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Gender & Sexuality Studies Faculty

Chair

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Rosemary O'Neill Professor of English Areas of Expertise Medieval literature, history of the book, Chaucer	Campus Address Waite House 206 Phone Number (740) 427-5722 Email oneillr@kenyon.edu	English Gender & Sexuality Studies

Faculty

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Jessica Pruett Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies Areas of Expertise Queer history, intersectional feminist theories, popular culture	Campus Address Oden Hall 412 Email pruett2@kenyon.edu	Gender & Sexuality Studies
Lauren Herold Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies Areas of Expertise LGBTQ studies, feminist theory, media studies	Campus Address Oden Hall 413 Phone Number (740) 427-5543 Email herold1@kenyon.edu	Gender & Sexuality Studies
Gilda Rodríguez Visit Inst of Political Science & Gender & Sexuality Studies Areas of Expertise Citizenship and immigration; feminist and queer theory; race, ethnicity, and gender in the Americas	Campus Address Oden Hall 424 Phone Number (740) 427-5974 Email rodriguezgm@kenyon.edu	Gender & Sexuality Studies Political Science Latino/a Studies

Administrative Assistant

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Victoria Grimaldo Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division	Campus Address 318 Oden Hall Phone Number (740) 427-4275216 Email grimaldo2@kenyon.edu	Political Science Asian and Middle East Studies Gender & Sexuality Studies Philosophy Latino/a Studies Religious Studies

Associated Faculty (Members of the Advisory Board)

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Aashna Aggarwal Assistant Professor of Psychology Areas of Expertise International students, critical race theory, program evaluation	Campus Address Samuel Mather Hall 304 Email aggarwal2@kenyon.edu	Psychology
Alex Brostoff Assistant Professor of English Areas of Expertise 20th and 21st century hemispheric American studies; comparative literature; cultural studies; literary and critical theory; trans and queer studies; translation studies; autotheory	Campus Address Lentz House 207 Phone Number (740) 427-5105 Email brostoff1@kenyon.edu	English
Jodi Kovach Curator of Academic Programs	Campus Address Gund Gallery 106 Phone Number (740) 427-5246 Email kovachj@kenyon.edu	The Gund
Austin Johnson Associate Professor of Sociology Areas of Expertise LGBTQ Sociology, medical sociology, social psychology	Campus Address Oden Hall 322 Phone Number (740) 427-4275058 Email johnson2@kenyon.edu	Sociology
Rosemary O'Neill Professor of English Areas of Expertise Medieval literature, history of the book, Chaucer	Campus Address Waite House 206 Phone Number (740) 427-5722 Email oneillr@kenyon.edu	English Gender & Sexuality Studies
Sarah Murnen Samuel B. Cummings Professor of Psychology Areas of Expertise Gender roles, body image, sexuality	Campus Address Samuel Mather Hall 304 Phone Number (740) 427-5622 Email murnen@kenyon.edu	Psychology Gender & Sexuality Studies
John Rufo Assistant Professor of American Studies Areas of Expertise Abolition; Black feminism; critiques of racial capitalism; prison and policing; cultural theory; autobiography; rhetorical tropes (metaphor/metonymy)	Campus Address Oden Hall 220 Email rufo1@kenyon.edu	American Studies
Krista Dalton Associate Professor of Religious Studies Areas of Expertise Jewish Studies, Religions in Late Antiquity, Women's and Gender Studies	Campus Address O'Connor House 207 Phone Number (740) 427-4275352 Email dalton1@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies Gender & Sexuality Studies
Alexandra Bradner Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Areas of Expertise Philosophy of science/biology, epistemology/social epistemology, ethics of care, scholarship of teaching and learning.	Campus Address Oden Hall 214 Email bradnera@kenyon.edu	Philosophy
Robert Franco Assistant Professor of History Areas of Expertise LGBTQ studies, disability studies, Latin American & Latinx studies	Campus Address Oden Hall 319 Phone Number (740) 427-5090 Email franco2@kenyon.edu	History International Studies
H. Abbie Erler Professor of Political Science Areas of Expertise American politics, women and politics, political reform.	Campus Address Oden Hall 429 Phone Number (740) 427-5733 Email erlerh@kenyon.edu	Political Science Law & Society Gender & Sexuality Studies Public Policy Computing
Eliza Ablovatski Professor of History Areas of Expertise Modern Europe, especially Germany and Central/East Central Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; European Jewish and women's history; East European and German film and literature, socialism, war and revolution.	Campus Address Oden Hall 422 Phone Number (740) 427-5892 Email ablovatskie@kenyon.edu	History International Studies Gender & Sexuality Studies

Emeriti

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Melissa Dabakis Professor Emerita of Art History Areas of Expertise American and modern European art history.	Campus Email dabakis@kenyon.edu	Art History American Studies Gender & Sexuality Studies
Kathryn Edwards Professor Emerita of Biology Areas of Expertise Botany, cell physiology, women's and gender studies.	Campus Email edwardsr@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Gender & Sexuality Studies
Laurie Finke Professor Emerita of Gender and Sexuality Studies Areas of Expertise Feminist theory, literary theory, medieval studies	Campus Email finkel@kenyon.edu	Gender & Sexuality Studies
Deborah Laycock Associate Professor Emerita of English	Campus Email laycock@kenyon.edu	English Gender & Sexuality Studies
Ellen Mankoff Assistant Professor of English Emerita	Campus Email mankoff@kenyon.edu	English Gender & Sexuality Studies
Janet McAdams Professor Emerita of English	Campus Email mcadamsj@kenyon.edu	English Gender & Sexuality Studies
Kim McMullen Professor Emerita of English	Campus Email mcmullen@kenyon.edu	English Gender & Sexuality Studies
Mary Suydam Assistant Professor Emerita of Religious Studies	Campus Email suydam@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies Gender & Sexuality Studies