Women's and Gender Studies Faculty
The following faculty members teach courses that have been approved for Women's and Gender Studies, and they constitute the extended family for this interdisciplinary concentration. See individual departments for more information.
Clara Román-Odio
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature, Director
Contact Information:
Ascension Hall 110
740-427-5275
romanodioc@kenyon.edu
Read Clara Román-Odio's biography.
Eliza J. Ablovatski
Associate Professor of History (on leave 2011-12)
Areas of Expertise: Women's history, European Jewish history, East European and German film and literature, war and revolution in 20th Century Europe
Contact Information:
ablovatskie@kenyon.edu
Read Eliza Ablovatski's biography.
Sylvie Coulibaly
Assistant Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: African American intellectual tradition; Immigration, border studies and trans nationalism; and Atlantic history
Contact Information:
Seitz House 07
740-427-5624
coulibalys@kenyon.edu
Read Sylvie Coulibaly's biography.
Melissa Dabakis
Professor of Art History
Areas of Expertise: American and Modern European Art History
Contact Information:
Gund Gallery 115
740-427-5345
dabakis@kenyon.edu
Read Melissa Dabakis' biography.
Kathryn L. Edwards
Professor of Biology
Areas of Expertise: Cell physiology
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 214
740-427-5398
edwardsr@kenyon.edu
Visit Kathryn's website.
Read Kathryn's biography.
H. Abbie Erler
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Contact Information:
Horwitz House 03
740-427-5733
erlerh@kenyon.edu
Laurie A. Finke
Professor of Women's and Gender Studies (on leave 2011-12)
Areas of Expertise: Medieval studies, feminist theory, literary theory, linguistics
Contact Information:
finkel@kenyon.edu
Read Laurie Finke's biography.
Sarah J. Heidt
Associate Professor of English
Contact Information:
heidts@kenyon.edu
Nurten Kilic-Schubel
Assistant Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: Islamic History, History of Central Eurasia, Ottoman History, Women and Gender in Islamic History
Contact Information:
kilicn@kenyon.edu
Read Nurten Kilic-Schubel's biography.
Marla H. Kohlman
Professor of Sociology
Contact Information:
Ralston House 201
740-427-5509
kohlmanm@kenyon.edu
Read Marla Kohlman's biography.
Deborah Laycock
Associate Professor of English (on leave 2011-12)
Areas of Expertise: Restoration drama, eighteenth-century British literature and culture, Canadian literature
Contact Information:
laycock@kenyon.edu
Read Deborah Laycock's biography.
Irene López
Harvey F. Lodish Faculty Development Professor of Natural Sciences and Assistant Professor of Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Cross-cultural psychopathology, ethnic identity, women's issues in ethnic minority communities, acculturation and mental health
Contact Information:
lopezi@kenyon.edu
Janet McAdams
Robert P. Hubbard Professor of Poetry and Associate Professor of English
Contact Information:
Sunset Cottage 206
740-427-5206
mcadamsj@kenyon.edu
Visit Janet McAdams' website.
Read Janet McAdams' biography.
Kim McMullen
John Crowe Ransom Professor of English
Contact Information:
Lentz House 207
740-427-5185
mcmullen@kenyon.edu
Read Kim McMullen's biography.
Ellen S. Mankoff
Instructor of English
Areas of Expertise: Chaucer, Renaissance literature, nineteenth-century British literature
Contact Information:
Sunset Cottage 204
740-427-5425
mankoff@kenyon.edu
Read Ellen Mankoff's biography.
Sarah K. Murnen
Professor of Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Statistics, research methods, gender and social issues, sexuality
Contact Information:
Samuel Mather 117
740-427-5622
murnen@kenyon.edu
Read Sarah Murnen's biography.
Marta Sierra
Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature (on leave 2011-12)
Contact Information:
sierram@kenyon.edu
Read Marta Sierra's biography.
Judy R. Smith
Professor of English
Areas of Expertise: American literature, American studies, women's and gender studies
Contact Information:
Sunset Cottage 104
740-427-5213
smithju@kenyon.edu
Read Judy R. Smith's biography.
Maia A. Surdam
Visiting Instructor of History and Women and Gender Studies, Marilyn Yarbrough Fellow
Areas of Expertise: Women and gender, labor, agriculture and rural life
Contact Information:
Seitz House 05
(740)427-5892
surdamm@kenyon.edu
Jan E. Thomas
Professor of Sociology (on leave 2011-12)
Contact Information:
thomasj@kenyon.edu
Mary A. Suydam
Professor of Religious Studies
Contact Information:
Ascension Hall 011
740-427-5067
suydam@kenyon.edu