Faculty Affiliate Information

Statement of Explanation

The purpose of the network of Faculty Affiliates is as follows:

To build a supportive interdisciplinary community for faculty who share an interest in research and/ or teaching about women and gender issues. This includes the sponsorship of a monthly faculty seminar to focus on reading and discussion on current topics or on presentation of individual faculty research.
To identify all UH faculty working in this area and gather complete information about their research and teaching interests. We use this information to refer students and colleagues to appropriate resources, to recruit interested faculty for special events and projects, and to assess the university's strengths and needs in women's studies across the curriculum.
To provide official acknowledgement of the contributions faculty make to the program. We believe it is important that faculty members' voluntary efforts on behalf of interdisciplinary programs be recognized as a valuable service to the university.

There are a number of fellowships and grants that are offered through the Women's Studies department. Faculty Affiliates will receive first consideration for these. The Women's Archive and Research Center can help provide a forum for collaborations with other scholars. Please review our affiliates' recent work and awards.

Affiliated Faculty

Hosam Aboul-Ela , English, 713.743.3012, haboul-ela@uh.edu

Dina Alsowayel, History, 713.743.3732, dina@chasecom.net
Courses: Women and Society in the Middle East

Margot Gayle Backus, English, 713.743.2970, mbackus@uh.edu
Courses: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Irish Culture; The British Women's Novel; Queer Closures: The Sexual Politics of Literary Form

Dorothy Z. Baker , English, 713.743.2972, dzbaker@uh.edu
Courses: Graduate seminars on Emily Dickinson and Early American Women's Narrative

Amanda Baumle, Sociology, 713.743.3944, kbaumle@uh.edu
Courses: Gender & Society & Sociology of Sexuality

Francesca D'Allesandro Behr , Modern & Classical Languages, 713.743.3043, fdalessandro-behr@uh.edu
Courses: Women in the Ancient World; Italian Renaissance

Alok Bhargava , Economics, 713.743.3837, bhargava@uh.edu

Elizabeth Bollinger, Architecture, 713.743.2384, ebollinger@uh.edu
Courses: Proposal for Women in Architecture

David Brenner , Modern & Classical Languages, dabrenner@uh.edu
Courses: The Human Situation, Writing Holocausts, World Cinema

Ann Christensen , English, 713.743.2964, achrist@uh.edu
Courses: Family, Sex, & Households on the Shakespearean Stage; Gender and Performance in Shakespeare; Labor, Leisure, & Gender in Early Modern Drama

Xiaoping Cong , History, 713.743.3096, xcong@uh.edu
Courses: History of Women in Modern China; East and SE Asian Women in Historical and Cross-cultural Perspectives

Guillermo De Los Reyes, Hispanic Studies, 713.743.3716, jdelosreyes@uh.edu
Courses: Gender & Sexuality in Colonial Mexico; Gay/Lesbian Literature in Latin America

Beckham Dossett , Art

Casey Due Hackney , Modern & Classical Languages, 713.743.3240,
cdue-hackney@uh.edu
Courses: Greek and Roman Mythology

Karen Fang , English, 713.743.2949, kfang@uh.edu
Courses: Romantic Women Writers and Film Noir

Sarah Fishman , History, 713.743.3098, sfishman@uh.edu
Courses: Work and Family Life in Modern Europe; Social History of Modern France and Germany

Cynthia Freeland , Philosophy, 713.743.3206, cfreeland@uh.edu
Courses: Feminist Philosophy, Feminist Methodology

Sandy Frieden , Modern & Classical Languages, 713.743.3051, sfrieden@uh.edu
Courses: German Women Film Directors; International Women Writers; New Woman in Literature

María Gonzalez , English, 713.743.2938, mgonzalez@uh.edu
Courses: Women in Literature, Women Writers, Feminist Theory; Feminist Criticism

Dan Graur , Biology and Biochemistry, 713.743.2936, dgraur@uh.edu

Elizabeth Gregory , English; Women's Studies, 713.743.0932, egregory@uh.edu
Courses: Intro. to Women's Studies; Feminist Methodology, Women Writers

Gerald Horne, History, 713.743.3114, ghorne@uh.edu
Courses: Civil Rights Movement

Natalie Houston , English, 713.743.2938, nhouston@uh.edu
Courses: Women in Literature; Gay and Lesbian Literature

Janis Hutchinson , Anthropology, 713.743.3785, jhutchinson@uh.edu
Courses: Anthropology and HIV/AIDS

Anne Jaap Jacobson , Philosophy, 713.743.3204, ajjacobson@uh.edu
Courses: Feminist Philosophy

Chinhui Juhn, Economics, 713.743.3823, cjuhn@uh.edu
Courses: Economics of Gender, Economics of Education

Tracy X. Karner, Sociology, 713.743.3961, txkarner@uh.edu
Courses: Gender and Health; Seminar in Masculinity

Susan Kellogg, History, 713.743.3118, skellogg@uh.edu
Courses: Women in Latin America

Kairn Klieman, History, 713.743.0907, kklieman@uh.edu

Joan Krause, Law, 713.743.2183, jkrause@uh.edu
Courses: Women and Health Law

Samantha Kwan, Sociology, 713.743.3948, sskwan@uh.edu

Jean Kantambu Latting , Social Work, 713.743.8097, jlatting@uh.edu
Courses: Forming Alliances across Gender, Race, Class, Culture, and Other Differences

Natalia Milanesio, History, 713-743-3113, nmilanesio@uh.edu

Beth Olson , Communication, 713.743.2881, bolson@uh.edu
Courses: Gender and Media

Laura Oren , Law, 713.743.2170, loren@uh.edu
Courses: Women and the Law; Family Law; Interdisciplinary Graduate Courses

Angela Patton , Art, 713.743.2826, patton@uh.edu
Courses: The American Home Aesthetic

Demetrius Pearson , Health and Human Performance, 713.743.9849, dpearson@uh.edu
Courses: Sport in Contemporary Society

Monica Perales, History, 713.743.,3103, mperales3@uh.edu
Courses: Chicana History, Mexican American Labor History, Identity and Resistence in US History

Todd Romero, History, 713.743.3112, tromero2@uh.edu
Courses: Witchcraft in the Old and New World, Gender and Colonialism

Nancy Rapoport, Law, 713.743.2100

Susan Rasmussen , Anthropology, 713.743.3787, srasmussen@uh.edu
Courses: Anthropology of Gender

Linda Reed, History, 713.743.3092, lreed@uh.edu
Courses: African American Women in Slavery and Freedom

Nancy Sims, Political Science, 713.627.2223
Courses: Women in Politics

Phillip Snider , Biology & Biochemistry, 713.743.2647, psnider@uh.edu
Courses: Human Genetics

Maria Elena Solino , Modern & Classical Languages, 713.743.3052, mesolino@uh.edu
Courses: Hispanic Authors and Feminist Theory

Lorraine Stock , English, 713.743.2958, lstock@uh.edu
Courses: Writing Medieval Women; Medieval Women in History, Text, and Film

Landon Storrs, History, 713.743.3091, lstorrs@uh.edu
Courses: US Women's History Since 1820; Readings in US Women's History

Jennifer E. Vardeman, Communications, 713.743.4294, jvardeman@uh.edu

Sally Vaughn, History, 713-743-3122, svaughn@uh.edu
Courses: Large portions of Medieval history courses deal with women's topics

Gabriela Baeza Ventura , Modern & Classical Languages, 713.743.3259, gbventura@uh.edu

Lynn Voskuil , English, 713.743.2979, lvoskuil@uh.edu

Jennifer Wingard, English, jlwingard@uh.edu

Jenny Yi , Health and Human Performance, 713.743.9841, jyi@uh.edu
Courses: Women's Health Issues; Dimensions in Women's Health; Cross-Cultural Aspects of Health

Patricia Lee Yongue , English, 713.743.2944, plyongue@uh.edu
Courses: Women in Literature; Women Writers

How to Apply

Please fill out the Women's Studies Faculty Affiliate Program application (PDF format; free Adobe Reader required) and attach information as necessary.