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Women's and Gender Studies

Faculty

Women's and Gender Studies Executive Committee


Enrique (Rick) P. Barot, Assistant Professor of English, 2005-
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1992; M.F.A., Iowa Writer's Workshop, 1998. 
Contact at barotrp@plu.edu.


Kathlyn (Kathi) A. Breazeale, Associate Professor of Religion, 2001-
B.S., Northwestern State University, 1973; B.A., Centenary College, 1978; MDiv, Iliff School of Theology, 1988; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1996.
Contact at breazeka@plu.edu.


Joanna Gregson, Associate Professor of Sociology, 1998-
B.A., Western Washington University, 1993; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1998. 
Contact at gregsojg@plu.edu.


Bobbi Hughes, Director of the Women's Center
Contact at hughesbr@plu.edu.


Beth M. Kraig [Chair of Women's & Gender Studies], Professor of History, 1989-
B.A., San Francisco State University, 1979; M.A., Western Washington University, 1981; AM, University of Chicago, 1984; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1987.
Contact at kraigbm@plu.edu.


Joanne M. Lisosky, Associate Professor of Communication, 1995-
B.A., University of Nevada, Reno, 1985; M.A., Southwest Missouri State University, 1993; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1997.
Contact at lisoskjm@plu.edu.


Jessica K. Sklar, Associate Professor of Mathematics, 2001-
B,A,, Swarthmore College, 1995; M,S,, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1997, 2001.
Contact at sklarjk@plu.edu.


Marianne G. Taylor, Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2005-
A.B., Smith College, 1986; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1993.

Contact at taylormg@plu.edu.

Participating Faculty

(Course instructors for core and/or elective WMGS courses)


Dana D. Anderson, Professor of Psychology, 1984-
B.A., Antioch College, 1971; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1974, 1981.
Contact at andersda@plu.edu.


Kathlyn (Kathi) A. Breazeale, Associate Professor of Religion, 2001-
B.S., Northwestern State University, 1973; B.A., Centenary College, 1978; MDiv, Iliff School of Theology, 1988; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1996.
Contact at breazeka@plu.edu.


Michelle Ceynar, Associate Professor of Psychology, 2001-
BA, University of Northern Colorado, 1992; MA, Ph.D., University of Montana, 1995, 1996.
Contact at ceynarml@plu.edu.


Suzanne J. Crawford, Assistant Professor of Religion, 2003-
B.A., Willamette University, 1995; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1997; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2002.
Contact at suzanne.crawford@plu.edu.


Peter C. Ehrenhaus, Professor of Communication, 1998-
B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1975, 1979.
Contact at ehrenhpc@plu.edu.


Antonios Finitsis, Assistant Professor of Religion, 2006-
B.A., National and Capodistrian University of Athens, 1996; M.A., University of Chicago, 1998; Ph.D, University of Chicago 2006.
Contact at finitsak@plu.edu.


Joanna Gregson, Associate Professor of Sociology, 1998-
B.A., Western Washington University, 1993; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1998.
Contact at gregsojg@plu.edu.


Colleen M. Hacker, Professor of Physical Education, 1979-
B.S., Lock Haven State College, 1978; M.S., University of Arizona, 1979; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1992.
Contact at hackercm@plu.edu.


Sharon L. Jansen, Professor of English, 1980-
B.A., California Lutheran University, 1972; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington, 1973, 1980.
Contact at jansensl@plu.edu.


Laura F. Klein, Professor of Anthropology, 1979-
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., New York University, 1968, 1970, 1975.
Contact at kleinlf@plu.edu.


Beth M. Kraig [Chair of Women's & Gender Studies], Professor of History, 1989-
B.A., San Francisco State University, 1979; M.A., Western Washington University, 1981; AM, University of Chicago, 1984; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1987.
Contact at kraigbm@plu.edu.


Joanne M. Lisosky, Associate Professor of Communication, 1995-
B.A., University of Nevada, Reno, 1985; M.A., Southwest Missouri State University, 1993; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1997.
Contact at lisoskjm@plu.edu.


Lisa Marcus, Associate Professor of English, 1995-
B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1986; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1989, 1995.
Contact at marcusls@plu.edu.


Erin McKenna, Professor of Philosophy, 1992-
B.A., Claremont McKenna College, 1987; M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University, 1990, 1992.
Contact at mckenna@plu.edu.


Akiko Nosaka, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, 2005-
B.A. Chuo University, Tokyo, 1986; B.A. Pacific Lutheran University, 1990; M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1993, 1997.
Contact at nosakaaa@plu.edu.


Daniel Renfrow, Assistant Professor of Sociology, 2006-
B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1999; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington, 2002, 2005.
Contact at renfrodg@plu.edu.


Alicia Suarez, Assistant Professor of Sociology, 2006-
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University, 1999, 2002, Ph.D 2006.
Contact at suarezae@plu.edu.


Marit Trelstad, Assistant Professor of Religion, 2001-
B.A., St. Olaf College, 1989; M.A., Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1994; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 2000.
Contact at marit.trelstad@plu.edu.