Dr. Moira Baker (Director, January 2003)
Professor
of English & Women's Studies
Website: http://www.radford.edu/~mpbaker
Professor Baker formerly taught one section of WMST 101, and is the recently appointed director of the program. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York. She received her MA and PhD at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in Renaissance Literature. From 1982 to 1986, she was adjunct assistant professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. Her publications include "At Home in the Contra War" for Notre Dame Magazine and Congressional Record, "The Uncanny Stranger on Display: The Female Body in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Love Poetry" for South Atlantic Review, and "Mentoring As Teaching And Learning" for ERIC. Her teaching interests include Renaissance cultural studies, feminist theory, women's literature, critical theory, and international women's issues. E-mail address: mpbaker@runet.edu
Dr. Hilary Lips (founding Director, 1999-2002)
Professor
of Psychology
Web Site: http://www.radford.edu/~hlips
HILARY LIPS is a Professor Psychology, Chair of the Psychology Department, and Director of the Center for Gender Studies. For many years her research has focused on the intersections of gender, power, self-perceptions, and achievement. She is also studying the gender pay gap.
E-mail:hlips@radford.edu
Dr. Mary Atwell
Associate Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice
Dr.Atwell teaches Race and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice at both the undergraduate and sometimes graduate level. By next year, she plans to develop a course called Women, Crime, and Violence. As for research, Dr. Atwell is interested in women and the law, especially legal issues relating to domestic violence and rape. Dr. Atwell is on a sabattical leave from Fall 2001 to January 2002.
E-mail: matwell@runet.edu.
Dr. Jeff Aspelmeier
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Dr. Aspelmeier recieved
his B.S. Ed. from South West Missouri State University. His M.A. and Ph.D
were obtained at Kent state Univeristy. Dr. Aspelmeier currently teaches
PSYC 250 (Psychology of Diversity) for the Women's Studies Program. His
areas of reseach include child, adolescent, and adult attachment, romantic
relationships, social cognition (e.g., mental representaions, implicit
attitudes), adult exploration & curiousity, attachment and child sexual
abuse. Current research includes work with graduate students on attachment,
eating disorders, and body image.
E-mail: jaspelme@radford.edu
Dr. Mary Ferrari
Associate Professor of History
Dr. Ferrari teaches a survey course in Women's History which concentrates only on American history. This course will be offered in Spring 2001. Her current research is on Women artisans in Charleston South Carolina at the time of the American Revolution. Dr. Ferrari's other teaching fields are Colonial America, Revolutionary America, Virginia History, Colonial Latin America, and Historical Methods. She was *Acting Director of Women's Studies for the 2001-2002 academic year.
E-mail: mferrari@runet.edu
Dr. Sharon E. Hartline
Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies
Ph.D. SUNY at Stony Brook. Ethics, Applied Ethics, Modern Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy. E-mail: shartlin@runet.edu
Dr. Diane M. Hodge
Associate Professor of School of Social Work
My research activities focus on mental health, clinical social work practice, women’s issues, and women’s health. E-mail: dmhodge@runet.edu
Lee Smith, M.Ed., NCC
Coordinator
Office of Substance Abuse & Sexual Assault Education
Lee Smith’s position at RU includes outreach and education regarding substance abuse and sexual assault issues, providing support, advocacy, and counseling for sexual assault victims, and coordinating campus wide events such as Take Back the Night and Alcohol Awareness Week. Lee holds a BA in Psychology from James Madison University and a M.Ed. in Community Counseling from the University of Georgia. She is a National Certified Counselor, and a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of North Carolina.
E-mail: esmith2@radford.edu
Dr. Michelle Ren
English Department Professor
website:: http://mren2.asp.radford.edu/
Michelle is the faculty advisor for the women's Studies club.
E-Mail:mren2@radford.edu
