Women's Studies Program

Affiliated Faculty

women's studies program

Faculty from many academic departments within the College of Arts and Sciences are associated with the Women's Studies Program. These faculty teach courses in the Program and in many cases are doing research related to women's issues. In addition, faculty from other schools at Boston College, such as the School of Education and the School of Nursing, are associated with the Program.

Sarah Beckjord
Hispanic Studies

Katherine Kellett
English

Caroline Bicks
English

Beth Kowaleski-Wallace
English

Amy Boesky
English

Vera Kreikamp
English

Paul Breines
History

Deborah Levenson-Estrada
History

Lisa Cahill
Theology

Linda (Lytle) Holmstrom
Sociology

Catherine Cornille
Theology

Robin Lydenberg
English

Lisa Cuklanz
Communications

Cynthia Lyerly
History

Judith Dempewolff
Psychology

C. Shawn McGuffey 
Sociology

Lisa DiCaprio
History

Karen Miller
History

Rhonda Frederick
African Studies

Stephen Pfohl
Sociology

Ellen Friedman
Professor of Intro to Feminisms

Virginia Reinburg
History

Lisa Fluet
English

Natasha Sarkisian
Sociology

Rachel Freudenburg
German Studies

Kay Schlozman
Political Science

Eva Garroutte
Sociology

Joyce H. Scott
African & African Diaspora Studies

Carol Hurd Green
Capstone Program

Kalpana Rahita Seshadri
English

Connie Griffin
Professor of Intro to Feminisms

Cynthia Simmons
Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures

Ruth-Ann Harris
History

Eve Spangler
Sociology

Sharlene Hesse-Biber
Sociology
Director, Women's Studies Program

Robert Stanton
English

Loretta Higgins
School of Nursing

Laura Tanner
English

Mary Ann Hinsdale
Theology

Amy Tishelman
Psychology

Maria Kakavas
Classical Studies

Rebecca Troeger
English

James Keenan
Theology

Judith Wilt
English

Mariana Berzins McCoy
Philosophy

Cynthia Young
English