Women's and Gender Studies Faculty

Name & Title

Credentials

Focus

At

NAU

Since

Sanjam Ahluwalia, Ph.D., Associate Professor, History and Women’s and Gender Studies

Sanjam.Ahluwalia@nau.edu

(B.A., M.A., University of Delhi; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati 2000)

Women and gender histories, feminist theories, world history, histories of birth control and reproductive health

NAU 2000

Arianne Burford, Ph.D., Lecturer, Women’s and Gender Studies

Arianne.Burford@nau.edu

(B.A., University of California at San Diego; M.A., Washington State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona 2007)

Feminist theories, Latina/o literature, Chicana feminisms, indigenous feminisms, feminist and queer literatures, queer theory, transnational feminisms

NAU 2009

Karla Hackstaff, Ph.D.,  Professor, Sociology and Social Work, Director, Women’s and Gender Studies

Karla.Hackstaff@nau.edu

(B.A. University of Colorado; M.A. University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 1994)

Sociology of the family, gender, social psychology, qualitative research methods

NAU 1994

Frances Julia Riemer, Ph.D.,  Professor, Educational Foundations and Women’s and Gender Studies

Frances.Riemer@nau.edu

(B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Fordham University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 1994)

Anthropology of education, social theory, ethnographic research , race/ethnicity and gender, education and issues of equity and access

NAU 1997  

Julie Schutten, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Communication and Women’s and Gender Studies

Julie.Schutten@nau.edu

(B.A., Northern Arizona University; M.A. University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ph.D., University of Utah 2007)

Critical rhetoric, environmental cultural studies, gender/feminist studies

Associated and Adjunct Faculty

Kyle Boggs, M.A.

Kyle.Boggs@nau.edu

Feminist theory and masculinities

Lori Couture, M.Ed.

Lori.Couture@nau.edu

Women and technology

Myra Ferell, M.A.

Myra.Ferell@nau.edu

MARS project, community education

Joanna Hale, M.A.

Joanna.Hale@nau.edu

Sustainability, community activism

Heather Harris, M.A.

Female adolescence, feminist activism

Chineze J. Onyejekwe, Ph.D.

Chineze.Onyejekwe@nau.edu

(University of Tennessee 2007)

Gender and development, HIV/AIDS, globalization

Naomi Pinion, Ph.D.

Naomi.Pinion@nau.edu

(Northern Arizona University 2009)

Feminist theory; feminism and naturalism; body image; ethnicity

NAU 1998

Richard A. Rogers, Ph.D., Professor, School of Communication

Richard.Rogers@nau.edu

(B.A., Humboldt State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Utah 1994)  

Intercultural communication, cultural studies, gender and communication, masculinities, environmental communication

NAU 1994

R. Marieke Taney, M.S., Lecturer, Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation, and Women's and Gender Studies

Marieke.Taney@nau.edu

(B.S., M.S., Northern Arizona University 2002)

Parks and recreation management, outdoor education and leadership, women and the outdoors, women running the river

NAU 2008

Joseph C. Wegwert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Education: Teaching and Learning, Women's and Gender Studies

Joseph.Wegwert@nau.edu

(B.S., M.A., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., Miami University-Ohio 2008)

Queering the schools, gender and education, curriculum and secondary education

NAU 2007

Barb White, M.S., LMT

Barbara.E.White@nau.edu

Gender and violence, feminist activism, peace and healing

Philippa Winkler, Ph.D

Philippa.Winkler@nau.edu

(University of California, San Francisco 2003)

Militarism and resource conflicts on US and Middle East populations, practical impacts of non-governmental intervention, transnational feminist activism on global divisions of power