Women's and Gender Studies

Women's and Gender Studies Faculty

Two women's and gender studies professors holding up their fists to show power

Women's and Gender Studies Advisory Board

Professor Myrna Santiago, Director and Student Advisor

Professor Denise Witzig, Professor of WaGS

Professor Maria Luisa Ruiz, World Languages and Cultures

Professor Emily Klein, English

Professor Scott Schonfeldt-Aultman, Communication

Professor Jennifer Heung, Anthropology

Professor Synayani Bhattacharya, English

Swetta Abeyta, Library

Sharon Sobotta, Center for Women and Gender Equity

Women's and Gender Studies Faculty

Denise Witzig

Professor of Women's and Gender Studies

Myrna Santiago

Program Director

Affiliated Faculty

Zahra Ahmed zga1@stmarys-ca.edu

Zeynep Atalay za4@stmarys-ca.edu

Rosana Barragan rb7@stmarys-ca.edu

Sunayani Bhattacharya sb40@stmarys-ca.edu

Nicole M. Brown nmb22@stmarys-ca.edu

Robert C. Bulman rbulman@stmarys-ca.edu

Catherine Marie Davalos cdavalos@stmarys-ca.edu 925-631-4824

Costanza Gislon Dopfel cdopfel@stmarys-ca.edu

Jose Alfonso Féito jfeito@stmarys-ca.edu (925) 631-4170

Monica D. Fitzgerald mdf1@stmarys-ca.edu 925-631-4605

Jennifer Heung jheung@stmarys-ca.edu

Samantha Nogueira Joyce snj2@stmarys-ca.edu

Jeannine King jmking@stmarys-ca.edu (925) 631-4760

Emily Klein ek7@stmarys-ca.edu

Kathryn S. Koo kkoo@stmarys-ca.edu (925) 631-8782

Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo, Emeritus glemke@stmarys-ca.edu

Patrizia Longo plongo@stmarys-ca.edu

Lisa Manter lmanter@stmarys-ca.edu

Molly Metherd mmetherd@stmarys-ca.edu (925)631-4166

Marie Pagliarini map6@stmarys-ca.edu

María Luisa Ruiz mlruiz@stmarys-ca.edu

Myrna Santiago

Dr.

msantiag@stmarys-ca.edu

Scott Schönfeldt-Aultman sschonfe@stmarys-ca.edu

Aeleah Soine ahs3@stmarys-ca.edu

E. Elena Songster ees4@stmarys-ca.edu

Claire M. Williams, PhD cmw9@stmarys-ca.edu 925-631-4812

Ynez Wilson Hirst yhirst@stmarys-ca.edu

Denise Witzig dwitzig@stmarys-ca.edu

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