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

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