Women's and Gender Studies

Maeve Doyle
Co-Director of Women's and Gender Studies
PhD History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
Associate Professor, Art History

(860) 465-4345
doylemae@easternct.edu
Fine Arts Instructional Center, Room 322
Office Hours

Cara Bergstrom-Lynch
Co-Director of Women's and Gender Studies
PhD Sociology, University of Michigan
Professor, Sociology

(860) 465-0016
bergstromlynchc@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 433
Office Hours

Michèle Bacholle
PhD French Studies, University of Connecticut
Professor, World Languages and Cultures

(860) 465-4572
bachollem@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 233
Office Hours

(860) 465-1291
barriosbeltrand@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 239
Office Hours:(Fall 2026) M,W: 10-11am, 12-1pm; F:10-11am

Theresa Bouley
PhD Curriculum and Instruction, University of Connecticut
Professor, Education

(860) 465-0069
bouleyt@easternct.edu
Center for Early Childhood Education, Room 212
Office Hours

Alycia Bright-Holland
PhD 
Associate Professor, Theatre

(860) 465-0646
brighthollanda@easternct.edu
Fine Arts, Room 223
Office Hours

Sara Newman Carroll
PhD Health Sciences, University of Colorado Denver
Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Nursing

(860) 465-0760
carrollsa@easternct.edu
Goddard Hall, Room 214
Office Hours

Meredith Clermont-Ferrand
PhD English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Professor, English

(860) 465-0178
clermontm@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 250
Office Hours

Joanne Cordon
PhD English, University of Connecticut
Part-time Lecturer, English

(860) 465-4570
cordonjo@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 225

Alita Cousins
PhD Psychology, University of New Mexico
Professor, Psychology

(860) 465-4546
cousinsa@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 132
Office Hours

Kathryn D'Antonio
MA Women's and Gender Studies, Southern CT State University
Part-time Lecturer, English

(860) 465-4570
dantoniok@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 225

Christine Garcia
PhD Latinx and Chicana Rhetorics; Writing Across Communities; Civil Rights Rhetoric, University of New Mexico
Associate Professor, English

(860) 465-4786
garciachris@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 247
Office Hours

Nicole Krassas
PhD Political Science, University of Iowa
Professor, Political Sciences

(860) 465-5034
krassasn@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 327
Office Hours

Jennifer Leszczynski
PhD Psychology, West Virginia University
Professor, Psychology

Eunice Matthews-Armstead
PhD Social Work, City University of New York: Graduate Center
Professor, Social Work

(860) 465-0102
matthewse@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 430
Office Hours

Sarah Nightingale
PhD Social Work, University of Connecticut
Associate Professor, Social Work

(860) 465-0153
nightingales@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 440
Office Hours

Racheal Pesta
PhD Sociology, University of Akron
Associate Professor, Criminology and Sociology

(860) 465-0764
pestar@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 429
Office Hours

Theresa Severance
PhD Sociology, Bowling Green State University
Professor, Sociology

(860) 465-4656
severancet@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 424
Office Hours

Allison Speicher
PhD English, Indiana University
Professor, English

(860) 465-1195
speichera@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 253
Office Hours

Kim Y. Ward
PhD Computational and Applied Mathematics, Old Dominion University
Associate Professor, Mathematics

(860) 465-4544
wardk@easternct.edu
Science Building, Room 154
Office Hours

Jordan Youngblood
PhD English, University of Florida
Associate Professor, English

(860) 465-1018
youngbloodj@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 255
Office Hours

Miranda Lau
MLIS
Women's and Gender Studies Secretary

(860) 465-4570
laum@easternct.edu
Webb Hall, Room 225
Please call the program office at (860) 465-4570 for office hours