Info: B.S., Columbia, 1961; M.A., Massachusetts, 1975; Ed.D., 1985
Phone: 413-545-1922
Area(s) of research: social construction of identity, autobiorgraphy & memoirs, food studies, whiteness
Classes taught:
Social Construction of Whiteness and Women
U.S. Women's Lives in Context: Reading and Creating Political Autobiography
Critical Perspectives in Women's Studies
Gender and Food

Alexandrina Deschamps, Associate Professor

Info: C.Ed., West Indies, 1975; M.Ed., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1988, Ed.D., 1996
Phone: 413-545-1922
Area(s) of research: Third world and global women's issues, development alternatives - theory and practice, feminist pedagogies, Black Feminist theory, transnational feminist activisms
Classes taught:
Theorizing Black Feminisms
Caribbean Women Writing Resistance, Identity and Politics
Introduction to Women's Studies
Critical Perspectives in Women's Studies
Black Feminist/Womanist Theory
Transnational Women's Economic and Political Activisms

Ann Ferguson, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies

Info: B.A., Swarthmore, 1959; M.A., Brown, 1961; Ph.D., 1965
Area of research: ethics; feminist theory, race, gender and class, social justice; Foucault, sexuality
Classes taught:
Issues in Feminist Theory
Issues in Feminist Research
Latin American Feminisms
Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality
Philosophy of Women
Social Justice

Info: B.A., Northwestern, 1993; Ph.D., New York University, 2003
Phone: 413-545-1922
Area(s) of research: African American women's history; women and U.S. Radicalism; U.S. feminist theory and politics
Classes taught:
African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement
Feminist Theory
Introduction to Women's Studies

Info: B.A., Harvard, 1998; M.A., New York University, 1996; Ph.D., 2001
Phone: 413-545-1922
Area of research: Asian American women's work; gender and immigration; feminist research methods; race, gender and class intersections
Classes taught:
Asian American Women: Gender, Race and Immigration
Critical Perspectives in Women's Studies
Introduction to Women's Studies
Issues in Feminist Research

Info: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1992; Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, M.P.H., 1997; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2006

Phone: 413-545-1922

Areas of research: political economy of migration, sex work, development, and urbanization in South Asia and South Asian diaspora

Info: B.S., Stella Maris, Madras, 1986 Certificate, Duke, 1993; Ph.D., 1994

Phone: 413-545-1922 or 413-577-3164

Area(s) of research: race, gender and science

Classes taught:
Biology of Difference
Clones and the Politics of Cloning
Critical Perspectives in Women's Studies
Genes and Gender
Introduction to Women's Studies
Politics of Reproductive Cloning
Race, Gender and Science

Linda has been on the staff since 1993. She is responsible for office management, production of publications, the website, database and budgetary responsibilities. Linda has been Vice President of the University Staff Association for many years and works with USA members on reclassifications. She is also treasurer and trustee for the Health and Welfare Trust, which pays for the dental plan that covers staff and faculty on campus and across the state.

Karen has been an undergraduate advisor in Women's Studies since 1986. She writes the newsletter, is the undergraduate field work coordinator, and teaches WOMENSST 295C Career and Life Choices for Women. Karen has been involved in the labor, peace and women's movements. Her other interests are wide ranging from quilts to celiac disease to the intergenerational legacy of the holocaust. Karen is an alum of the University, a STPEC (Social Thought and Political Economy) major and Women's Studies minor.

Nancy began working for Women's Studies when she was completing her M.Ed in Higher Ed Administration over 10 years ago. She is the Graduate Program Coordinator of our Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies and is responsible for graduate student advising and program planning. Nancy is also the departmental scheduling representative, and data collector for the biannual Women's Studies Course Guide. She is an alum of the University and her interests include working with animals and gardens on her family farm.