Alexandra Bennett
English
753-6639
abennet1@niu.edu
Research: 16th & 17th century drama, writings of and about early modern women, Shakespeare, modern theater and drama by women.

Sarah Blue
Geography
753-6834
sblue@niu.edu
Research: Transnational migration; impacts of immigrant remittances in Latin America; Latino immigration to the U.S.

Georgia Brown
Computer Science
753-3836
gbrown@niu.edu 
Research: Game programming.

Barbara Burrell
Political Science
753-9657
bburrell@niu.edu
Research: Women and politics, including women's campaigns for Congress.

Kate Cady
Communication
753-7011
kcady@niu.edu
Research: Public representations of working women, postindustrial economics, and feminism in the late 20th century U.S.; contemporary rhetorical theory and criticism; cultural studies.

Louise Ciallella
Foreign Languages & Literatures
753-6447
lciallella@niu.edu
Research: The change from realism to modernism in Spanish literature, narrative imaging of women/gender/class, effects of dictatorship/power on texts (graphic or verbal; film, periodical literature, novels), especially in terms of imaging gender.

Cassandra Crawford
Sociology
753-0365
ccrawford@niu.edu
Research: The modernization of dismemberment and prosthetic technological innovation; historical (psychological and medical) and contemporary (biomedical) constructions of Phantom Limb; qualitative research methods; contemporary social theories of embodiment; and gender/masculinity/feminist studies

Sabiha Daudi
Teaching & Learning
753-5722
sdaudi@niu.edu
Research: Environmental education; female environmental literacy, particularly in low literate communities.

Mayra Daniel
Literacy Education
753-8379
mcdaniel@niu.edu
Research: The link between reading and writing for second-language learners; language learners' reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and ability to write in English.

Deborah DeRosa 
English
753-6650
derosa@niu.edu
Research: Abolitionist women's subversive writings for children; nineteenth century women's fiction, especially ghost narratives; African-American literature, especially contemporary writers like Morrison and Naylor.

Jill Dunlap
Women's Resource Center
753-0320
jdunlap@niu.edu 
Interests: Women & media literacy; social aggression among girls; women's leadership.

Kerry Ferris 
Sociology
753-0365
kferris@niu.edu
Research: Fame as a system of stratification; celebrity in contemporary society; fans and fanship.

Reva Freedman
Computer Science
753-6944
rfreedman@niu.edu
Research: AI and computational linguistics, including discourse and dialogue planning, shallow (but not superficial) text generation, mixed-initiative and multi-modal systems; knowledge representation for tutoring and causal reasoning; declarative formalisms; dialogue annotation and analysis; and Linguistics, including romance and semitic linguistics.

Valerie Garver 
History
753-6823
vgarver@niu.edu
Research: Cultural, social and relgious history of the Carolingian Empire, particularly the history of women, family, gender, and material culture.

Carla Goar
Sociology
753-6430
goar@niu.edu 
Research: Power and prestige differences between members of small, diverse groups; social psychology of "whiteness;" issues surrounding transracial adoption.

LaVerne Gyant
Center for Black Studies
753-1709
lgyant@niu.edu
Research: African American women in business and hospitality industry; development as sisters; adult participation in and contributions to adult education.

Adrienne Holloway
Center for Governmental Studies
753-1907
amhollow@niu.edu
Research: Urban studies and community development, particularly focusing on housing issues through a "social justice lens."

Amy K. Levin
Women's Studies
alevin@niu.edu
Research: Literature by women, especially British and African-American women; museums, narratives, and culture.

Lichuan Liu
Electrical Engineering
753-9937
liu@niu.edu 
Research: Wireless communications, wireless sensor networks, and inter-vehicle.

Margaret Asalele Mbilizi
Counseling, Adult & Higher Education
753-0788
mmbilizi@niu.edu
Research: Flexible learning systems for educating illiterate women and girls in developing countries who do not have access to traditional basic education; micro-financing in Third World countries.

Beth Miller
Family & Child Studies
753-6339
jem@niu.edu
Research: Feminist teaching; work and family issues; faculty development.

Robin Moremen
Sociology
753-6439
rmoremen@niu.edu
Research: Health and aging with emphasis on women's health, AIDS, complex organizations, and multicultural education.

Helen Nagata
Art History
753-7863
hnagata@niu.edu
Research: Japanese art, including images of women, female visual artists and authors, and the world of pleasure quarters as depicted (or not) in Edo-period woodblock prints and paintings.

Diane Pospisil-Kinney
Counseling & Student Development Center
753-1206
dkinney@niu.edu
Training/Experience:  Treatment of trauma victims and women's empowerment; student development in higher education.

Emily Prieto
Latino/a Resource Center
753-1987
eprieto@niu.edu 
Research: The behavioral and psychological factors influencing risk factors associated with HIV transmission and drug use among female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico; and, pedagogies used in community-based education of vulnerable populations.

Lesley S. Rigg
Geography
753-6838
lrigg@niu.edu
Research:  Population and disturbance dynamics of vegetation communities; the role of women in ecological science.

Amy Rose
Counseling, Adult & Higher Education
753-9373
arose@niu.edu
Research:  History and policy of adult education; non-traditional adult and higher education and programs for women.

Linda Saborio
Foreign Languages & Literature (Spanish)
753-6465
lsaborio@niu.edu 
Research: Latina/o and Mexican theater, culture studies, film, and performance studies; Latina/o and Mexican transborder plays and the performance of race in works by playwrights like Milcha Sánchez-Scott,  Rascón Banda, Cherrie Moraga, and Coco Fusco; and, theater by Elena Garro, Sabina Berman, and Lisa Loomer as well as some earlier works by Mexican female playwrights.

Brian Sandberg
History
753-6813
bsandberg@niu.edu
Research:  Intersections of religion, violence, and political culture in early modern history, especially during the European wars of religion; religious violence, gender, and noble culture during the French Wars of Religion.

Deborah Smith-Shank
Art Education
753-7880
debatart@niu.edu
Research:  Semiotics, Women's Studies, LGBT Studies, and Critical Theory.

Kryssi Staikidis
Art Education
753-8388
kstaikidis@niu.edu
Research:  Indigenous pedagogy, art studio practice as a site for research, and visual culture/critical pedagogy in the classroom.

Diana Swanson
Women's Studies/English
753-6611
dswanson@niu.edu
Research:  Virginia Woolf; British women novelists; lesbian writers; feminist criticism & theory; history of sexuality; literature & play; literary genre & the social construction of self; gender & sexuality.

Sharon Sytsma
Philosophy
753-6411
ssytsma@niu.edu
Research:  Ethical theory (especially Kant's ethics and theories of moral motivation); biomedical ethics; intersexuality.

Carol Walther
Sociology
753-6428
cwalther@niu.edu
Research:  The influence of the state upon how people interact with governmental forms; and, the influence of religion on the settlement patterns of same-gender couples.

Corrine Wickens
Literacy Education
753-8556
cwickens@niu.edu
Research: 

Kerith Woodyard
Communication
753-7101
kwoodyard@niu.edu
Research:  Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; Women's Rhetorical History.