Profiles in "Gender and Sexuality" Expertise Area

  • Bivona has published three books on 19th and 20th century British literature and culture as well as a co-edited collection and a number of essays.
  • Fessenden is the Steve and Margaret Forster Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, and the Director of Strategic Initiatives in the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict.
  • Weitz's work focuses on women, health, sexuality and the body.
  • Marivel Danielson's areas of research interest are Chicana/Latina literature, sexuality, gender, performance, race/border/diaspora theory.
  • Sturges' teaching and research interests include medieval literature (especially Chaucer), the Bible as literature, critical theory, gender studies, lesbian/gay/queer studies, and opera.
  • Fox's current work focuses on the histories of positive emotions, as well as the role of cultural narratives in shaping healthy communities.
  • Anderson's current research interests include the performance of gender; race, gender and sexuality in popular culture; feminist semiotics and phenomenology.
  • Fahs studies women's sexuality, critical embodiment, feminist histories, and activism, has authored: Performing Sex, Valerie Solanas, Firebrand Feminism, Burn It Down!, Fat and Furious, and practices clinical psychology.
  • Collins specializes in applied ethics, especially business and environmental. Her courses include applied ethics, business ethics, environmental ethics, and philosophy of sex and love.