Northern Illinois University

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies

Faculty involved in the LGBT Studies Program

Coordinators

  • Professor Diana Swanson
    Women’s Studies Program and Department of English
    College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
    Reavis 230
    815-753-LGBT
    dswanson@niu.edu
  • Professor Sally Conklin
    Public Health and Health Education
    School of Nursing and Health Studies
    College of Health and Human Sciences
    Wirtz 239
    815-753-LGBT
    sconklin@niu.edu

LGBT Studies Executive Committee, 2006-2007

Diana Swanson, Women's Studies and English (chair)
Walter Atkinson, Communication
Robert Brookey,Communication
Sally Conklin, Public Health and Health Education
Francesca Giordano, Counseling, Adult, and Higher Education
Amy Levin, Women’s Studies and English
TJ Lusher, University Libraries
Adele Morrison, College of Law
Brad Peters, English
Robert Ridinger, University Libraries and Anthropology
Wayne Wilkinson, Psychology
Margie Cook, LGBT Resource Center (ex officio)
Norden Gilbert, Chair, Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (ex officio)

LGBT Studies Faculty Associates, 2007-2008

Faculty Associates are faculty members from throughout the university who are engaged in research, teaching or other scholarly activities related to LGBT Studies.  Click here for a complete listing of Faculty Associates' research interests.

Walter Atkinson, Communication
Lisa M. Baumgartner, Counseling, Adult, and Higher Education
Robert Alan Brookey, Communication
Rachel Hope Cleves, History
Sarah C. (Sally) Conklin, Public Health and Health Education
Francesca Giordano, Counseling, Adult, and Higher Education
Amy Levin, Women’s Studies and English
Robin D. Moremen, Sociology
Adele Morrison, Law
Kristen Myers, Sociology
Brad Peters, English
Robert Ridinger, University Libraries and Anthropology
Mark S. Rosenbaum, Marketing
Deborah L. Smith-Shank, Art Education
Diana L. Swanson, Women’s Studies and English
Toni Tollerud, Counseling, Adult, and Higher Education
Lemuel W. Watson, Dean, College of Education
Nancy Wingfield, History

Affiliates of LGBT Studies, 2007-2008

Affiliates of LGBT Studies are faculty, staff, former Faculty Associates and community members who are supporters of the LGBT Studies Program but not currently directly involved in research or teaching.

Patricia Liberty Baczek, LGBT Resource Center
Karen Carrier, Literacy Education
Sue Doederlein, Assoc. Dean, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Norden Gilbert, University Counsel, Legal Services
Deborah Haliczer, Director, Employee Relations
Murali Krishnamurthi, Director, Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center
Hana Layson, English
Julia Lamb, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Carolyn Law, Graduate School
Judy Ledgerwood, Anthropology
Colette Maher, CHANCE Program
Jeanne Meyer, University Police
Elizabeth Prescott, Building Services
Charles Schumann, Information Technology Services
Lois Self, Communication (Emerita)
Lynne Thomas, University Libraries
Patrick Voisine, Information Technology Services
Sue Willis, Physics