Faculty/ Staff

FULL TIME FACULTY

Rose Corrigan, Ph.D.

Director, Women’s Studies Program

Assistant Professor, Department of History & Politics and Earle Mack School of Law

Research/ Interests:

• Violence against Women; Feminist Organizations;  Law & Social Movements;  Women & Public Policy

E: rose.corrigan@drexel.edu

 

David Fryer, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor, History & Politics

Research/ Interests:

• Gender Theory; Queer Theory; Genderqueer Theory; Ethics; Psychoanalysis; Phenomenology; Africana Thought; Secular Jewish Thought

E: david.r.fryer@drexel.edu

 

Gabriella Ibieta, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, English and Philosophy

Research/ Interests:

• Comparative Literature; Cuban and Latin American Fiction

E: ibietag@drexel.edu

 

Maria de la Luz Matus-Mendoza, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Modern Languages

Research / Interests:

• Language Variation in Spanish;  the relationship between language variation and mobility (social and geographical) among the Mexican communities in Mexico and in the United States; first and second language acquisition; Bilingualism; Theater; Baroque and Contemporary Literature

E: mm349@drexel.edu

 

Anne-Marie Obajtek-Kirkwood, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of French, Head of French Studies

Research/ Interests:

• French and Francophone 20th and 21st Century Literature; Culture and Film;
  Representations of the Occupation (WWII) War; Minorities in France; Autobiographies; Feminist issues

E: ao32@drexel.edu

 

Doreen Alvarez Saar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; English and Philosophy

Research/ Interests:

• Early American Literature; Race and Gender Studies

E: saarda@drexel.edu

 

PART TIME FACULTY

Robin Brennan, DrPHc

Auxiliary Professor, History and Politics

Research/ Interests:

• Lesbian and Transgender Health; Women’s Reproductive Health; Human Rights; Youth Empowerment

E: robin.ann.brennan@drexel.edu

 

Carolyn Holmes, Ph.D.

Auxiliary Professor, History and Politics

Research/ Interests:

• Women’s Studies; Africana Studies

E: clh26@drexel.edu

 

Faculty affiliated with Women’s Studies come from departments across the College of Arts & Sciences, and from Colleges across Drexel University. Faculty represent disciplines including Anthropology, Criminal Justice, English, History, Law, Medicine, Modern Languages, Nursing, Philosophy, Politics, Public Health, Psychology, and Sociology.

 

STAFF

For questions regarding the minor, please contact:

Kate Hughes

Assistant Director

Center for Interdisciplinary Programs/ Women’s Studies

E: khughes@drexel.edu

P: 215.895.1208

Jessica Kratzer

Program Coordinator

Center for Interdisciplinary Programs/ Women’s Studies

E: jkk55@drexel.edu

P: 215.895.1863

Jacqueline Rios

Program Coordinator/ Webmaster

Center for Interdisciplinary Programs/ Women’s Studies

E: jsr62@drexel.edu

P: 215.895.6910