political and legal implications of differences in the perception of speech styles in trial courtrooms.

LAURA N. GASAWAY, Professor and Director of Law Library (J.D., University of Houston) Laura Gasaway's interest in gender-based discrimination within academic and professional law is reflected in her research on affirmative action, comparable worth, and the status of female law librarians.

SALLY B. SHARP, Professor (J.D., Memphis State University) Sally Sharp's research focuses on family law and the legal system's impact on women.

MELANIE MINTZER, Clinical Assistant Professor (M.D., McGill University) Melanie Mintzer is interested in health care for women and pregnant teenagers, and changing the medical school curriculum in order to include a broader view of providing health care for women.

LAURA S. SADOWSKI, Clinical Associate Professor (M.D., Wayne State University) Laura Sadowski's interests are teens and guns, and domestic violence.

MICHAEL CONANT SHARP, Associate Professor (M.D., Harvard Medical School) Michael Sharp works on the assistance of community based, parent-to-parent support programs. These programs typically address issues such as parenthood of children with chronic illnesses or disabilities, communication between spouses and other family members and other family issues and resources.

BARBARA E. JAMES, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Florida State University Barbara James engages in the training of psychiatric residents in women's issues, regarding both the role of patients and the role of therapists. KATHLEEN C. LIGHT, Professor (Ph.D., Syracuse University) 44 Kathleen Light's current study focuses on whether blood pressure changes if testing tasks are related to "mate" (cognitive/information based) or "female" (interpersonal/interaction/emotion based).

SUE ESTROFF, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) Sue Estroff's work on social factors associated with disabling mental illness incorporates an anthropological perspective into the study of medicine. She also works to introduce gender scholarship into medical education.

CELIA R. HOOPER, Clinical Associate Professor (Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University) As director of a voice laboratory and clinical program, Celia R. Hooper specializes in "Care of the Professional Voice," with an et-emphasis on gender-related vocal image and vocal pathology.

GAYLE E. LESTER, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia) Gayle Lester's research connected to women's studies includes studies of the relationship between osteoporosis and women's lifestyles, and vitamin D and breast cancer.

ANNE H. FISHEL, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Greensboro) Anne Fishel studies women's mental health, factors affecting the co-parental relationship (i.e., between divorced parents), and Counseling strategies for separated and divorced women.

CATHERINE INGRAM FOGEL, Associate Professor (M.S., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Catherine Fogel's teaching and research interests are centered on the health problems and health care of women, particularly those in the childbearing years and those in prison.

BEVERLY B. FOSTER, Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Students (M.P.H., University of Hawaii) Beverly Foster is interested in attitudes about menarche and menstruation among pre-adolescents and adolescents and how those perceptions originate; she also studies determinants of maternal-fetal health risk. BETTY G. HARRIS, Clinical Associate Professor (Ph.D., North Carolina State University) At present, Betty Harris' research centers on the emotional impact of spontaneous abortion, the phenomenology of childbirth pain, and the transition to parenthood in couples following infertility.

MARGARET S. MILES, Professor (Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City) Margaret Miles studies the bereavement response of mothers after the loss of a child; she is also interested in women as caregivers for seriously ill children.

NANCY MILIO, Professor (Ph.D., Yale University) Among Nancy Milio's teaching and research specialties are issues of health affecting women's health, health implications of new information technologies, and international comparative studies.

BARBARA C. RYNERSON, Associate Professor (M.S., University of Oregon) Among Barbara Rynerson's current research interests are sexuality throughout the life cycle and detection and intervention in spouse abuse.

MARGARETE SANDELOWSKI, Professor, Department of Women's & Children's Health, SON (Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University) Margarete Sandelowski's current research centers on reproductive technology, technology in nursing, and gender and technology. Her teaching interests include women and science/technology and women's health in fiction and biography

BETSY LYNN SLEATH, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) Betsy Sleath's interests include gender and ethnic differences in physician-patient communication, gender and ethnic differences in the use of medications and alternative therapies.

JAMES E. ALLEN, Associate Professor (Ph.D.) Among James Allen's research interests are the administration of long-term care nursing home facilities and life care communities.

DEBORAH E. BENDER, Resident Associate Professor (Ph.D., American University; M.P.H., UNC-Chapel Hill) Deborah Bender studies primary health care in the Third World, mothers as providers of health care, and the condition of women's health in developing countries.

TRUDE BENNETT, Associate Professor (Dr.P.H., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Trude Bennett's current research interests include women's health and maternal morbidity during pregnancy, and global reproductive health policy.

RICHARD BILSBORROW, Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Richard Bilsborrow, economist and demographer, has a strong interest in women in developing countries, reflected in research on women's migration, employment, fertility, and the environment, especially in Latin America.

DOROTHY C. BROWNE, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Harvard University) Dorothy Brown's research focuses on family violence (child abuse and neglect, spouse abuse), incarcerated mothers and their children, and depression in low income adolescent mothers. She teaches on child abuse and neglect as well as on maternal and child health advocacy.

BRENDA DEVELLIS, Professor (Ph.D., George Peabody College Brenda DeVellis investigates the psychological aspects of health behavior, health professional-patient interactions, and attitudes of health professionals toward patients.

JO ANNE L. EARP, Professor and Chair of Health Behavior and Health Education (Sc.D., Johns Hopkins University) Jo Anne Earp is interested in social and attitudinal correlates of health behaviors, as well as socioeconomic, racial, and access barriers to breast cancer screening and safer sex behaviors; she does survey research on women's health issues as seen from both the physician's and patient's perspectives.

EUGENIA ENG, Assistant Professor (Ph. D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Eugenia Eng researches international health, community participation in primary health care, and women's health.

ELIZABETH J. MUTRAN, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Indiana University) Elizabeth Mutran's major areas of research are aging and adjustment to role losses. She is also interested in the mental and physical health of the aged.

BARRY POPKIN, Professor (Ph.D., Cornell University) Barry Popkin's work as an economist and his research on nutrition includes Studies on women's roles and their nutritional impact, long-term nutritional change, and breast-feeding and maternal nutrition.

J. RICHARD UDRY, Kenan Professor (Ph.D., University of Southern California) J. Richard Udry investigates social and biological factors that affect sexual and reproductive behavior and influence sex roles.

MAEDA J. GALINSKY, Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Maeda Galinsky teaches a course on Institutional Discrimination which incorporates issues related to gender. Professionally she is interested in women's issues as they relate to social work practice and to social policy.

DOROTHY N. GAMBLE, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Admissions (M.S.W, Columbia University) Dorothy Gamble's principal areas of research are community organization, barriers to women in management in social work settings, increased poverty among families with children, and peace as a social work issue.

KATHLEEN A. ROUNDS, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Kathleen Rounds' research includes the evaluation of a substance abuse program for pregnant and post partum women, and the evaluation of telephone support groups for individuals affected by HIV disease.

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