Affiliate Faculty
WGS Affiliate Faculty
Women's and Gender Studies at The University of Northern Iowa is comprised of a wonderful team of affiliate faculty members. These professors are from a variety of disciplines across campus. Here are some, but not limited to, the professors that we have worked with:
College of Business Administration
Amin, Shahina - Economics
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Bass, Brenda - Dean of the College
Machen, Emily - Associate Dean of the College
Baker, Kimberly - Criminology
Burnidge, Cara - Religion and History
Creighton-Smith, Belinda - Christian (Baptist) Ministry and Feminist Praxis; Social Work
Cutter, Barbara - History
Dickinson, Rebecca - Social Work
Fenech, Lou - History
Fleming, William Michael - Family Studies and Director of the Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention
R. Lane Forsman - Social Work
Fry, Libby - Social Work
Froyum, Carissa - Sociology and Interim Head of the Department of Social Work
Gulwadi, Gowri Betrabet - Interior Design
Gute, Gary - Director of the Human Potential Project and the UNIFlowLab
Holmes, Justin - Political Science
Kogl, Alexandra - Political Science
McNabb, Jennifer - Head of the Department of History
Mozak, Alysa - Patricia A Tomson Center for Violence Prevention
Oberle, Alex - Geography
Petrov, Andrew - Geography and Director of the ARCTICenter
Stalp, Marybeth - Sociology
Wilson, Stacy - Family, Aging, and Counseling
College of Humanities, Arts & Sciences
Black, Mary - Dean of the College
Boyd, Melinda - Director of the School of Music
Del Carlo, Dawn - Chemistry & Biochemistry, Science Education
Diesburg, Sarah - Computer Science
Dooley, Alexandra - Art
Gallivan, Heather - Mathematics
Grant, David - Languages and Literatures (Rhetoric)
Hoofnagle, Wendy - Languages & Literatures (English)
Husband, Julie - Languages & Literatures (American)
Jerónimo, Heather - Languages & Literatures (Spanish)
McCandless, Amanda - Music
McGeough, Danielle - Communication Studies
Miller, Catherine - Mathematics
Miller, Wendy - Art
Palczewski, Cate - Communication Studies
Soans, Francesca - Communication Studies
Steinthorsdottir, Olof - Mathematics
Sutton, Elizabeth - Art, Department Head
Swan, Jesse - English, Early Modern Women Writers, Coordinator, Women's and Gender Studies
Wonders, Brooke - Languages & Literatures (Fiction)
Young, Deb Dimond - Sexuality, Women, and Gender and Composition
Zigarovich, Jolene - 18th & 19th-Centuries British Literature
College of Education
Meacham, Soh - Associate Dean of the College
Cunningham, Karen - Continuing Education & Special Programs, Director of CDE & Individual Studies
Scholl, Kathleen - Learning, Leadership, and Community
Other Affiliates
Ball, Eleanor - Library, WGS Librarian
Berry, Gwennette - Assistant Director Community Impact
Heistad, Deirdre - Associate Provost of the University
Nolte, Amandajean Freking - Library, Humanities Librarian

Kimberly Baker
Associate Professor of Criminology
SAC Internship Coordinator
Email Kimberly Baker →
(319) 273-7456

Barbara Cutter
Professor of History
Email Barbara Cutter →
(319) 273-5909

Wm. Michael Fleming
Associate Professor of Family Studies
Director of Research and Assessment, Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention
Email Wm. Michael Fleming →
(319) 273-6301
Campus Advisory Board Members
Bass, Brenda - College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Dean of CSBS
Berry, Gwennette - Assistant to President & Chief Diversity Officer
Cormaney, Molly - Instructor, Women’s and Gender Studies
Fleming, Michael - School of Applied Human Sciences, Director of Research and Assessment at the Center for Violence Prevention
Hoofnagle, Wendy - Languages & Literatures
Jerónimo, Heather - Languages & Literatures
Kannan, Kalyani - LGBTQ+ Student Services Coordinator
Mozak, Alysa - Director, Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention
McGeough, Danielle - Associate Professor, Communications Studies
Nolte, Amandajean - Assistant Professor, Library / Humanities Librarian
Renfro, Jayme - Assistant Professor, Political Science
Sari, Yasemin - Philosophy & World Religions
Soans, Francesca - Communication Studies
Wohlpart, Kathryn - Graduate College, Thesis & Dissertation Services Coordinator
Adb El Hai, Saja - WGS Student Representative and Graduate Programming Assistant
Cutcher, Meghan - WGS Student Representative and Graduate Programming Assistant
Lyman, Staycie - WGS Secretary