WOST Faculty
Catherine Borshuk
Email: cborshuk@iusb.edu
Phone: 574-520-4122
Christina GerkenEmail: cgerken@iusb.edu
Phone: 574-520-4308
April LidinskyEmail: alidinsk@iusb.edu
Phone: 574-520-4528
Women's Studies Governing Board
Eileen Bender, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame, 1977), Professor of English, Contemporary Fiction and Film, 19th and 20th Century American Literature, Women's Studies: Literature and Theory, Writing and Composition.
Elizabeth Bennion, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001), Associate Professor of Political Science, American politics, parties and interest groups, public opinion and political participation, race and gender politics.
Catherine Borshuk, Ph.D. (Carleton University, 2000), Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Women's Studies, social identity theory and intergroup relations, the psychology of social movement participants, and the history and theory of psychology.
Linda Chen, Ph. D. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1988), Research interests include Latin American politics, politics of developing countries, women and politics.
Louise Collins, Ph.D. (McGill University, 1993), Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy, feminist ethics, social philosophy, feminist philosophy, and personal identity.
Christina Gerken, Ph.D. (Bowling Green University, 2007), Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, contemporary immigration, immigrant communities, race and ethnicity, reproductive rights, and social movements.
April Lidinsky, Ph.D. (Rutgers University, 2000), Assistant Professor, transatlantic representations of race and class in 19th adn 20th century women's texts (autobiography, fiction and non-fiction, theory, history, and pop-culture).
Betsy Lucal, Ph.D. (Kent State University, 1996), Associate Professor of Sociology, intersection of gender, race, class, and sexuality, teaching about inequality and theory.
Gail M. McGuire, Ph.D. (Ohio State University, 1997), Associate Professor of Sociology, Gender and Race Inequality, Work, and Social Networks.
Kelcey Parker, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati, ), Assistant Professor of English, Creative Writing Contemporary Fiction, Women’s Literature, American Literature.
Elaine Roth, Ph.D. (University of Oregon, 1999), Associate Professor and Chair of English, film studies, script writing.
Andrea Rusnock, Ph.D. (University of Southern California, 2002), Assistant Professor of Art History.
Lesley Walker, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, 1996), Associate Professor of French and Chair of World Language Studies, eighteenth-century French studies, specifically women's art and literature.
Lisa Zwicker, Ph.D. (University of California-Berkeley, 2002), Assistant Professor of History, modern German history, processes of cultural change, the impact of religious and ethnic prejudices, and the rise of nationalism in the nineteenth century.
Staff
Kathi Piekarski, B.A. (Indiana University, 1972), Department Secretary.
Retired Faculty
Patricia McNeal, Ph.D. (Temple University, 1974), Emerita Professor, History of Catholic conscientious objection and peace activism, the Catholic Association for International Peace, and Pax Christ-USA, social movements.
