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AMHERST COLLEGE
Amrita Basu -- feminist theory and political science; domestic violence
Kristin Bumiller -- women in India; women and social change
Austin Sarat -- authority and sexuality

HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE
Stephanie Levin -- relationship of law and social change; issues of gender, race, ethnicity and the law
Carollee Bengelsdorf -- comparative socialist development; cross-cultural feminist studies; Cuban women; history and politics of Central America
Kay Johnson -- cross-cultural study of women and the family with specialization in China

MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
Joan Cocks -- contemporary social and political theory; feminist theory
Penny Gill -- impact of protective legislation on women in the EU
Elizabeth K. Markovits - ancient political thought, Plato, ancient tragedy, contemporary feminist theory, politics & economy of motherhood
Walter Stewart -- women and the law; minorities and the law

SMITH COLLEGE
Martha Ackelsberg -- gender, race, and class in urban politics and activism; women's political participation; feminist theory; women in Spanish anarchist movements
Velma Garcia -- women in Mexican politics; Latinos/Latinas in U.S. politics
Alice Hearst -- feminist jurisprudence; family law
Gary Lehring -- politics and queer theory, gay activism
Catharine Newbury -- women and politics in Africa
Donna Robinson Divine -- women in the Middle East

UMASS
Sonia Alvarez -- women's movements in transition politics; feminist studies
John Brigham -- civil rights; courts; "fundamental law"
Brenda Bushouse -- family policy; welfare issues
Barbara Cruikshank -- feminist theory and politics
Carlene Edie -- government and politics of East Africa and the Carribean
Iza Hussin -- women in American Muslim communities; Arab human rights activism
Janet Rifkin -- women and the law; mediation
Dean Robinson -- Afro-American political thought and American political thoughtLeah Wing -- intersections between oppression, diversity and conflit resolutionDiana Yoon-- human rights, political activism and right's discourse around questions of race and gender