Faculty

Theresa Rhodes, Ph.D.
Department: The Counseling Center Areas of specialization: LGBTQ concerns and identity development, psychology of women, childhood trauma-effects and treatment

Desireé T. Self, M.A.
Intellectual interests include (but is not limited to): Black Feminist Theory, Affect, Identity, Queer Theory, Activism, Human Sexuality, Philosophy of Sex, Feminist Philosophy, Black Aesthetics, Poetics, Audre Lorde, June Jordan

Katherine S. Stephenson, Ph.D.
Department: Languages and Culture Studies Areas of specialization: feminist theory, French feminist philosophy, language and gender, sexuality studies, 20th-21st century French women writers

Shannon Sullivan, Ph.D.
Departments: Philosophy, Health Psychology, Africana Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies Areas of specialization: feminist philosophy, critical philosophy of race, continental philosophy (phenomenology, existentialism, psychoanalytic theory, genealogical philosophy), American pragmatism

John Szmer, Ph.D., J.D.
Departments: Political Science and Public Administration Areas of specialization: judicial behavior, constitutional law, gender and law

Laura Tamberelli, M.A.
Department: Women’s and Gender Sutides Areas of specialization: reproductive justice, women and media, gender performativity, health/fitness

Annette Teasdell, Ph.D.
Departments: Africana Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies Areas of specialization: African American feminist theory, feminist theory in African American women’s literature, gender and hip hop, African American literature and culture, Gullah/Geechee culture

Aaron Toscano, Ph.D.
Department: English Areas of specialization: technical & professional communication; science, technology, and society studies; rhetoric/composition; popular culture studies; new media studies


Lori Van Wallendael, Ph.D.
Department: Psychology Areas of specialization: cognition, human decision-making, hypothesis testing strategies, juror decisions, eyewitness/earwitness memory, false memories