Faculty
Juliann Emmons Allison
Associate Professor and Chair
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
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
Crystal Baik
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Southern California, American Studies & Ethnicity (concentration in Gender & Sexuality Studies)
Office: INTN 4034
Phone: (951) 827-6435
E-mail: crystal.baik@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)
E-mail: 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)
E-mail: 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)
E-mail: anthonia.kalu@ucr.edu
Jade Sasser
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2012, U.C. Berkeley, Environmenal Science, Policy & Management
International development, reproductive politics, feminist political ecology, women’s health, household energy use, and climate change activism.
Office: 2011 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building
Phone: (951) 827-4843 (department line)
E-mail: jade.sasser@ucr.edu
Eric Stanley
Assistant Professor
Ph.D, History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Trans studies, queer theory, postcolonial theory, disability studies, anarchism, critical prison studies
Office: 2007 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building North
Phone: 951-827-4843 (department line)
E-mail: eric.stanley@ucr.edu
Chikako Takeshita
Associate Professor
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
Deborah R. Vargas
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Chicano/Latino cultural studies, critical race feminisms, queer of color critique, popular culture, feminist ethnography, borderlands theory, and oral history methods.
Office: 4005 INTN
Phone: (951) 827-1557
E-mail: deb.vargas@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
Professor and Vice-Chair
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)
E-mail: jane.ward@ucr.edu
Melanie Yazzie
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Specializes in Diné studies, Indigenous feminist and queer studies, American Indian history, social and political theory, critical environmental studies, and US social movements.
Office: INTN 2035
Phone: (951) 827-6427
E-mail: melanie.yazzie@ucr.edu