People

Kelly L. Taylor

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Administrative Support Associate

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Tiffany Holland

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Director of Undergraduate Studies and Professional-Track Faculty, Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Lisa Levenstein

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WGSS Director and Professor of History

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Danielle Bouchard

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Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Danielle Bouchard

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Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Sarah Jane Cervenak

Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies/African American Studies

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Tiffany Holland

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Director of Undergraduate Studies and Professional-Track Faculty, Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Chelsea Hilding

MFA, School of Dance, College of Visual and Performing Arts

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Appointed through Spring 2028

Heather Brook Adams

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Associate Professor, Department of English

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Appointed through Spring 2024

Risa Applegarth

Professor and Director of College Writing, Department of English

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Appointed through Spring 2025

Silvia Bettez

Professor, Department of Education Leadership and Cultural Foundations

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Appointed through Spring 2025

Ben Clarke

Associate Professor, Department of English

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Appointed through Spring 2025

Sarah E. Colonna

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Associate Faculty Chair, Grogan College

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Jenny Dale

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Professor and Head of Research, Outreach, and Instruction Liaison to Classical Studies, English, and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, UNC-Greensboro University Libraries

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Appointed through Spring 2028

Jennifer Feather

Associate Professor, Department of English

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Appointed through Spring 2028

Lalenja Harrington

Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations (ELC) Department

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Appointed through Spring of 2027

Ana Paula Höfling

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Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, School of Dance

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Appointed through Spring 2026

Gwen Hunnicutt

Professor, Department of Sociology

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Appointed through Spring 2028

Cybelle McFadden

Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

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Appointed through Spring 2025

Noelle Morrissette

Director of AADS & Professor of English

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Appointed through Spring 2028

Anne Parsons

Associate Professor, Department of History

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Appointed through Spring 2025

Emilia Phillips

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Associate Professor, Department of English

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Appointed through Spring 2028

María Sánchez

Associate Professor, Department of English

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Appointed through Spring 2026

Faye Stewart

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Associate Professor of German, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

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Appointed through Spring 2028

Joan Titus

Professor in Musicology/Ethnomusicology

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Appointed through Spring 2028

Amy Vetter

Professor, Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education

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Appointed through Spring 2028

Amy Vines

Associate Professor, Department of English

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Appointed through Spring 2028

Alyssa Cavalieri

Senior Graduate Assistant
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Alyssa is a second-year Master’s student in the WGSS program. She graduated with her BA in English; Philosophy; and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in December 2021 from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Alyssa is interested in researching the presence of and reactions to women and other marginalized groups in comics and comic-related media. Her other interests include the experience of death anxiety in the US and how it relates to the various facets of identity across different populations, the increasingly gendered nature of death care, and advocacy for the adoption of environmentally friendly body disposition techniques. Alyssa enjoys creating fun makeup looks, listening to music, gaming, and reading in her spare time.

Sope Kahn

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Sope is a second year MA student in the WGSS program. They graduated from Appalachian State University in 2020 with a BFA in Art Education K-12 and a BA in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies. Sope completed their first three years of beginning teaching at the elementary school level, teaching students in grades K-5. Sope’s research interests include methods of decolonizing the classroom, humanimal relations, and bodily politics in relation to clay/ceramics (all separate interests currently). In their free time, Sope enjoys collecting Pokemon cards, spending time with animals, and doing crossword puzzles.

Megan Guzman

Junior Graduate Assistant
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Megan is a first year MA student in the WGSS department at UNCG. She graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with her BA in Women’s and Gender Studies with a double minor in Latina/o Studies and Social and Economic Justice. Megan’s research interests include interrogating the Wellness Industrial Complex as it relates to gender, race, class, and anti-fatness. She also has a research background in Latina Feminism, Latina Literature, and Queer Families. In her free time, Megan enjoys running, powerlifting, camping, hiking with her dog Max, and going to concerts. 

Bree Kromah

Junior Graduate Assistant
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Bree is a first-year MA student in the WGSS department. She graduated from UNCG with her BA in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and International & Global Studies in May 2023. Bree is deeply interested in transnational feminist perspectives that encompass the scholarship of women & queer people of color with a special focus on issues centering on Black and Indigenous voices. Bree’s other academic interests include queer history, collectivism, and structural deconstruction. In her free time, Bree enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, and spending time with friends and family.

Claudia Stakoe

Senior Graduate Assistant
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Claudia is a double major in WGSS and History with a concentration in Public History. Her research interests are focused on early American women’s and LGBTQ+ history. Claudia is graduating Spring 2024, with hopes to enter a masters program beginning in the following fall. This spring, she will be doing an independent study project with Dr. Mandy Cooper about lesbian history in Greensboro. She plans to create a public exhibit piece that showcases her research on this topic. Claudia has a background working in various youth-oriented nonprofits and political campaigns. She interned for the North Carolina Democratic Party in both the 2016 and 2018 elections. When not working or at school, Claudia enjoys reading, cooking, and playing with her cat, Suzanne.