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Our core faculty members have been awarded grants, teaching awards, and nationally competitive post-doctoral fellowships. Recognized as innovators in the field, the Department ’s core faculty have published in top university presses, contributed to foremost journals, and are regularly invited to give scholarly presentations at universities in the U.S. and around the world.

Our core faculty have affiliations with Anthropology, the Arts Computation Engineering PhD program, Asian American Studies, Comparative Literature, English, International Studies, Religious Studies, and Visual Studies. We are also affiliated with the Critical Theory Institute, the Center for Asian Studies, the Center for Ethnography, the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, the Working Group on Law and Society, and the Science and Technology Studies Working Group. In addition, two new Working Groups in Middle East and African Studies and in Transnational and Transoceanic Networks were initiated in part by our faculty.

NameTitle; Areas of InterestOffice HoursEmail
Jonathan AlexanderWomen's Studies Department Chair
Professor of English
Department Chairjfalexan@uci.edu
Laura Hyun Yi KangAssociate Professor of Women's Studies,
Graduate Director
Spring 2013:
Tuesdays 5-6:30 pm and by appointment
3220 Humanities Gateway
hykang@uci.edu
Lilith MahmudAssistant Professor of Women's StudiesSpring 2013:
By Appointment
3214 Humanities Gateway
lmahmud@uci.edu
Jeanne ScheperAssistant Professor of Women's StudiesSpring 2013:
Thursdays: 12:30-1:30
3216 Humanities Gateway
jscheper@uci.edu
Jennifer TerryAssociate Professor of Women's Studies,
Undergraduate Director
Spring 2013:
Thursdays 2:30-3:30 or by appointment
3218 Humanities Gateway
jterry@uci.edu

 

J. Alexander
Jonathan Alexander

Kang
Laura Hyun Yi Kang

Mahmud
Lilith Mahmud

Jeanne Scheper
Jeanne Scheper

J. Terry
Jennifer Terry