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 and well-being, as well as the role of fictional and cultural narratives in shaping emotion.
  • 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, radical feminism and activism, has authored: Performing Sex, Valerie Solanas, Out for Blood, Firebrand Feminism, Burn It Down!, 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.