Faculty
Juliann Emmons Allison
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Ph.D., UCLA, Political Science
Political economy, environmental politics and policy, community-based social change, especially as it relates to conflict resolution and environmental sustainability
Office: 2017 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building
Phone: (951) 827-4379
e-mail: juliann.allison@ucr.edu
Alicia
Arrizón
Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Ph.D., Stanford University, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies, Feminist Theory; Chicana(o) Latin American/U.S. Latino Literatures and Cultures; Ethnicity, Race, Gender, and Sexualities.
Office: INTS 2049
Phone: (951) 827-4359
e-mail: alicia.arrizon@ucr.edu
Amalia Cabezas
Associate Professor
Chicano and Latino studies, Latin American and Caribbean studies, tourism and leisure studies, sexualities studies, and women's/feminist/gender studies
Office: Sproul 3104
Phone: (951) 827-4843 (department line)
Email: amalia.cabezas@ucr.edu
Katja M. Guenther
Associate Professor
Ph.D, Sociology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Feminist movements and resistance, gender and the state, ethnography, post-socialism, secularism, animals and gender
Office: 2033A CHASS Interdisciplinary Building
Phone: (951) 827-4843 (department line)
Email: katja@ucr.edu
Sherine Hafez
Associate Professor
Ph.D., UC Davis, Anthropology
Postcolonialism, Gender, Religion and Secularism in the Middle East.
Office: 2021 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building
Phone: (951) 827-4843 (department line)
e-mail: sherine.hafez@ucr.edu
Tamara Ho
Associate Professor
PhD, Comparative Literature, UCLA
Gender and Sexuality Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, US Ethnic Studies, Asian American literature, Chicana/o literature.
Office: 2038 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building
Phone: (951) 827-4843 (department line)
e-mail: tamara.ho@ucr.edu
Anthonia Kalu
Professor, Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies and Comparative Literature
Ph.D. in African Languages and Literature; Sub-specialty: African-American Literature – University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin.
Office: HMNSS 2500
Phone: (951) 827-4843 (department line)
Email: anthonia.kalu@ucr.edu
Jade Sasser
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2012, U.C. Berkeley, Environmenal Science, Policy & Management
Office: 2011 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building
Phone: (951) 827-4843 (department line)
email: jade.sasser@ucr.edu
Eric Stanley
Assistant Professor
Ph.D, History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Research Areas: trans studies, queer theory, postcolonial theory, disability studies, anarchism, critical prison studies
Office: 2007 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building North
Phone: 951-827-4843 (department line)
Email: eric.stanley@ucr.edu
Chikako Takeshita
Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Ph.D. 2004, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Feminist studies of science, technology, and medicine; reproductive health, rights, and politics in global perspective; gender, technology and the body.
Office: 2013 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building
Phone: (951) 827-5133
e-mail: chikako.takeshita@ucr.edu
Marguerite
R. Waller
Professor (Gender and Sexuality Studies and Comparative Literature)
Ph.D., Yale University, Comparative Literature
Transnational/postcolonial feminist film and media, feminist theory, sexualities studies, human rights, immigration, Mediterranean Studies.
Office: 2033C CHASS Interdisciplinary Building
Phone: (951) 827-4843 (department line)
e-mail: marguerite.waller@ucr.edu
Jane Ward
Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Sociology
Queer studies; critical heterosexuality studies; critical whiteness studies.
Office: 2025 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building
Phone: (951) 827-4843 (department line)
email: jane.ward@ucr.edu