FACULTY

Annalisa Castaldo, Ph.D.
Director, Women's Studies
Associate Professor of English
acastaldo@mail.widener.edu
office:  KLC 331
phone: (610) 499-1112
Ph.D. English Literature, Temple University

Women's Studies Courses

ENGL/WS 338: Renaissance Literature
ENGL 388: Women Writers Before 1700 

Research Interests

Shakespeare and popular culture, especially film Renaissance drama.
Women writers in the Renaissance

Rachel Batch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
rabatch@mail.widener.edu
office: KLC 313
phone: (610) 499-1137
Ph.D. American Civilization, University of Pennsylvania

Women's Studies Courses

HIST/WS 371: Women and Work in the 20th Century U.S.

Research Interests

Social and cultural history approaches to workers and work
cultures of the 20th century.

Nancy Blank, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
nbblank@mail.widener.edu
office: KLC 135
phone: (610) 499-4525
Ph.D. Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

Research Interests

Female-on-Female Violence
Criminal Justice Education and Service-Learning
Child Abuse and Mental Health Disorders Among Justice Involved Girls

Richa Chauhan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Adjunct faculty
rchauhan@widener.mail.edu
office: KLC 239
phone: 610-499-4365
Ph.D: State University of New York at Stony Brook

Women's Studies Courses

SCO/WS 203 Sociology of Youth
SCO/WS 215 Sociology of Family
SOC/WS 240 Gender and International Development
SOC/WS 317 Sex and Gender

Research Interests

Gender Inequalities in developing countries
Sociology of developing countries
Globalization

Betsy Crane, Ph.D.
Professor, Center for Education & Director, Graduate Programs in Human Sexuality
bcrane@widener.edu
office: Center for Education, Haytt Hall
phone: (610) 499-4242
Ph.D., Human Service Studies, Cornell University

Research Interests

Gender Identities and Expression
History of Gender and Sexuality
Feminism and Social Change
Sociology of Sexuality
Masculinities/Men's Studies
Changing Gendered Sexualities

Karen Leppel, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
kleppel@widener.edu
http://www.muse.widener.edu/~kleppel/index.html
office: Quick Center 221
phone:610-499-1170
Ph.D. Princeton University

Women's Studies Courses

EC/WS 315: Women, Men, & Work

Research Interests

Demographic Characteristics & Economic Behavior
Labor Force Participation
Economics of Education

Ilene D. Lieberman, Ph.D. 
Director, Honors Program In General Education and Gabriel Lukas Professor of Fine Arts
idlieberman@widener.edu
office: Honors Program, Loveland Hall
phone: (610) 499-4349
Ph.D. Art and Archaeology, Princeton University 

Women's Studies Courses 

WS 101: Introduction to Women's Studies;
HUM/WS 313: Selected Topics in Literature and Film

Research Interests

Gender and Art
Public Art
Commemorative Art

Shana L. Maier, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor
slmaier@mail.widener.edu
office: KLC 334
phone: (610) 499- 4651
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Delaware

Women's Studies Courses 

CJ/WS M241: Women and Criminal Justice
CJ/WS 230: Domestic Violence and Justice System

Research Interests

Violence against women

Kathryn T Mason, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Adjunct Faculty
ktmason@widener.edu
office: KLC 239
phone: (610)-499-4365
Ph.D. University of Chicago

Women's Studies Courses 

WS 101: Introduction to WS
SOC/WS 215:  Sociology of the Family
SOC/WS 275:  African and African American Women 
SOC/WS 317:  Sex and Gender
SOC/PSYCH/WS 188/288: Issues in the Family (Inside-Out class taught in the prison)

Research Interests

Sociocultural identity and movement between identities

Barbara T. Norton, Ph.D. 
Professor of History
btnorton@mail.widener.edu
office: KLC 311
phone: (610) 499-4343
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University

Women's Studies Courses 

WS/HIST 104: Women in the Western Tradition
HIST/WS 105 Wives, Witches and Warriors
HIST/WS 321 Women in the World Wars

Research Interests

Women and Politics in Russia and the Soviet Union

Karen Caniglia Rose, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
kcrose@widener.edu
office: KLC 228
phone: (610) 499-4526
Ph.D. Temple University
Post Doctoral Training in Aging, Temple University

Women's Studies Courses

PSY/WS 206: Psychology of Women

Research Interests  

Factors influencing the career development of women and media influences on social thinking

Sarah N. Roth, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of History
snroth@mail.widener.edu
office: KLC 312
phone: 610-499-1118
Ph.D. University of Virginia

Women's Studies Courses

HIST/WS 351: History of Women in America to 1870
HIST/WS 352: History of Women in America Since 1870

Research Intrests

Slavery in antebellum and Civil War-era popular culture; black masculinity and violence

Barbara Ryan, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
beryan@widener.edu
phone: (610) 499-4374
Ph.D. Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis

Women's Studies Courses

WS 101 Introduction to Women's Studies
WS 355 Feminist Theory and Methodologies
WWS 394/395 Women's Studies Practicum
WS 499 Independent Study

Crosslisted Women's Studies Courses

WS/SOC 215 The Family
WS/SOC 317 Sociology of Sex and Gender
WS/SOC 367 Social Movements and Social Change

Research Interests

Social Movements
Feminism and the Women's Movement
Social Activism
Family
Sex and Gender

Brent A. Satterly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, BSW Program Director
basatterly@mail.widener.edu
office: Bruce Hall, Center for Social Work Education, Room 119
phone: (610) 499 - 1298
Ph.D. University of PA, Graduate School of Education

Women's Studies Courses

SW/WS 270: Concepts in Human Sexuality

Stephanie Schechner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of French, Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
saschechner@mail.widener.edu
office: KLC 213
phone: (610) 499-4346
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Madison

Women's Studies Courses

FREN /WS 341: French and Francophone Women Writers 

Research Interests

19th & 20th Century French Women Writers (Rachilde, Colette, Nathalie Sarraute, Mireille Best), Lesbians in French Cinema

Sabine Sievern, MA  
Instructor of Modern Languages (German), Coordinator of Undergaduate Study Abroad Programs
ssievern@mail.widener.edu
office: KLC 203
phone: (610) 499-4398
MA, University of Alberta
Dipl.-Ubers., Johannes Gutenberg - University Mainz

Research Interests

Nineteenth-century historical drama, specifically the representation of queens in works by women writers, the historical novel, and the development of German-language crime fiction.

Beatriz Urraca , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish
burraca@widener.edu
office: KLC 204
phone: (610) 499-1125
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Women's Studies Courses

SPAN/WS 340: Hispanic Women Writers

Research Interests

Latin American literature.
Argentine cinema and literature

Janine Utell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
jmutell@mail.widener.edu
office: KLC 329
phone: (610) 499-4527
Ph.D. The City University of New York

Women's Studies Courses 

ENGL/WS 146: Women Writers 1800 to the Present
ENGL 356: Victorian Literature

Research Interests

The representation of sex, intimacy, and gender in 19th and 20th century British literature and culture.

Susan H. Warren, M.A. 
Senior Lecturer in College Writing
shwarren@mail.widener.edu
office: KLC 342-B
phone: (610) 499 - 4552
M.A. Villanova University

Women's Studies Courses

WS 101: Introduction to Women's Studies
WS 950: The Legacy of Eve (Module)

Research Interests  

T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)