![]() Women's Studies Faculty Karen M. Booth, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison). Karen Booth is currently writing a book examining globalization and post- colonial relations through a case study of sexual politics in Kenya and at the United Nations. Her courses include gender and imperialism and gender and global change. E. Jane Burns, Professor and Chair (Ph.D., French Literature and Medieval Studies, University of California, Berkeley). Jane Burns' work centers on issues of gender and sexuality in medieval texts. She is currently completing a feminist study of courtly love and clothing in thirteenth-century French culture. Jane Burns teaches courses on feminist and gender theory, women's spirituality, and courtship and courtliness. Barbara J. Harris, Professor (Ph.D., History, Harvard University). Barbara Harris is currently writing a book on aristocratic English women, 1450 and 1550. Her teaching lies in the area of English history during the Tudor and Stuart periods, and English and European women's history. Sylvia D. Hoffert, Professor (Ph.D., History, Indiana University, Bloomington). Sylvia Hoffert teaches American women's history and gender history. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century American women. She is currently writing a biography of Jane Grey Swisshelm. Women's Studies Staff DONNA REDFORD, Administrative Assistant KAREN O. THOMPSON, Secretary Affiliated Faculty African and Afro-American Studies ROBERTA ANN DUNBAR, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) Roberta Ann Dunbar's current research focuses on law, women, and social change in Africa Her areas of interest include African social history, women and development in Africa, and public education in relation to African affairs. VALERIE ANN KAALUND, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco) Valerie Ann Kaalund's current work in the area of bioethics in the African Diaspora centers on womanist/feminist analyses of environmental justice, medical experimentation, health care, and women of color and science fiction. American Studies JOY KASSON, Professor (Ph.D., Yale University) Joy Kasson's major fields of inquiry include American literature and American Studies. Her research concerns images of women in nineteenth-century American art and culture Anthropology JUDITH B. FARQUHAR, Bowman and Gordon Gray Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Chicago) Judith Farquhar's interests include anthropology of the body, medical practices in China and the United States, and new gender-specific sub-disciplines of traditional medicine in China. KAJA FINKLER, Professor (Ph.D., The Graduate Center of City University of New York) Kaja Finkler's research, field work, and teaching center on medical anthropology, particularly in relation to women's health, and the political economy of Mexico and Latin America. DOROTHY HOLLAND, J. Ross MacDonald Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) Among Dorothy Holland's research interests are women and schooling, cultural formations of the self, cultural models of gender, and gender stereotypes. CATHERINE LUTZ, Associate Professor (Ph.D. Harvard University) Catherine Lutz's research interests are gender and culture and gender and science. Art BETH GRABOWSKI, Associate Professor and Assistant Chair (MFA, University of Wisconsin) Beth Grabowski's recent artwork has been specifically tied to her experience as a woman in contemporary North Carolina and American society, especially seeing how stereotypes and preconceptions about women's roles prevail especially in terms of images of women. MARY SHERIFF, Professor (Ph.D., University of Delaware) Mary Sheriff teaches courses on women and the visual arts, on feminist theory, and on 18th- and 19th-century art. Her research focuses on issues in the art and culture of 18th- and 19th-century France. Biology ANN G. MATTHYSSE, Professor (Ph.D., Harvard University) Ann Matthysse is interested in promoting women in science and agricultural research as well as in the general problems of women's education and job discrimination. City and Regional Planning LINDA LACEY, Professor Linda Lacey is interested in the role women play in the urbanization process of certain West African cities. HELZI NOPONEN, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Helzi Noponen's research interests include microenterprise support and targeted credit for poor women in developing countries, intra-household relations, and monitoring and evaluation systems. She teaches gender and development planning. Communications Studies BEVERLY WHITAKER LONG, Kenan Professor (Ph.D., Louisiana State University) Beverly Long's research has included recent American poetry by women, women writers in the modern South, and performing women aging. DELLA POLLOCK, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Northwestern University) Della Pollock's interest in the rhetoric of performance and oral traditions are reflected in her investigations of feminist performance practices and women's storytelling. JULIA T. WOOD, Professor (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) A specialist in gender and communication and feminist theories, Julia Wood focuses on intimate communication, sex differences in communication styles, and the relationship between these differences and social practices. Comparative Literature LILIAN R. FURST, Marcel Batillion Professor (Ph.D., Cambridge University) Lilian Furst's course on Women and Work, 1850-1900, reflects her study of the possibilities and limitations of nineteenth-century working women, particularly Victorians, as depicted in both fiction and non-fiction. DIANE LEONARD, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Diane Leonard's research specialties are twentieth-century narrative, literary theory, the writings of women, and the relationship between literature and the visual arts. Dramatic Art ANNE M. COBLE, Assistant Professor of Design Anne Coble's teaching examines the development of period styles, and addresses the images of women presented in the visuals of each era. Economics BOONE A. TURCHI, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Boone Turchi.s research on population and family economics deals with divorce, marriage, career choices, labor supply, reproductive behavior, roles within marriage, and childcare. English DORIS BETTS, Alumni Distinguished Professor Well-known for her novels and short stories featuring strong-minded heroines, Doris Betts incorporates the work of American women writers into her courses on fiction and creative writing. CONNIE C. EBLE, Professor (Ph.[)., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Connie Eble's interest in the English language is reflected in her research on gender as a linguistic variable, sexism in language, and the linguistic image of women. At present, she is writing a biography of Louise Pound. TRUDIER HARRIS, Professor (Ph.D., Ohio State University) Trudier Harris' major fields of interest include folklore in literature, portrayals of women in fiction, violence in Black American literature, and images of women in Afro-American folklore. MEGAN M. MATCHINSKE, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of California, San Diego) Megan Matchinske's current research focuses on the legal, political, and literary dimensions and effects of women's involvement in birth and death passages in Seventeenth-century England. JOHN MCGOWAN, Professor (Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo) John McGowan's research interests include literary theory; cultural studies; theories of value, including feminist ethics; feminist political theory, especially Hannah Arendt. JEANNE MOSKAL, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Washington) Among Jeanne Moskal's research and teaching interests are English women writers of the Romantic Period, 1789-1832. MARGARET O'CONNOR, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Davis) In her teaching and research, Margaret O'Connor focuses on twentieth-century women writers of fiction, and women and minority writers whose work is under-represented in the canon of American literature. She is also interested in film. BEVERLY TAYLOR, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Duke University) Beverly Taylor's interest in nineteenth-century British literature is reflected in her work on the poetry of Tennyson, the Brownings, and the novels of Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, and George Eliot. JAMES THOMPSON, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida) Among James Thompson's research specialties are women novelists and other women writers of the eighteenth century, particularly Jane Austen. 9 Linda Wagner-Martin, Hanes Professor (Ph.D., Bowling Green State University) Linda Wagner-Martin's research focuses on modernism, feminist criticism, and women's writing in the 20th century. She has published biographies on Sylvia Plath, Gertrude Stein, and Ellen Glasgow. Geography ALTHA CRAVEY, Assistant Professor (Ph. D., University of Iowa) Altha Cravey's research agenda explores the intersection of gender and work. With a regional focus on Mexico, she has expertise on the gendering of development strategies and on methods to map the "spatial divisions of patriarchy." Germanic Languages ALICE KUZNIAR, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Princeton University) Alice Kuzinair has published on gender in German Romanticism and teaches courses on women in German cinema, feminism and psychoanalysis, and lesbian cinema. History JUDITH M. BENNETT, Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor (Ph.D., University of Toronto) Judith Bennett specializes in the history of working women in preindustrial Europe, particularly the history of peasant and urban women in medieval England. STANLEY CHOJNACKI, Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Stanley Chojnacki has written many articles exploring the dimensions of gender, and especially the experience of patrician women, in Renaissance Venice (14th-16th centuries). He features in his courses on medieval and early modern history the interaction between the ruling institutions in society, overwhelmingly male-dominated, and the creatively disruptive potential of women in private life, especially through marriage. CHARLES CAPPER, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley) Charles Capper is currently writing a biography of Margaret Fuller. His research area is in U.S. intellectual and cultural history where he has done work on the feminization of American culture and women teachers at the frontier. PETER FILENE, Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor (Ph.D., Harvard University) Peter Filene researches recent U.S. history and American sex roles. He is particularly interested in the history of masculinity and marital relationships. LEON FINK, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Rochester) Leon Fink has a general interest in women's history, especially in working class women's history and thus might be very helpful in advising students interested in this area. JACQUELYN D. HALL, Julia Cherry Spruill Professor, Director, Southern Oral History Program and Academic Director, Duke-UNC Center for Research on Women (Ph.D., Columbia University) Jacquelyn Hall investigates American women's histor and Southern labor history using the methods of oral tory. Her work includes studies of Southern textile workers, Appalachian women, and the politics of sexuality. KATHERINE R. JOLLUCK, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Stanford University) Katherine Jolluck's interests are on women in Eastern Europe; women and war; and women under communism. DONALD G. MATHEWS, Professor (Ph.D., Duke University) Donald Mathews' main areas of teaching and research are American social and religious history, particularly social movements and collective action, as well as women and religion. DONALD RALEIGH, Professor (Ph.D., Indiana University Donald Raleigh's research interests include women in Russia and the Soviet Union. Leisure Studies and Recreation Administration M. DEBORAH BIALESCHKI, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison) Deborah Bialeschki teaches a course on women, work, and leisure time. Her research interests include exploring the importance of women's leisure in social change movements from a historical perspective, as well as issues related to women's entitlement to and empowerment from leisure experiences. KARLA A. HENDERSON, Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) Karla Henderson's research focuses on women and leisure behavior specifically related to the meaning of leisure and leisure constraints. Mathematics JANE M. HAWKINS, Professor and Associate Chair (Ph.D., University of Warwick, England) Jane Hawkins is interested primarily in the study of chaotic dynamical systems. As the research of most women mathematicians in the past and present is virtually ignored by the mathematical community, she is interested in helping to bring women's achievement to light. Music BARBARA ROWAN, Lecturer (M.A., Mills College) TERRY ELLEN RHODES, Associate Professor (D.M.A. & M. M. - Easterman School of Music) As a performing soprano, voice teacher, and opera director at UNC-CH, Dr. Rhodes takes special interest in new works by women composers, and on the ways in which women have influenced and contributed to the musical arena. Philosophy THOMAS E. HILL, JR., Professor (Ph.D. Harvard University, B.Phil. Oxford) Thomas Hill's investigation of ethics and political philosophy includes studies of sexual equity and female autonomy. He also incorporates sexism and racism into his introductory ethics course. Political Science SUSAN L. BICKFORD, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota Susan Bickford's current research project is entitled "Constructing Inequality: City Spaces and the Architecture of Citizenship". She teaches feminist political theory. PAMELA J. CONOVER, Everett D. Palmatier Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota Pamela Conover concentrates on political perceptions and beliefs, political psychology and behavior, and women and politics, particularly conflicts between feminism and the new right. STEPHEN T. LEONARD, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) In his research and teaching, Stephen Leonard investigates the history and philosophy of social and political theory including feminist political theory, social movements, and comparative political economy. MICHAEL LIENESCH, Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Michael Lienesch's research includes the study of women in American politics, emphasizing religion and politics, and concentrating on contemporary Christian conservatism. CATHARINE NEWBURY, Associate Professor (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison) Catharine Newbury's major research specialties are gender relations, food production, social change, and political crises as they affect rural women in developing African countries. Psychology PAUL N. MERMIN, Clinical Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Paul Mermin's research includes a study of women's and men's adjustments to parenthood for the first and second times. He also studies role strain as it relates to personality and life events. CARYL E. RUSBULT, Professor (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Caryl Rusbult studies various determinants of commitment and satisfaction in friendships and romantic associations; among these are the roles played by gender and sex-role orientation. Religious Studies TOMOKO MASUZAWA, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) Tomoko Masuzawa works on the intersection of history/theory of religion and literary theory and regularly teaches a course which examines the patriarchal structure in religious and literary tradition. Masuzawa's course on psychoanalysis also deals with the issue of Freud and Feminism. WILLIAM PECK, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Harvard University) William Peck's varied research focuses on modern intellectual history, especially nineteenth- and twentiethcentury religious thought; his course on the psychology of religion considers issues related to sex roles. He focuses on gender issues such as those raised by Dorothy Dinnerstein, Juliet Mitchell, and Susan Griffith. Romance Languages FRED M. CLARK, Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida) Fred Clark's research interests are semiotics of theater, Brazilian literature, and more recently feminist literary theory and the representation of women (by women and men) in Brazilian literature and theater. MARSHA S. COLLINS, Associate Professor and Director, Women's Center (Ph.D., Princeton University) Marsha Collins' interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish Literature, Spanish Golden Age Prose and Poetry, Hispanic Women Writers, and Literature and the Visual Arts. ROSA PERELMUTER, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) The principal research areas of Rosa Perelmuter are colonial and contemporary Spanish American literature, especially the images of women in the literature of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain and Spanish America. MONICA RECTOR, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Sao Paulo & Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Monica Rector focuses on Lusa-Brazilian Literature. Her research interests are in the field of semiotics, mass communication and contemporary Portuguese literature, particularly with regard to Portuguese's Female Novelists. ALICIA RIVERO-POTTER, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Brown University) Alicia Rivero-Potter's research and teaching specialties include twentieth-century Latin American literature, literary theory, women,s texts and feminist criticism, as well as the relation of science and literature. MARIA A. SALGADO, Professor (Ph.D., University of Maryland) Maria Salgado studies autobiography and self-portraiture in women's poetry written in Spanish-speaking countries from the late nineteenth century to the present. CAROL SHERMAN, Professor (Ph.D., University of Chicago) Carol Sherman is interested in gendered narratives, psychoanalysis and object-relations approaches, feminism and the postmodern. Sociology BARBARA ENTWISLE, Edward M. Bernstein Professor (Ph.D., Brown University) Barbara Entwisle's research involves social, demographic, and environmental change in Northeast Thailand, economic reforms and work patterns in China, and abortion in Russia; her teaching interests are population, family, and research methods. SHERRYL KLEINMAN, Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) Among Sherryl Kleinman's research specialties are the effects of gender difference on occupations and professions, the sociology of emotions, and the interaction of family and society. HENRY LANDSBERGER, Professor (Ph.D., Cornell University) Among Henry Landsberger,s research specialties are lems of the modern welfare state, especially health @ education policy, and Latin American development as it touches upon the church and rural problems. RONALD RINDFUSS, Professor (Ph.D., Princeton University) Ronald Rindfuss' most recent research centers on birth interval dynamics in the Philippines and social-demographic determinants of out-of-wedlock childbearing. He has published widely on issues of contraception, fertility, and the effects of divorce, economics, and education on childbearing. RACHEL ROSENFELD, Laura G. Hoggard Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison) Rachel Rosenfeld is interested in social and gender stratification as they affect women in the workplace and in higher education. Child Development Institute SHIRLEY B. GEISSINGER, Associate Director, Family Support Network (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Shirley Geissinger's current areas of research involve health and safety as related to youth and women and the impact of traumatic injury on the family. She is also interested in adoptive parents' attitudes regarding background information on adopted children. Health Services Research Center MIRIAM SETTLE, Deputy Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Ph.D., Walden University, Florida) Workplace health promotion is one of the major themes of the applied research underway at the Center for HPDP. Internships are available. School of Business Administration BENSON ROSEN, Senior Associate Dean for ADAD AFF, Kenan-Flagler Business School (Ph.D. Wayne State University) Among Ben Rosen's research interests are women in managerial positions, particularly the effect sex-role stereotyping has on their career progress and on their decisions to remain in the workforce. He also investigates sexual harassment issues. School of Education RICHARD A. BRICE, Assistant Professor (Ed.D., University of Georgia) At present, Richard Brice is investigating the development of social identity in early childhood teachers, the effects of motherhood on child educators, and strategies for improving early childhood education. AUDREY HEINING-BOYNTON, Clinical Associate Professor (Ph.D., Michigan State University) Audrey Heining-Boynton is interested in the area of positive role models and mentoring for young women. GAIL JONES, Associate Professor (Ph.D., North Carolina State University) Gail Jones' research focuses on the participation of women in science and on the influences of gender on classroom atmosphere and student behavior. JUDITH MEECE, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Judith Meece's major fields of inquiry in education include the effects of sex differences in children's motivation and achievement and the mechanisms of sex role socialization in school settings. GEORGE W. NOBLIT, Professor (Ph.D., University of Oregon) George Noblit is currently working on a redefinition of affect in education based on Gilligan's and Nodding's work in "caring". DWIGHT ROGERS, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida) Dwight Rogers' principal areas of interest are student/teacher relationships, the nature of caring in the teaching profession, and classroom teachers as researchers in education. School of Information and Library Science BARBARA B. MORAN, Professor and Dean (Ph.D., State University of NY-Buffalo) Among Barbara Moran's research interests are the career progression of female library administrators and the impact of affirmative action/EEO on career patterns and career advancement. School of Journalism and Mass Communication JANE D. BROWN, Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison) Jane Brown's research interests are mass media's effects on the health of adolescents, especially as related to sex and sexuality. LUCILA VARGAS, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin) Lucila Vargas' research interests include gender and mass communication, development communications, and media and majority-minority relations. School of Law JOHN M. CONLEY, Kenan Professor (Ph.D., J.D., Duke University) John Conley studies gender differences in legal discourse, specifically, the political and legal implications of differences in the perception of speech styles in trial courtrooms. LAURA N. GASAWAY, Professor and Director of Law Library (J.D., University of Houston) Laura Gasaway's interest in gender-based discrimination within academic and professional law is reflected in her research on affirmative action, comparable worth, and the status of female law librarians. SALLY B. SHARP, Professor (J.D., Memphis State University) Sally Sharp's research focuses on family law and the legal system's impact on women. School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine MELANIE MINTZER, Clinical Assistant Professor (M.D., McGill University) Melanie Mintzer is interested in health care for women and pregnant teenagers, and changing the medical school curriculum in order to include a broader view of providing health care for women. General Medicine/Clinical Epidemiology LAURA S. SADOWSKI, Clinical Associate Professor (M.D., Wayne State University) Laura Sadowski,s interests are teens and guns, and domestic violence. Department of Pediatrics MICHAEL CONANT SHARP, Associate Professor (M.D., Harvard Medical School) Michael Sharp works on the assistance of community based, parent-to-parent support programs. These programs typically address issues such as parenthood of children with chronic illnesses or disabilities, communication between spouses and other family members and other family issues and resources. Department of Psychiatry BARBARA E. JAMES, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Florida State University Barbara James engages in the training of psychiatric residents in women's issues, regarding both the role of patients and the role of therapists. KATHLEEN C. LIGHT, Professor (Ph.D., Syracuse University) 44 Kathleen Light's current study focuses on whether blood pressure changes if testing tasks are related to "mate" (cognitive/information based) or "female" (interpersonal/interaction/emotion based). INGRID BUHLER PISETSKY, Clinical Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine) Ingrid Buhler Pisetsky teaches on topics such as female psychology and issues of gender in psychotherapy. Department of Social and Administrative Medicine SUE ESTROFF, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) Sue Estroff's work on social factors associated with disabling mental illness incorporates an anthropological perspective into the study of medicine. She also works to introduce gender scholarship into medical education. Division of Speech and Hearing Services CELIA R. HOOPER, Clinical Associate Professor (Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University) As director of a voice laboratory and clinical program, Celia R. Hooper specializes in "Care of the Professional Voice," with an et-emphasis on gender-related vocal image and vocal pathology. Department of Surgery GAYLE E. LESTER, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia) Gayle Lester's research connected to women's studies includes studies of the relationship between osteoporosis and women's lifestyles, and vitamin D and breast cancer. School of Nursing ANNE H. FISHEL, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Greensboro) Anne Fishel studies women's mental health, factors affecting the co-parental relationship (i.e., between divorced parents), and Counseling strategies for separated and divorced women. CATHERINE INGRAM FOGEL, Associate Professor (M.S., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Catherine Fogel's teaching and research interests are centered on the health problems and health care of women, particularly those in the childbearing years and those in prison. BEVERLY B. FOSTER, Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Students (M.P.H., University of Hawaii) Beverly Foster is interested in attitudes about menarche and menstruation among pre-adolescents and adolescents and how those perceptions originate; she also studies determinants of maternal-fetal health risk. BETTY G. HARRIS, Clinical Associate Professor (Ph.D., North Carolina State University) At present, Betty Harris' research centers on the emotional impact of spontaneous abortion, the phenomenology of childbirth pain, and the transition to parenthood in couples following infertility. LORNA H. HARRIS, Resident Assistant Professor (M.S., University of North Carolina) Lorna Harris studies issues affecting nursing personnel such as career mobility and the effects of affirmative action. MARGARET S. MILES, Professor and Chair (Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City) Margaret Miles studies the bereavement response of mothers after the loss of a child; she is also interested in women as caregivers for seriously ill children. NANCY MILIO, Professor (Ph.D., Yale University) Among Nancy Milio's teaching and research specialties are issues of health affecting women's health, health implications of new information technologies, and international comparative studies. BARBARA C. RYNERSON, Associate Professor (M.S., University of Oregon) Among Barbara Rynerson's current research interests are sexuality throughout the life cycle and detection and intervention in spouse abuse. MARGARETE SANDELOWSKI, Professor and Chair, Department of Women's & Children's Health, SON (Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University) Margarete Sandelowski's current research centers on reproductive technology, technology in nursing, and gender and technology. Her teaching interests include women and science/technology and women's health in fiction and biography INGRID SWENSON, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University) 549 Carrington Hall 214, CB# 7460 966-5357 Ingrid Swenson's research concentrates on reproductive health among Southeast-Asian refugees, Vietnamese, and Bangladeshi women, as well as health behavior of health officials. School of Pharmacy BETSY LYNN SLEATH, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) Betsy Sleath's interests include gender and ethnic differences in physician-patient communication, gender and ethnic differences in the use of medications and alternative therapies. School of Public Health JAMES E. ALLEN, Associate Professor (Ph.D.) Among James Allen's research interests are the administration of long-term care nursing home facilities and life care communities. JOHN J.B. ANDERSON, Professor (Ph.D., Cornell University) John Anderson's principal area of research concerning women is the relationship between diet, bone mass, and osteoporosis in women throughout the life cycle. DEBORAH E. BENDER, Resident Associate Professor (Ph.D., American University; M.P.H., UNC-Chapel Hill) Deborah Bender studies primary health care in the Third World, mothers as providers of health care, and the condition of women's health in developing countries. TRUDE BENNETT, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Trude Bennett's current research interests include the relationship between health and welfare policy, access to maternal and infant health care, women's health and maternal morbidity during pregnancy, Native American and other minority health and data issues, and finally classification issues in health data. RICHARD BILSBORROW, Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Richard Bilsborrow, economist and demographer, has a strong interest in women in developing countries, reflected in research on women's migration, employment, fertility, and the environment, especially in Latin America. DOROTHY C. BROWNE, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Harvard University) Dorothy Brown's research focuses on family violence (child abuse and neglect, spouse abuse), incarcerated mothers and their children, and depression in low income adolescent mothers. She teaches on child abuse and neglect as well as on maternal and child health advocacy. BRENDA DEVELLIS, Professor (Ph.D., George Peabody College Brenda DeVellis investigates the psychological aspects of health behavior, health professional-patient interactions, and attitudes of health professionals toward patients. JO ANNE EARP, Professor (Sc.D., Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health) Jo Anne Earp is interested in social and attitudinal correlates of health behaviors, as well as socioeconomic, racial, and access barriers to breast cancer screening and safer sex behaviors; she does survey research on women's health issues as seen from both the physician's and patient's perspectives. EUGENIA ENG, Assistant Professor (Ph. D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Eugenia Eng researches international health, community participation in primary health care, and women's health. ELIZABETH J. MUTRAN, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Indiana University) Elizabeth Mutran's major areas of research are aging and adjustment to role losses. She is also interested in the mental and physical health of the aged. BARRY POPKIN, Professor (Ph.D., Cornell University) Barry Popkin's work as an economist and his research on nutrition includes Studies on women's roles and their nutritional impact, long-term nutritional change, and breast-feeding and maternal nutrition. J. RICHARD UDRY, Kenan Professor (Ph.D., University of Southern California) J. Richard Udry investigates social and biological factors that affect sexual and reproductive behavior and influence sex roles. School of Social Work ANNE-LINDA FURSTENBERG, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr School of Social Work) Anne-Linda Furstenhurg reaches and does research in aging and health care, specifically on woinen's responses to health problems, and on racial and gender differences in attitudes about aging. MAEDA J. GALINSKY, Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Maeda Galinsky teaches a course on Institutional Discrimination which incorporates issues related to gender. Professionally she is interested in women's issues as they relate to social work practice and to social policy. DOROTHY N. GAMBLE, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Admissions (M.S.W, Columbia University) Dorothy Gamble's principal areas of research are community organization, barriers to women in management in social work settings, increased poverty among families with children, and peace as a social work issue. AUDREYE JOHNSON, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Denver) Audreye Johnson's current research focuses on pioneer African-American women in social work and social welfare. She is also interested in social services in the black community, contributions of blacks in the health and welfare arenas, the black family, the health status and the effect of AIDS on African-Americans. KATHLEEN A. ROUNDS, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Kathleen Rounds' research includes the evaluation of a substance abuse program for pregnant and post partum women, and the evaluation of telephone support groups for individuals affected by HIV disease. |