Feminist Studies

Our Faculty

    • NAME

      Ken Mello

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of Religion and Chair

    • Specialty

      Native American traditions, Contemporary Indigenous Identity, Sacred Space, Gender and Sexuality, Indigenous Myth and Narratives, other non-textual religious traditions.

    • NAME

      Michael Bray

    • TITLE

      Professor of Philosophy

    • Specialty

      Political Philosophy; Critical Theory

    • NAME

      Maria R. Lowe

    • TITLE

      Professor of Sociology

    • Specialty

      Race and racism, racialized spaces, neighborhood coveillance & surveillance, campus climate research (race and gender), the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, & the construction of gender in sports.

    • NAME

      Aaron Prevots

    • TITLE

      Professor of French

    • Specialty

      All levels of French language, literature and culture. French feminisms; poetry; novels; music; film; translation. Interdisciplinary coursework including through International Studies and the Paideia program.

    • NAME

      Brenda Sendejo

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of Feminist Studies

    • Specialty

      Anthropology of religion, Mexican American spiritualities and indigenous heritage, gender and racialization, and Chicana feminisms. Geographic specialization: U.S. - Mexico Borderlands, Central and South Texas.

    • NAME

      Meagan Solomon

    • TITLE

      Assistant Professor of Feminist Studies

    • Specialty

      Latina Lesbian Literature, Chicana Feminist Literature, Women of Color Feminisms, Queer and Lesbian Studies, Queer of Color Critique, Decolonial Feminist Theories

    • NAME

      Michael Bray

    • TITLE

      Professor of Philosophy

    • Specialty

      Political Philosophy; Critical Theory

    • NAME

      Melissa K Byrnes

    • TITLE

      Professor of History

    • Specialty

      Modern European History, France and the French Empire, Migration, Race, Muslims and the Islamic World, Human Rights, Humanitarianism

    • NAME

      Eileen Cleere

    • TITLE

      Professor of English

    • Specialty

      Victorian literature and culture, the novel, film studies, feminist studies.

    • NAME

      Elaine Craddock

    • TITLE

      Professor of Religion

    • Specialty

      Hinduism; Feminism and Religion; Tamil literature; Religion and the Body

    • NAME

      Laura Hobgood

    • TITLE

      Professor of Religion

    • Specialty

      Animals in the history of the Christian tradition; human-dog history; contemporary religious-ethical issues related to other-than-human animals; religion and ecology; environmental studies; Ecofeminism; human-animal studies; alternative religious experiences (i.e. cycling as religion)

    • NAME

      Jessica Hower

    • TITLE

      Associate Dean of the Faculty

    • Specialty

      Early Modern Europe, Britain and Ireland, The British Empire, The Atlantic World, Comparative Colonialism, Women & Gender

    • NAME

      Joseph E. Hower

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of History

    • Specialty

      U.S. History, Labor and Politics in Modern America, Social Movements, Urban History, Policy History

    • NAME

      Melissa Johnson

    • TITLE

      Professor of Anthropology

    • Specialty

      Topical: Nature, the more than human and the human; Race, Racism, Critical Race Theory; Environment and Place; Conservation; Social Theory; Environmental History; Racial History; Tourism; Gender. Area: Belize; Caribbean; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands; Central Texas

    • NAME

      Joshua Long

    • TITLE

      Professor of Environmental Studies

    • Specialty

      Climate Justice, Environmental Policy, Environmental Justice, Urban Studies, Sustainability Discourses.

    • NAME

      Maria R. Lowe

    • TITLE

      Professor of Sociology

    • Specialty

      Race and racism, racialized spaces, neighborhood coveillance & surveillance, campus climate research (race and gender), the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, & the construction of gender in sports.

    • NAME

      Ken Mello

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of Religion

    • Specialty

      Native American traditions, Contemporary Indigenous Identity, Sacred Space, Gender and Sexuality, Indigenous Myth and Narratives, other non-textual religious traditions.

    • NAME

      Aaron Prevots

    • TITLE

      Professor of French

    • Specialty

      All levels of French language, literature and culture. French feminisms; poetry; novels; music; film; translation. Interdisciplinary coursework including through International Studies and the Paideia program.

    • NAME

      Catherine Bourland Ross

    • TITLE

      Professor of Spanish

    • Specialty

      Post-Franco Spanish literature, twentieth and twenty-first century peninsular Spanish literature and film. 

    • NAME

      Kimberly Smith

    • TITLE

      Professor of Art History

    • Specialty

      Modern German and Austrian art; feminist art history; art historiography