{"id":304,"date":"2020-08-07T11:25:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T15:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/affiliated-faculty\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:39:14","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of the PGIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"560\" height=\"560\" style=\"object-position: 54.41% 45.635%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Melissa-Alvare-Profile.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Melissa A . Alvare\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Melissa-Alvare-Profile.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Melissa-Alvare-Profile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Melissa-Alvare-Profile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Melissa-Alvare-Profile-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Melissa-Alvare-Profile-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Melissa-Alvare-Profile-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Melissa-Alvare-Profile-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/malvare\/\">Melissa A. Alvar\u00e9, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Lecturer<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Melissa A. Alvare, Ph.D., is a sociology lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Sociology. Her research focuses on social inequalities, with a focus on race and initiatives for racial justice. Most recently, Alvar\u00e9 conducted an ethnographic case study on a teacher preparation program intended to confront within-school inequalities through cultural proficiency training. Her work deriving from that project addresses cultural racism and anti-racism programs. Alvar\u00e9 has also conducted research on urban inequalities in the contexts of gentrification and environmental justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS-Related Courses<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introduction to Gender Studies (SO\/GS 225)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Race and Ethnicity (SO\/GS 252)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction to Social Justice (SO\/PS 107)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS Contributions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advisor to the Gender Studies and Intersectionality Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Political Science and Sociology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Edison Science Building, 339A<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5304\">732-263-5304<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:malvare@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Melissa'>malvare@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" style=\"object-position: 48.415% 39.885%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/07\/Colleen-Beach-Headshot_2019-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"headshot of Colleen Beach\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/07\/Colleen-Beach-Headshot_2019-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/07\/Colleen-Beach-Headshot_2019-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/07\/Colleen-Beach-Headshot_2019-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/07\/Colleen-Beach-Headshot_2019-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/colleen-beach\/\">Colleen Beach, MSW, LSW<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Specialist Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p><br>Colleen Beach, MSW, LSW, is a specialist professor in, and an alum of, the School of Social Work at Monmouth University. In this role, she specializes in elder justice and is a passionate advocate for introducing students in the BSW and MSW programs to social justice and human rights and working with older adults. She is currently the co-chair for Growing Together as Allies and the faculty advisor for the Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society.&nbsp;Colleen is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the American Society on Aging. Her other professional experience includes over 15 years in healthcare settings serving primarily older adults in New Jersey.&nbsp; She also previously held a faculty position at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, where she taught in the Health and Aging MSW Certificate program,&nbsp;managed multiple continuing education certificates, and was the principal investigator for the Adult Protective Services training grant for the state of New Jersey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS Related Courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Global Human Rights and Social Justice (SW 205)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Family Violence (SW 278)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implications of Social Justice and Human Rights in Social Work (SW 627)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applications of Social Justice and Human Rights in Social Work (SW 669)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">School of Social Work<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Robert E. McAllan Hall, 327<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 923-4597\">732-923-4597<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:cbeach@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Colleen'>cbeach@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1050\" height=\"1050\" style=\"object-position: 50.395% 36.6%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/07\/bobbitt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Stephanie R. Bobbitt\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/07\/bobbitt.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/07\/bobbitt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/07\/bobbitt-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/07\/bobbitt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2018\/07\/bobbitt-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/stephanie-bobbitt\/\">Stephanie Bobbitt, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Assistant Professor;<br>Educational Counseling;<br>Program Director of Educational Counseling and Leadership<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Educational Counseling and Leadership<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Robert E. McAllan Hall, 128<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 571-4486\">732-571-4486<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:sbobbitt@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Stephanie'>sbobbitt@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"850\" height=\"850\" style=\"object-position: 53.455% 47.425%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Melissa A. Brzycki,\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Brzycki_Profile-Photo3-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/mbrzycki\/\">Melissa A. Brzycki, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Associate Professor;<br>Director of Graduate Program in History<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Melissa Brzycki, Ph.D., is assistant professor of history. Her research focuses children and childhood in the People\u2019s Republic of China from 1949-1966. She is interested in how the state tried to create a certain type of socialist child and how families and children responded to those initiatives. She is currently working on research relating to the experiences and treatment of criminalized children. At Monmouth University, she teaches a range of undergraduate and graduate classes in Chinese history, East Asian history, and world history with an eye towards empire, imperialism, gender, sexuality, and race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brzycki also co-hosts and co-produces the public history podcast&nbsp;&#8220;East Asia for All&#8221;&nbsp;with Stephanie Montgomery, Ph.D., of St. Olaf College.&nbsp;&#8220;East Asia for All&#8221;&nbsp;discusses East Asian pop culture\u2014including movies, TV series, documentaries, fiction, and memoirs\u2014and their relevance to understanding different aspects of East Asian life and culture.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">History and Anthropology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">James and Marlene Howard Hall, 337<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5709\">732-263-5709<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:mbrzycki@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Melissa'>mbrzycki@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"306\" height=\"336\" style=\"object-position: 50.495% 40.87%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Manuel Chavez, Ph.D.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez-280x307.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/manuel-chavez\/\">Manuel Ch\u00e1vez, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Assistant Professor;<br>Director of Philosophy and Religious Studies Program;<br>ISP Faculty Coordinator<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Manuel Ch\u00e1vez, Ph.D., is is an associate professor of philosophy in the History and Anthropology Department, and the director of the Philosophy and Religious Studies program. He also is affiliated with the African Diaspora Studies program. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy (philosophy, interpretation, and culture) from the State University of New York at Binghamton. His current research interests focus on the intersections of decolonial theory and the concepts of the self in Latine\/x and Latin American philosophy. His recent publications include \u201cColoniality and COVID-19 in Mexico\u201d and \u201cPopular Education and Decolonial Praxis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS-Related Courses<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gender and Global Cultures (PR 411)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS Contributions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Former Member of the PGIS Executive Team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">History and Anthropology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">James and Marlene Howard Hall, 324<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5738\">732-263-5738<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:mchavez@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Manuel'>mchavez@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"560\" height=\"560\" style=\"object-position: 48.69% 41.845%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Anne-Deepak-Profile.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Anne C. Deepak\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Anne-Deepak-Profile.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Anne-Deepak-Profile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Anne-Deepak-Profile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Anne-Deepak-Profile-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Anne-Deepak-Profile-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Anne-Deepak-Profile-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Anne-Deepak-Profile-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/anne-deepak\/\">Anne Deepak, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Associate Professor;<br>Interim DSW Program Director<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p><br>Anne Deepak is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at Monmouth University in New Jersey and coordinates the Global and Community Practice (GCP) Masters concentration. She represents the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) at the United Nations with the IFSW-UN NY team. Her scholarly work has been centered on developing and applying a postcolonial feminist social work perspective to food security, human trafficking, humanitarian initiatives for women\u2019s economic empowerment, social work practice with refugees and immigrants, and sustainability and population growth. Her other interests are in globalization and international partnerships and diversity and anti-racism in social work education. She recently joined the board of Pacific Bamboo Resources, an organization that cultivates economic activities that restore the health of natural and built environments and create resilient, sustainable communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS-Related Courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Implications of Social Justice and Human Rights on Social Work Practice (SW627)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applications of Social Justice and Human Rights on Social Work Practice (SW669)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Panelist for Reproductive Justice: Perils and Prospects, co-sponsored by PGIS (Oct. 29, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing a new gender studies elective on gender and social development in a global context<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">School of Social Work<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Robert E. McAllan Hall, 314<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 923-4552\">732-923-4552<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:adeepak@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Anne'>adeepak@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"560\" height=\"560\" style=\"object-position: 48.235% 45.985%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Lisa-Dinella-Profile.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Lisa Dinella\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Lisa-Dinella-Profile.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Lisa-Dinella-Profile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Lisa-Dinella-Profile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Lisa-Dinella-Profile-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Lisa-Dinella-Profile-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Lisa-Dinella-Profile-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Lisa-Dinella-Profile-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/lisa-m-dinella\/\">Lisa M. Dinella, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Professor;<br>Principal Investigator of the Gender Development Laboratory;<br>Alumni Coordinator;<br>Executive Team Member of the Program for Gender and Intersectionality Studies (PGIS)<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p><br>Lisa M. Dinella, Ph.D., is the director of PGIS. She is a research scientist who investigates the connection between gender, academic achievement, and career development. Dinella studies children&#8217;s toy play and media exposure, and how gendered experiences shape academic and career pursuits across the lifespan. She is a Professor of Psychology and the Principal Investigator of the Gender Development Laboratory at Monmouth University. Her school-based research endeavors led to her edited book Conducting Science-Based Psychology Research in Schools and co-edited book Gender Typing of Children\u2019s Toys: How Early Play Experiences Impact Development. Dinella gave an invited address at the White House, Washington D.C. on gender disparities in children\u2019s toys and media. She is a consultant for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, and works with global toy companies to help them reduce gender stereotypes for children. Her work has been featured on NPR and PBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dinella achieved the Monmouth University Distinguished Teaching Award 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS-Related Courses<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Psychology of Women (PY 331)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science of Gender Development (PY 498)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Senior Thesis and Lab\/Gender Development (PY 491)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Psychology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">James and Marlene Howard Hall, 126<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5295\">732-263-5295<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:ldinella@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Lisa'>ldinella@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"512\" height=\"513\" style=\"object-position: 42.38% 44.06%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/09\/Staci-Drewson-Headshot_20221130_AD_07_Fav1MTAN.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Staci R Drewson\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/09\/Staci-Drewson-Headshot_20221130_AD_07_Fav1MTAN.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/09\/Staci-Drewson-Headshot_20221130_AD_07_Fav1MTAN-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/09\/Staci-Drewson-Headshot_20221130_AD_07_Fav1MTAN-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/staci-r-drewson\/\">Staci R. Drewson, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Chair;<br>Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Staci Drewson, Ph.D., works closely with students interested in physical activity promotion via teaching, coaching, and community events. Her expertise is on the training of future health and physical education teachers and coaches. She is interested in the intersectionality of gender inequalities and sexuality in relation to sport participation and physical activity engagement.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Health and Physical Education<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Robert E. McAllan Hall, 233<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 923-4634\">732-923-4634<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:srandrew@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Staci'>srandrew@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"231\" style=\"object-position: 48.17% 34.87%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2016\/09\/KiameeshaREvans.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Kiameesha R. Evans, M.P.H., MCHES\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/kiameesha-r-evans\/\">Kiameesha R. Evans, Dr.PH, MPH, MCHES\u00ae<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Specialist Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Prior to her arrival to Monmouth University, Kiameesha Evans, Dr.PH, worked in the non-profit sector, developing partnerships and educational programs in maternal\/child health, HIV\/AIDS, chronic disease, and environmental and social justice. She has held the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES\u00ae) credential since 1998 and obtained the Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES\u00ae) in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Kiameesha is a co-Investigator Fruved, a campus-based initiative to help campuses eat well, move more, and live better. Funded by the USDA, Fruved has been expanded to more than 90 high school and college campuses across the country. She is also the faculty advisor for the Monmouth University chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma (a national health education honorary).<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Health and Physical Education<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Robert E. McAllan Hall, 230<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5852\">732-263-5852<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:kevans@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Kiameesha'>kevans@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"2700\" height=\"3704\" style=\"object-position: 46.145% 37.94%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Johanna Foster\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web.jpg 2700w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-1120x1536.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-1493x2048.jpg 1493w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-560x768.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-280x384.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-320x439.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-640x878.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-200x274.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-1400x1921.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-1024x1405.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-360x494.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-1458x2000.jpg 1458w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web-109x150.jpg 109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2700px) 100vw, 2700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/johanna-e-foster\/\">Johanna E. Foster, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Professor;<br>Director, Sociology Program;<br>Helen Bennett McMurray Endowed Chair in Social Ethics<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Johanna E. Foster, Ph.D., is a professor of sociology and the Helen McMurray Bennett endowed chair of social ethics in the Department of Political Science and Sociology.&nbsp;She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Rutgers University (2000), and an MA in applied sociology\/social policy from The American University (1994), where she also earned a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies\/Women\u2019s Studies (1992). Foster\u2019s major areas of expertise are intersectional feminist theories of inequality; identity and social movements; and the ethics and politics of mass incarceration with an emphasis on women in confinement. Most recently, her research (with Sherizaan Minwalla) on media ethics and the coverage of Yazidi women survivors of the 2014 ISIS genocidal attacks has received international media attention, as well as recognition from UN agencies. Her previous research has appeared in&nbsp;<em>Equal Opportunities International, Sociological Forum, Gender &amp; Society<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Women\u2019s Studies International Forum<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Research in Political Sociology<\/em>. For nearly 20 years, Professor Foster has combined her teaching and research efforts in social inequalities with work to restore higher education in prison communities in the United States, co-founding The College Bound Consortium for incarcerated women in New Jersey (now NJ-STEP at Rutgers-Newark and RISE at Raritan Valley Community College), and College Connections, the college program for incarcerated women at Taconic Correctional Facility in New York State (now with Hudson Link for Higher Education). She currently co-coordinates the Monmouth University Academic Exchange Program (with Eleanor Novek, Ph.D.), where Monmouth University students and college students&nbsp;living in&nbsp;New Jersey state prisons study together in combined classes inside the facilities<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Political Science and Sociology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Edison Science Building, 339F<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5440\">732-263-5440<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:jfoster@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Johanna'>jfoster@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"718\" height=\"737\" style=\"object-position: 52% 47.475%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Harpootlian-e1662736994116.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jennifer Harpootlian, Lecturer, English\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Harpootlian-e1662736994116.jpg 718w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Harpootlian-e1662736994116-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Harpootlian-e1662736994116-146x150.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/jennifer-harpootlian\/\">Jennifer Harpootlian, M.A.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Lecturer<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Jennifer Harpootlian is a lecturer in the Department of English.&nbsp;She is a graduate of Seton Hall University with an M.A. in Literature. She teaches College Composition with emphasis on themes related to gender, power and privilege. She is a service learning faculty fellow and has recently worked with community partner Lunch Break\u2014a non-profit organization that provides food, clothing, life skills and fellowship to those in need in Monmouth County.&nbsp;She has also partnered with other service learning classes to provide tutoring and mentoring to students at The Anastasia School in Long Branch.&nbsp;Her research interests include service learning and community engagement and critical thinking pedagogy.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">English<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">The Great Hall Annex, 22<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 571-7532\">732-571-7532<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:jmantle@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Jennifer'>jmantle@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"989\" height=\"989\" style=\"object-position: 52.3% 44.665%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2012\/12\/Andrea_Hope_Headshot_20190919_AD_03.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2012\/12\/Andrea_Hope_Headshot_20190919_AD_03.jpg 989w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2012\/12\/Andrea_Hope_Headshot_20190919_AD_03-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2012\/12\/Andrea_Hope_Headshot_20190919_AD_03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2012\/12\/Andrea_Hope_Headshot_20190919_AD_03-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/andrea-hope\/\">Andrea Hope, Ed.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p><br>Andrea Hope, Ed.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Health and Physical Education. She received her doctorate in Health Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Hope\u2019s service and scholarship are focused on the impact of physical activity on girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s health through the lifespan. She has published and presented in the areas of childhood obesity prevention, body image dissatisfaction and eating disorders, and the impact of physical activity on breast cancer survivorship. Her most recent publications include \u201cGender differences in a youth physical activity intervention: movement levels and children\u2019s perceptions\u201d and \u201cThe opaque glass ceiling: five forces affecting the progress of professional female workers in the U.S.\u201d Prior to her career in academia, she developed and managed comprehensive health promotion, wellness and fitness programs for Sony Music Entertainment, NBC, and The Army Materiel Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS-Related Courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Women\u2019s Health (HE 330 CD and GS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Health and Physical Education<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Robert E. McAllan Hall, 232<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5307\">732-263-5307<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:ahope@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Andrea'>ahope@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" style=\"object-position: 44.395% 38.165%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/09\/Jeanne_Koller_Headshot_20190926_AD_05.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jeanne Koller\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/09\/Jeanne_Koller_Headshot_20190926_AD_05.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/09\/Jeanne_Koller_Headshot_20190926_AD_05-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/09\/Jeanne_Koller_Headshot_20190926_AD_05-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/09\/Jeanne_Koller_Headshot_20190926_AD_05-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/jkoller\/\">Jeanne Koller, Ph.D., MSW<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Jeanne Koller, Ph.D., MSW, (she\/her) is an associate professor in the School of Social Work. She had provided clinical social work services for&nbsp;over 25 years before entering academia. Koller&nbsp;is active in issues pertaining to older adults and serves as the coordinator for the School of Social Work\u2019s LGBT+ Older Adult Project (OAP). Initiatives of the OAP have included organizing an art exhibit at Pollak Art Gallery \u201cAging and the Lived Experiences of Trans and Nonbinary Older Adults,\u201d hosting a conference of the same name, creating a podcast series titled \u201cCross-Gen\u201d, and offering needed LGBTQ+ cultural sensitivity trainings for local and national agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the community, Koller is involved in multiple activities including serving as trustee on the Board of Directors&nbsp;for the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACNJ) Community Health Center. She was also appointed to the national Council of Social Work Education\u2019s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Gender Expression (SOGIE) Council. Research interests include grief and loss, social isolation and depression, aging in place, health disparities, and LGBTQ+ older adults. Over the years she has taught courses across the curriculum in the DSW, MSW, and undergraduate BSW programs. In Fall 2023, Koller taught a DSW elective she created titled \u201cSpecial Topics in LGBTQ+ Studies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">School of Social Work<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Robert E. McAllan Hall, 225<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5374\">732-263-5374<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:jkoller@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Jeanne'>jkoller@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-default has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"940\" height=\"942\" style=\"object-position: 48.54% 37.1%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/08\/image1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/08\/image1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/08\/image1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/08\/image1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2024\/08\/image1-768x770.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/dmachado\/\">Deb Machado Nunes, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>D\u00e9bora \u201cDeb\u201d M. Nunes is an assistant professor of economics at Monmouth University, where she teaches microeconomics, macroeconomics, and economic growth and development. She earned her Ph.D. in economics from Colorado State University, where she taught a variety of courses including international trade and policy, history of economic thought, and gender in the economy. While at CSU, she also worked as a graduate research assistant for&nbsp;<em>Feminist Economics<\/em>&nbsp;and was active in student-led committees, including serving as a founding member and general secretary of United Campus Workers (UCW-CSU, Local 7799 CWA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her research interests include international economics, development, Latin American studies, the history of economic thought, and gender in the economy. She has published in journals such as&nbsp;<em>Structural Change and Economic Dynamics<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Review of Radical Political Economics<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Feminist Economics<\/em>, and regularly presents her work at national and international conferences. Nunes also contributes to the broader economics community through service roles, including on the Steering Committee of the Union for Radical Political Economy (URPE),&nbsp;the Central Committee of Grupo Pesquisa em Economia Pol\u00edtica (GPEP), and several committees within the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE).<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Economics, Finance, and Real Estate<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Samuel E. and Mollie Bey Hall, 141<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:732-571-3629\">732-571-3629<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:dmachado@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Deb'>dmachado@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"850\" height=\"850\" style=\"object-position: 52.18% 38.185%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Faculty member Jennifer McGovern 2021\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/02\/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/jennifer-mcgovern\/\">Jen McGovern, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Associate Professor;<br>Sociology Program Director<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Jen McGovern, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at Monmouth University who is passionate about teaching and learning sociology. She specializes in understanding how sport both reflects and challenges social inequalities, such as social class, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, and sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McGovern&#8217;s previous research focused on the ways that professional baseball\u2019s&nbsp;institutional structures have grown and changed and how local baseball fans tell narratives about baseball players as the game has grown more global in scope. Her current research focuses on female athletes. She has written about female athlete attitudes about sexual assault and Latina women\u2019s experiences in sport. In addition, she has worked on a&nbsp; community needs assessment with various Asbury Park stakeholders. She is currently partnering with colleagues in the University&#8217;s Department of Health and Physical Education to deliver and research after-school physical education programs in Asbury Park. She is also working with students and faculty in the University\u2019s Department of Psychology to conduct research on the gendering of sport toys<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Political Science and Sociology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Edison Science Building, 339B<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 923-4658\">732-923-4658<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:jmcgover@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Jen'>jmcgover@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"720\" height=\"729\" style=\"object-position: 48.06% 28.905%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Moscaliuc-photo-e1662739469545.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dr. Mihaela Moscaliuc, Associate Professor, English\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Moscaliuc-photo-e1662739469545.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Moscaliuc-photo-e1662739469545-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/05\/Moscaliuc-photo-e1662739469545-148x150.jpg 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/mihaela-moscaliuc\/\">Mihaela Moscaliuc, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Professor;<br>Graduate Program Director;<br>Graduate Faculty<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p><br>Mihaela Moscaliuc, Ph.D., is an associate professor of English whose research and teaching focus on issues of immigration, colonialism and post-colonialism, transnationalism, global citizenship, and empathy. Her scholarship includes articles on code-switching and multilanguaging in contemporary poetry. As a scholar within the field of Romani studies, she writes on issues of (self-) representation and cultural appropriation, and on various forms of exclusion and human rights abuses of Roma (known as Gypsies). Her most recent article is \u201cAccessorizing (with) \u2018Gypsyness\u2019 in the Twenty-first Century\u201d (<em>Critical Romani Studies<\/em>), which looks at appropriative practices that perpetuate epistemic injustice and compromise understandings of Roma and their culture(s) within non-member groups. Moscaliuc is also the author of three collections of poetry, two books of translations, and co-editor of <em>Border Lines: Poems of Migration<\/em> (Knopf, 2020). She is the Fulbright Program advisor for Monmouth University students and former Fulbright Scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS-Related Courses<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Immigration Literature (EN 533)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roma (Gypsies) in History, Literature and Pop Culture (PR 403)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">English<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">The Great Hall Annex, 402<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 571-3621\">732-571-3621<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:mmoscali@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Mihaela'>mmoscali@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" style=\"object-position: 44.235% 32.695%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/07\/BNappi-2021b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Brooke Nappi\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/07\/BNappi-2021b.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/07\/BNappi-2021b-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/07\/BNappi-2021b-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/07\/BNappi-2021b-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/07\/BNappi-2021b-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/07\/BNappi-2021b-1120x1493.jpg 1120w, 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https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/07\/BNappi-2021b-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/07\/BNappi-2021b-1500x2000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/07\/BNappi-2021b-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/brooke-nappi\/\">Brooke Nappi, M.A.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Lecturer<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">History and Anthropology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">James and Marlene Howard Hall, 341<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 571-3610\">732-571-3610<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:bnappi@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Brooke'>bnappi@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" style=\"object-position: 29.3075% 53.05%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/DSC_6898-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/DSC_6898-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/DSC_6898-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/DSC_6898-2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/DSC_6898-2-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/katherine-parkin\/\">Katherine Parkin, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Professor;<br>Jules Plangere, Jr., Endowed Chair in American Social History<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Katherine Parkin, Ph.D., is professor of history and the Jules Plangere Jr endowed chair in American social history. She is the author of &#8220;The Abortion Market: Buying and Selling Access in the Era Before Roe&#8221; (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Her first two books, &#8220;Food is Love: Food Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America&#8221; (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005) and &#8220;Women at the Wheel: A Century of Buying, Driving, and Fixing Cars&#8221; (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017), each won the Emily Toth Award for best book in women\u2019s studies and popular culture. She is also the author of more than 20 articles, including most recently a book chapter exploring the expectation that married women had to have permission from their husbands to get an abortion and another analyzing how birth control advertising in the mid 1960s promoted an idealized small family. Her teaching and research interests include the history of women and gender, sexuality, advertising, and consumerism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS-Related Courses:<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>History of Advertising (AN\/GS\/HS 220)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History of Sexuality in America (GS\/HS 307)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women in US History (GS\/HS 305)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS Contributions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Active member for more than 20 years, past and current PGIS director, 2024-2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">History and Anthropology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">James and Marlene Howard Hall, 335<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 571-4492\">732-571-4492<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:kparkin@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Katherine'>kparkin@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"850\" height=\"850\" style=\"object-position: 51.47% 46.01%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Sanjana Ragudaran Fall 2020\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2015\/06\/Sanjana-Ragudaran-Fall-2020-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/sanjana-ragudaran\/\">Sanjana Ragudaran, Ph.D., MSW<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p><br>Sanjan Ragudaran is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work. She graduated from the City University of New York with a Ph.D. in Social Welfare. Her research areas include migrant experiences, race disparities, and program evaluation. Sanjana&#8217;s research is collaborative with agencies where the study informs service delivery and advocacy. She is currently collaborating with an agency to gain an understanding of migrant experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sanjana teaches global human rights and social justice, social welfare policies and services, research for social workers, and community practice. She is the Vice President of the New Jersey Baccalaureate Social Worker Education Association, and a member of the NGO Committee on Migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS-Related Courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Global Human Rights and Social Justice (SW 205)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Welfare Policies and Services (SW 505)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">School of Social Work<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Robert E. McAllan Hall, 310<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 923-4596\">732-923-4596<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:sragudar@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Sanjana'>sragudar@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"512\" height=\"512\" style=\"object-position: 52.42% 45.825%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Deanna-Shoemaker-Headshot_20190918_AD_07.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Deanna B. Shoemaker\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Deanna-Shoemaker-Headshot_20190918_AD_07.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Deanna-Shoemaker-Headshot_20190918_AD_07-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Deanna-Shoemaker-Headshot_20190918_AD_07-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Deanna-Shoemaker-Headshot_20190918_AD_07-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Deanna-Shoemaker-Headshot_20190918_AD_07-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Deanna-Shoemaker-Headshot_20190918_AD_07-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Deanna-Shoemaker-Headshot_20190918_AD_07-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/deanna-shoemaker\/\">Deanna Shoemaker, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Chair, Department of Communication;<br>Professor, Communication &amp; Performance Studies;<br>Advisor, CommWorks: Students Committed to Performance<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Deanna Shoemaker, Ph.D., is a professor and chair of the Department of Communication. She earned her doctorate at the University of Texas at Austin. A longtime PGIS member, she specializes in the interdisciplinary field of performance studies. Shoemaker\u2019s teaching, research, and service focus on performance, culture, and identity; performance in popular culture; the politics of representation; ethnographic and autoethnographic research methods; prison studies, and performance pedagogies for social justice. Shoemaker is also a scholar-artist who co-founded the ArtNOW: Performance, Art, and Technology guest artist series at Monmouth University. Her latest publication is a 2025 book co-written with Tessa Carr, Ph.D., for the Routledge Social Justice Communication Activism series: Collaborative performances for social justice in classrooms, across campuses, and with communities. She is the faculty advisor for CommWorks: Students Committed to Performance student organization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS-Related Courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Multicultural Voices: From Page to Stage (CO 231)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Performance Theory and Practice (CO 337)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Performance and Social Change (CO 343, SIAR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communication, Culture, and Community Engagement (CO 509)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Former Member of the PGIS Executive Team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Communication<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Plangere Center for Communication, 220<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5194\">732-263-5194<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:dshoemak@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Deanna'>dshoemak@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"2833\" height=\"2603\" style=\"object-position: 51.91% 32.2%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Stojanov-Amanda-3-e1662662838757.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"photo of Amanda Stojanov\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Stojanov-Amanda-3-e1662662838757.jpg 2833w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Stojanov-Amanda-3-e1662662838757-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Stojanov-Amanda-3-e1662662838757-1024x941.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Stojanov-Amanda-3-e1662662838757-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Stojanov-Amanda-3-e1662662838757-1536x1411.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Stojanov-Amanda-3-e1662662838757-2048x1882.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2019\/08\/Stojanov-Amanda-3-e1662662838757-150x138.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2833px) 100vw, 2833px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/amanda-stojanov\/\">Amanda Stojanov, M.F.A.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Associate Professor, Digital Media;<br>Co-Principal Investigator, IDM Research Lab<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p><br>Amanda Stojanov, M.F.A., is a media artist who investigates how innovations in communication technologies affect perceptions of identity, agency, and visibility, emphasizing concepts of embodiment and the &#8220;historically constituted body&#8221; within a networked-society. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally in renowned venues such as the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Ars Electronica, Linz, and the New Museum (online exhibition). Her work has been featured in publications like <em>Artillery<\/em> magazine, <em>The New York Times<\/em>, and the<em> Associated Press<\/em>. She earned her M.F.A. from UCLA and currently serves as an assistant professor of digital media at Monmouth University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS Contributions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Event organizer: Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Event organizer:&nbsp;ArtNOW&#8217;s &#8220;I will dance with those oak trees as long as&#8230;&#8221; performance and workshop, 2023, Co-sponsored by PGIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pride Club Faculty Advisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Communication<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Plangere Center for Communication, 215<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5628\">732-263-5628<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:astojano@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Amanda'>astojano@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1225\" height=\"1225\" style=\"object-position: 50.35% 39.75%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2025\/08\/Lewis6.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2025\/08\/Lewis6.jpeg 1225w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2025\/08\/Lewis6-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2025\/08\/Lewis6-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2025\/08\/Lewis6-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2025\/08\/Lewis6-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1225px) 100vw, 1225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/lthomas\/\">Lewis F. Thomas III , Ed.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Lewis Thomas III, Ed.D., is a scholar-practitioner committed to promoting educational equity and community transformation. With over two decades of experience, he has worked with students and families in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Brooklyn as a teacher, school leader, and systems-level organizer. As a school leader at some of the lowest-performing schools, he contributed to the design of data-informed, culturally responsive, and restorative practices that improved school climate, boosted student morale, and accelerated learning. He subsequently led schools in Philadelphia and Brooklyn, developing service-learning pathways and mentoring emerging educators to maintain high expectations and a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rooted in North Philadelphia and shaped by extensive travel, Thomas brings a global perspective to local challenges\u2014organizing coalitions to address gun violence, expand educational opportunity, and advance community well-being in working-class neighborhoods. In 2020, he founded the Black Fathers Institute, a research-to-practice hub that amplifies the voices of Black fathers and advances radical hope and healing for families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas\u2019s research examines the influence of Black father involvement on student outcomes; culturally responsive school leadership; leadership \u201cbridging\u201d across urban, suburban, and higher-education contexts; and linguistic fluidity in Black and Brown student voice and learning. Across roles, he champions schools as engines of dignity, achievement, and collective flourishing.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Educational Counseling and Leadership<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Robert E. McAllan Hall, 108<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:732-571-3620\">732-571-3620<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:lthomas@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Lewis'>lthomas@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"4480\" height=\"6720\" style=\"object-position: 46.005% 46.24%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Headshot of Dr. Marina Vujnovic\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02.jpg 4480w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-1120x1680.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-280x420.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-2800x4200.jpg 2800w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-1400x2100.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-360x540.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-1333x2000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2013\/02\/Marina-Vujnovic-Headshot_20191001_AD_02-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4480px) 100vw, 4480px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/marina-vujnovic\/\">Marina Vujnovic, Ph.D., A.P.R.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Professor;<br>Concentration Director of Strategic Public Relations and Social Media Concentration<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p>Marina Vujnovic, Ph.D., A.P.R., is full professor of journalism in the Department of Communication. Before coming to United States in 2003, she worked as a journalist as well as a research assistant at the University of Zagreb. She also worked as a PR practitioner for Cyprian based PR agency Action Global Communications. She received her M.A. in communication from the University of Northern Iowa, and her Ph.D. at the University of Iowa in 2008. She is an author of &#8220;Forging the Bubikopf Nation: Journalism, Gender and Modernity in Interwar Yugoslavia&#8221;, co-author of &#8220;Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers&#8221;, and co-editor of &#8220;Globalizing Cultures: Theories, Paradigms, Actions&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS Related Courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gender, Race, and Media (CO 226)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Communication<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Plangere Center for Communication, 224<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5667\">732-263-5667<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:mvujnovi@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Marina'>mvujnovi@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact is-style-longtext has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1158\" height=\"1544\" style=\"object-position: 53.715% 61.295%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Hettie-Williams-v4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Hettie-Williams-v4.jpg 1158w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Hettie-Williams-v4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Hettie-Williams-v4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Hettie-Williams-v4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Hettie-Williams-v4-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1158px) 100vw, 1158px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/hettie-williams\/\">Hettie V. Williams, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Associate Professor in African American History;<br>Director of the Africana Studies Program;<br>Former President of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n\n<p><br>Hettie V. Williams Ph.D., has taught survey courses in U.S. history, western civilization, and upper division courses on the history of African Americans at the university level for more than fifteen years. Her teaching and research interests include: African American intellectual history, gender in U.S. history, and race\/ethnicity studies. Currently, she is an associate professor of African American history in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University where she teaches courses in African American history and U.S. history. She has published book chapters, essays, and encyclopedia entries and edited\/authored five books. Her latest publications include &#8220;Bury My Heart in a Free Land: Black Women Intellectuals in Modern U.S. History&#8221; (Praeger, 2017) and, with G. Reginald Daniel, Ph.D., professor of historical sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, &#8220;Race and the Obama Phenomenon: The Vision of a More Perfect Multiracial Union&#8221; (University Press of Mississippi 2014). Forthcoming: &#8220;Garden of Opportunity: Black Women and the Civil Rights Movement in New Jersey&#8221; (Rutgers University Press, 2020). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hettiewilliams.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Hettie V. Williams&#8217;s Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PGIS Related Courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Civil Rights Movement (HS 308)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance (HS 306)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spike Lee and the Black Aesthetic (PR 445)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The History of African Americans (HS 209)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>African Diaspora in the Americas (HS 293)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Love and Marriage in Historical Perspective (HS 107)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">History and Anthropology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">James and Marlene Howard Hall, 329<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5703\">732-263-5703<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:hwilliam@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Hettie'>hwilliam@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1893,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mu_eop_enabled":false,"_mu_eop_name":"","_mu_eop_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_description":"","_mu_eop_description_override":false,"_mu_eop_url":"","_mu_eop_url_override":false,"_mu_eop_program_type":"","_mu_eop_educational_credential":"","_mu_eop_time_to_complete":"","_mu_eop_number_of_credits":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category_code":"","_mu_eop_program_prerequisites":"","_mu_eop_application_deadline":"","_mu_eop_application_start_date":"","_mu_eop_start_date":"","_mu_eop_end_date":"","_mu_eop_day_of_week":"","_mu_eop_time_of_day":"","_mu_eop_educational_program_mode":"","_mu_eop_financial_aid_eligible":"","_mu_eop_maximum_enrollment":"","_mu_eop_offers_price":"","_mu_eop_offers_currency":"USD","_mu_eop_offers_price_per":"","_mu_eop_offers_preset":"","_mu_eop_salary_upon_completion":"","_mu_eop_training_salary":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_name":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_url":"","_mu_eop_concentrations":"","_mu_eop_identifier_cip":"","_mu_eop_provider_name":"","_mu_eop_provider_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_provider_url":"","_mu_eop_provider_address":"","_mu_eop_provider_city":"","_mu_eop_provider_state":"","_mu_eop_provider_zip":"","_mu_eop_provider_country":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-304","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":200,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1902,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions\/1902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/gender-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}