Governance of the Department of Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies is vested in an interdisciplinary Coordinating Committee consisting of faculty and associate staff under the general supervision of the Department Chair of Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies. Applications for new Coordinating Committee members are solicited every fall semester. If you’re interested in being a future member of the Coordinating Committee, please email Carole McCann at mccann@umbc.edu for more information.
Current members of the GWST Coordinating Committee are:
Faculty
Rebecca Adelman, Professor, Media & Communication Studies
adelman@umbc.edu
Jessica Berman, Professor, English and Director, Dresher Center for the Humanities
jberman@umbc.edu
Beverly Bickel, Clinical Associate Professor, Language, Literacy and Culture Doctoral Program
bickel@umbc.edu
Dawn Biehler, Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
dbiehler@umbc.edu
María Célleri, Assistant Professor, Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies
mcelleri@umbc.edu
Gloria Chuku, Professor and Chair, Africana Studies
chuku@umbc.edu
Courtney Cook, Visiting Lecturer, Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies
clcook@umbc.edu
Kate Drabinski, Principal Lecturer, Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies, and Director of WILL+
drabinsk@umbc.edu
Keegan Finberg, Assistant Professor, English
kfinberg@umbc.edu
Amy Froide, Professor and Chair, History
froide@umbc.edu
Lindsay Johnson, Lecturer, Music
lmjohnson@umbc.edu
Marjoleine Kars, Professor, History
kars@umbc.edu
Katie Kein, Lecturer, Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies
kkein@umbc.edu
Tania Lizarazo, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Cultural Communication (Spanish)
lizarazo@umbc.edu
Christine Mallinson, Professor, Language, Literacy and Culture Doctoral Program
mallinson@umbc.edu
Carole McCann, Professor and Chair, Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies
mccann@umbc.edu
Susan McDonough, Associate Professor, History
mcdonoug@umbc.edu
Liz Patton, Associate Professor, Media and Communication Studies
epatton@umbc.edu
Michelle Scott, Associate Professor, History
mscott@umbc.edu
Mejdulene Shomali, Assistant Professor, Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies
mshomali@umbc.edu
Orianne Smith, Associate Professor, English
osmith@umbc.edu
Sharon Tran, Assistant Professor, English
stran@umbc.edu
Lisa Pace Vetter, Associate Professor, Political Science
lvetter@umbc.edu
Mirjam Voerkelius, Assistant Professor, History
voerkeli@umbc.edu
Ex-Officio Member
Jess Myers, Director, Women’s Center
jess.myers@umbc.edu