Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Faculty
Core Faculty
Rajani Bhatia
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Barbara Sutton
Professor and Chair, WGSS
Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies; Department of Sociology; Department of Africana, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
Joint Faculty
Sarah Cohen
Professor of Art History, Art History Director
Department of Art & Art History; Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Kyra D. Gaunt
Assistant Professor
Department of Music & Theatre; Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies; Department of Sociology
Lani V. Jones
Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences; School of Social Welfare; Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Joanne M. Kaufman
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology; Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Nancy Newman
Professor
Department of Music & Theatre; Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Julie Novkov
Dean of Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy; Professor; Collins Fellow
Department of Political Science; Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies; Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Affiliated Faculty (partial list)
Elise Andaya (Anthropology)
Kate Avarett (Sociology)
Angie Chung (Sociology)
Kate S. Coddingtom (Geography, Planning, and Sustainability)
Allison V. Craig (Writing and Critical Inquiry)
Susan Cumings (Writing and Critical Inquiry)
Jennifer Dodge (Public Administration & Policy)
Joanna Dreby (Sociology)
Rachel Dressler (Art History)
Virginia Eubanks (Political Science)
Kori Graves (History)
Delicia Greene (Literacy Teaching and Learning)
Michelle Harris (Africana Studies)
Kristen Hessler (Philosophy)
Annette Johnson (Africana Studies)
Eric Keenaghan (English)
Deborah LaFond (University Libraries)
Karyn Loscocco (Sociology)
Rabi Musah (Chemistry)
Sarah Mountz (School of Social Welfare)
Loretta Pyles (Social Welfare)
Dina Refki (Public Administration & Policy)
Judith Saidel (Public Administration & Policy)
Helene Scheck (English)
Shira Segal (Art History)
Patricia Strach (Political Science & Public Administration)
Eszter Szalczer (Theater)
Elliot Tetreault (English)
Katherine Trent (Sociology)
Angie Wootton (School of Social Welfare)
Teaching Collective
Teaching Collective Coordinator
Nodiaus DiTonno
nditonno@albany.edu
Adjunct Instructors (2024-2025 academic year)
Courtney D'Allaird
cdallaird@albany.edu
https://www.albany.edu/news-center/experts/lgbtq-experts/courtney-dallaird
Q Diamond
qdiamond@albany.edu
Zanetta Graham
zgary@albany.edu
Elizabeth Harwood
eharwood@albany.edu
Bria Nickerson
bnickerson@albany.edu
Rachel Penk
rpenk@albany.edu
Sara Querbes
squerbes@albany.edu
Crystal Vuole
cvuole@albany.edu
Emerita
Edna Acosta-Belén
Iris Berger
Christine E. Bose
Bonnie Spanier
Glenna Spitze
Bibliographer
Deborah LaFond (M.L.I.S., University of California, Berkeley)