People
Department Chair
Chair, Women’s & Gender Studies
Philosophy
JWoolfrey@wcupa.edu
Ethical Theory; Bioethics; Environmental Ethics; Feminist Theory
Core Faculty
MARTHA DONKOR (she/her)
- Women's & Gender Studies, History
- MDonkor@wcupa.edu
- Transnational Feminisms; Women's History
LISA HUEBNER (she/her)
- Women's & Gender Studies, Sociology
- LHuebner@wcupa.edu
- Intersectionality; Work; Globalization; Intimacy; Violence; Feminist Theories; Qualitative Method
LIAM OLIVER LAIR (he/him)
- Women's & Gender Studies
- LLair@wcupa.edu
- Gender & Sexuality Studies;Transfeminisms;American Studies, Trans Studies; LGBTQ Studies;Gender & Race
- TABASSUM RUBY (she/her)
- Women's & Gender Studies, Qualitative Methods
- TRuby@wcupa.edu
- Transnational/Global Feminisms, Islam, Gender, Modernity, Secularism, and Postcolonial and Critical Race Studies
- JUSTIN SPRAGUE (he/him)
- Women's & Gender Studies
- JSprague@wcupa.edu
- Critical Race/Multiracial Studies; Korean Studies; Ethnic Food and Foodways; Motherwork/Ethics of Care; Women of Color Feminisms
- SIMON RUCHTI (he/him)
- Philosophy
- SRuchti@wcupa.edu
- Gender Theory, Performance Theory, Philosophy
Adjunct Faculty
- SARA VAKILI (she/her)
- Women's & Gender Studies
- SVakili@wcupa.edu
- Queer desire & queer becoming in spiritual practices
- JINA FAST (she/her)
- Women's & Gender Studies
- JFast@wcupa.edu
- Feminist Epistemologies of Science, Critical Race Theory & Queer Theory
Feminist Advisory Council
We appreciate the many faculty around campus who have served on the recently retired Feminist Advisory Council and who have or currently offer support for Women's & Gender Studies by teaching cross-listed courses.