University of the PACIFIC

Gender Studies Faculty

The Gender Studies curriculum comprises courses from many disciplines, and we therefore draw on the expertise of faculty from numerous departments.

In addition to faculty who teach specific courses, other faculty and staff members are listed because they actively participate in the Gender Studies Program as guest lecturers, event organizers and so forth.

Dr. Gesine Gerhard, Director, Gender Studies Program, Associate Professor of History.

Alumni Association

Corrie Martin, Assistant Director of the Pacific Alumni Association, and Women's History Month Coordinator.

Anthropology

Laura Bathurst, B.A., Kansas State University, 1997; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1999; Ph.D., 2005.

Analiese Richard, B.A. Southwestern University, Political Science, 1999, summa cum laude; M.A. University of California-Berkeley, Anthropology, 2001; Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley, Anthropology, 2005.

College Dean's Office

Edie Sparks, Senior Associate Dean, College of the Pacific.
1999, Associate Professor and Senior Associate Dean, B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1991; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1996; Ph.D., 1999. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.

English

Andreea D. Boboc, 2006, Assistant Professor, B.A., Ludwig-Maximilans University, 1997; M.A., 1998; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2006.

Professor Boboc teaches Medieval Women (ENGL 141).

Diane M. Borden, 1971, Professor, B.A., Lone Mountain College, 1964; M.A., San Francisco State College, 1966; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1971.

Professor Borden teaches: Desire/Power/Gender (ENG 25); Literature and Psychology (ENGL 122); Film, Literature, and the Arts (ENGL 123); and Critical Colloquium (ENGL 125).

Cynthia Dobbs, 1998, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean B.A., Pomona College, 1987; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1998. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.

Dean Dobbs teaches: Introduction to Gender Studies (GEND 11), Black Women Writers (ENGL 25) and
Faulkner and Morrison (ENGL 135).

Courtney Lehmann, 1998, Associate Professor, B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991; M.A., Indiana University, 1994; Ph.D., 1998. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.

Professor Lehman teaches: Sport and Scandal (ENGL 25); British Literature Before 1800 (ENGL 41);
Shakespeare: Bastards, Moors, and Whores (ENGL 131); and English Renaissance Literature (ENGL 140).

John Lessard, 2006, Assistant Professor, B.A., Rice University, 1997; M.A., University of Pennsylvania 1999; Ph.D., 2006.

Professor Lessard teaches: Marks of Distinction: Class, Desire Literature (ENG 25).

Camille Norton, 1994, Professor and Chair, B.A., University of Massachusetts, 1983; M.A., Harvard University, 1987; Ph.D., 1992.

Professor Norton teaches: Critical Colloquium (ENGL 125) and Contemporary Critical Issues (ENGL 127).

Amy Elizabeth Smith, 1999, Associate Professor, B.A., West Virginia University, 1986; M.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 1991; Ph.D., 1998.

Eric A. Sonstroem, 2001, Associate Professor, B.A., Wesleyan University, 1988; M.A., Indiana University, 1990; Ph.D., 1999.

Xiaojing Zhou, 2002, Associate Professor, B.A., Department of English Language and Literature, College of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University, China, 1974; M.A., Department of English, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1989; Ph.D., Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada, 1995.

Professor Zhou teaches: Multi-Ethnic American Literature (ENGL 25) and Geography, History and Asian American Literature (ENGL 161).

History

Jennifer Helgren, 2006, Visiting Assistant Professor, B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, 1994; M.A. Claremont Graduate University, 1999; Ph.D., 2005. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2270 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 230

Professor Helgren teaches: Introduction to Gender Studies (GEND 11), Women in United States History (HIST 133), Women in Time and Place (HIST 135).

Tomomi Kinukawa, 2006, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of Tokyo, 1989; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993; Ph.D., 2001.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2928 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 234

Professor Kinukawa teaches: Gender in the History of Science/Medicine/Technology (HIST 167).

Marisela J. Ramos, 2007, Assistant Professor, B.A., Brown University, 1999; M.A., University of Connecticut, 2001; M.A., Brown University, 2002; Ph.D., 2008.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.3089 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 228

Mathematics

Christopher Goff, 2002, Assistant Professor, B.S., B.A., University of Texas, Austin, 1993; M.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1995; Ph.D., 1999. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2036 - Office: Classroom Building 103C

Modern Languages & Literature

Kathy A. Richman, 2007, Assistant Professor (FRENCH), and Pacific Feminists Club adviser, B.A., Cornell University, 1980; A.M., M.C.P., M.I.T., 1985; Harvard University, 1992; Ph.D., 2002.
Phone: 209.946.2920 - Office: WPC-Annex 247

Professor Richman teaches: Voices and Images of Women (FREN 128).

Traci Roberts-Camps, 2005, Assistant Professor (SPANISH), B.A., Willamette University, 1999; M.A., University of California, Riverside, 2001; Ph.D., 2004.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2343 - Office: WPC-Annex 248

Professor Roberts-Camps teaches: Cine Hispano/Hispanic Film (SPAN 114).

Political Science

Jeffrey Becker, 2006, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991; M.A., Rutgers University, 1996; Ph.D., 2004. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.3986 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 124

Psychology

David Hall
Teaches: Human Sexuality (PSYC 66).

Stacy Rilea, 2006, Assistant Professor, B.S., Fayetteville State University, 1996; M.A., The University of Alabama, 1999; Ph.D., 2002.
Phone: 209.946.7311 - Office: Psy/Comm Building, Rm. 115

Professor Rilea teaches: Psychology and Gender (PSYC 140).

Deborah Schooler, 2007, Assistant Professor, B.A., Brown University, 1999; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2004.
Phone: 209.946.7315 - Office: Psy/Comm Building, Rm. 102

Religious & Classical Studies

Martha W. Bowsky, 1984, Professor, B.A., University of North Carolina, 1972; M.A., 1974; Ph.D, University of Michigan, 1983. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2912 - Office: WPC-Annex 148

Professor Bowsky teaches: Sexuality in Greek Society (CLAS 120) and Sexuality in Roman Society (CLAS 122).

George Randels Jr., 1996, Associate Professor and Chair, B.A., University of Iowa, 1984; M.A.R., Yale University, 1987; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1994. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2969 - Office: WPC-Annex 151-C

Professor Randels teaches: Sex, Sin, and Salvation (RELI 44).

Caroline T. Schroeder, 2007, Assistant Professor, A.B., Brown University, 1993; M.A., Duke University, 1998; Ph.D., 2002. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.3093 - Office: WPC-Annex 151-A

Professor Schroeder teaches: Women and Christianity (RELI 193A).

Tanya Storch, 2000, Associate Professor, B.A., M.A., University of St. Petersburg, 1988; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1995.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2533 - Office: WPC-Annex 145

School of Business

Cynthia Wagner Weick, Professor, Eberhardt School of Business.

Sociology

Alissa Ackerman-Acklin, B.S. Florida State University, 2003; M.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2006; Doctoral Candidate, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Expected 2009.
Phone: 209.946.2895 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center 222

Professor Ackerman-Acklin teaches: Women & Crime (SOCI 93B).

Alison Alkon, 2008, Assistant Professor, B.A., Emory University, 1999; M.A., University of California, Davis, 2003; Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2008.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2930 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center 206

Professor Alkon teaches: Social Problems (SOCI 93 A).

Marcia Hernandez, 2005, Assistant Professor and Co-Chair, B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1994; Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany, 2007.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2100 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center 204

Professor Herndandez teaches: Sex and Gender (SOCI 123).

Ethel G. Nicdao, 2007, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of California, Davis, 1994; M.A., California State University, Hayward, 2001; Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2006.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2931 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center 208

Professor Nicdao teaches: Social Inequality (SOCI 172).

Sport Sciences

Peter J. Schroeder, 2007, Assistant Professor, B.S., Truman State University, 1996; M.A., University of the Pacific, 1998; University of Missouri, 2003.
Phone: 209.946.2704 - Office: Main Gym, Rm. 207

Professor Schroeder teaches: Sport in America (SPTS 141).

Student Life

Peggy Rosson
Teaches: Introduction to Gender Studies (GEND 11).

Theatre Arts

Macelle Mahala, 2007, Assistant Professor, B.A., Macalester College, 2001; M.A., University of Minnesota, 2004; Ph.D., 2007. May is the recipient of many awards for her work as a writer and teaches, among other classes, our Theatre Heritage and Playwriting classes.
Phone: 209.946.2055 - Office: DeMarcus Brown Studio Theatre Building, Room 8

University Library

Robin Imhof, Reference Librarian, B.A. in English, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987; M.L.I.S., San Jose State University, 1995; M.A. in Comparative Literature, San Francisco State University, 2000.

Michelle Maloney, 2007, Reference Librarian, B.A. in Communication, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2000; M.S.L.I.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.

Visual Arts

Merrill Schleier, 1982, Professor, B.A., The City College of New York, 1973; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1976; Ph.D., 1983. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.3103 - Office: Art Bldg #2 Rm. 202

Professor Schleier teaches: Nineteenth Century European Art (ARTH 112), Twentieth Century European Art and Film (ARTH 114), Contemporary World Art (ARTH 116), Art in the U.S. (ARTH 118), and Sex, Gender, and the Arts (ARTH 124).

Bett Schumacher, Visiting Assistant Professor, B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1996; M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1998; Ph.D., 2005. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Phone: 209.946.3096 - Office: Art Bldg #1 Rm. 203