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Faculty
Interim Director:
Jody Lisberger
Jody Lisberger has a Ph.D. in English (Boston
University, 1991), with a specialty in feminist narrative
theory. She also has an M.F.A. in Writing (Vermont College,
1999), and a B. A. in anthropology (Smith College, 1975).
She has designed two new courses at URI-"Race, Class,
and Sexuality Seen Through Literature" and "Violence
and Nonviolence in Theory and Fiction: Feminist Alternatives." She
also teaches Feminist Theory and Methodology, with an emphasis
on narrative, film, medicine, and law, and Introduction
to Women's Studies. In November 2006, she presented a paper
called "DES and Diflucan: Pharmaceutical Marketing
Choices--Why Women Should Take Heed." She is also
on the faculty of the brief residency M.F.A. in Writing
Program at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky.
Her stories have been published in Michigan Quarterly Review,
Fugue, Confrontation, Thema, and the Louisville Review.
She also has a new story collection, Remember Love, published
by Fleur-de-Lis Press.
Donna M. Hughes
Donna M. Hughes is a leading international
researcher on trafficking of women and children. She has
completed research on the trafficking of women and girls
for sexual exploitation in the United States, Russia, Ukraine,
and Korea.
She does research and writing on women's rights. Her topic
areas include: violence, slavery, sexual exploitation, Islamic
fundamentalism, and women's organized resistance to violence
and exploitation. She also works on issues related to women,
science and technology.
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Karen
Stein *Sabbatical
leave 2008-2009*
Professor of English and Women's Studies,
received her B. A. from Brooklyn College in 1962, her M.
A. from Pennsylvania
State University in 1966 and her Ph.D. from the University
of Connecticut in 1982. She was one of the co-founders of
the Women's Studies Program at URI. She has written and spoken
about women as writers and subjects of literature. Her current
research interests include Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison,
American women poets, utopian fiction by women, and women
and science. Her recent book Margaret Atwood Revisited focuses
on the Canadian novelist, critic and poet. From 1995-97 she
served as Chair of the English Department at URI.
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Jenn Brandt, TA in the WMS Program
Jenn Brandt has a BA in English from Drew University and
a MA in Popular Culture from Bowling Green State University.
Currently she is working toward her PhD in English at the
University of Rhode Island. Jenn's work
focuses on gender and cultural studies in popular film, literature, and television.
She has previously published articles about Sex and the City and
The
Da Vinci Code.
Affiliated
Professors
| Sona Aronian, Russian and Comparative Literature |
Barbara Luebke, Journalism |
| Laura Beauvais, Management |
Helen Mederer, Sociology |
| Winnie Brownell, Dean of Arts and Sciences |
Jean Miller, Nursing |
| Josie Campbell, English |
Kathryn Quina, Psychology |
| Mary Cappello, English |
Nedra Reynolds, College Writing Program |
| Dorothy Donnelly, English |
Wendy Roworth, Art |
| Wilfred Dvorak, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences |
James Starkey, Economics |
| Cynthia Hamilton, African and African-American Studies |
Sharon Strom, History |
| Sandra Ketrow, Communication Studies |
Jean Walton, English |
| Carolyn Livingston, Music |
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Associate Professors
| Ann Davis, Music |
RosaMaria Pegueros, History |
| Lynne Derbyshire, Communications |
Joelle Rollo-Koster, History |
| Nancy Eaton, Mathematics |
Andrea Rusnock, History |
| Susana De Los Heros, Languages |
Catherine Sama, Italian and Film Studies |
| Valerie Karno, English |
Marie Schwartz, History |
| Doris Kirchner, Languages |
Kathleen Torrens, Communication Studies |
Assistant
Professors
Kim Hensley Owens, Writing and Rhetoric
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Jody Lisberger, Women's Studies
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Rosaria Pisa, Sociology/ Anthropology
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Adjunct Faculty
| Barbara Barker, Biology |
Jen Moio, Violence Prevention |
| Jenn Brandt, English |
Holly J. Nichols, Counseling Center |
| Noel-Anne Brennan, Sociology |
Laura Pisaturo, Esq., Day One RI |
| N. Adria Evans, English |
Kristen Quinlan, Psychology |
| Mary Gormley |
Jeannette Riley, Women's Studies |
| Janet Hagen, Women's Studies |
Brett Rutherford, English |
| Heather Johnson, English |
Denise Saran, Women's Studies |
| Eva Jones, English |
Ted Shear, Talent Development |
| Alexia Kosmider, Women's Studies |
Agata Stepien, English |
| Mailee Kue, Psychology |
Eugenia Wild, Counseling |
| Keith Labelle, Violence Prevention |
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Emerita/us
WMS Faculty
| Judith Anderson, Communication Studies |
Bernice Lott, Psychology |
| Sally Burke, English |
Marilyn J. Malina, English |
| Greta Cohen, Physical Education |
Jim Miller, Ocean Engineering |
| Lois Cuddy, English |
Gwenneth Rae, Human Development & Family Studies |
| Ira Gross, Psychology |
Mary Ellen Reilly, Sociology |
| Stephen Grubman-Black, Communication Studies |
Karen A. Schroeder, Human Development & |
| Mathilda Hills, English |
Family Studies |
| Janet Hirsch, Nursing |
Gail Anne Shea, Sociology |
| Albert J. Lott, Psychology |
Jim Starkey |
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