Coordinating Committee

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 coordinating committee

Lauren Allen, Women’s Center Director

lallen4@umbc.edu

Jessica Berman, Professor, English and Director, Dresher Center for the Humanities
jberman@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

Thania Munoz Davaslioglu, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication

munotzt@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, History
froide@umbc.edu

Lindsay Johnson, Lecturer, Music
lmjohnson@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 Mair, Associate Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health

christine_mair@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

Haniyeh Barahouie Pasandi, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication

hbrh@umbc.edu

Liz Patton, Associate Professor, Media and Communication Studies
epatton@umbc.edu

Tanya Saunders, Associate Professor, Language, Literacy & Culture

tanyasau@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