PROGRAM FACULTY AND STAFF
205C Davis and 210 Harvey
393-2736 and 393-2720
Professor of English and Interim Director of Women and Gender Studies
Smith College, B.A.
University of Michigan, M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: World Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Nineteenth Century Novel, College Writing
Research Interests: Dr. Smith's research interests include gender and global literature, world literature pedagogy, and cross-cultural feminisms.
Women and Gender Studies Program
393-2720
Secretary
Dubois Business College
Kathy is the secretary for the Women and Gender Studies Program and the Physics Department.
Women and Gender Studies Program
393-2720
Student Assistant
Gabrielle is a student assistant for the Women and Gender Studies Program. She is a Marketing major, a Women and Gender Studies minor and in the Honors Program.
WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES AFFILIATED FACULTY
The Clarion University Women and Gender Studies Advisory Committee consists of affiliated faculty who advocate for the Program and determine curricula and future directions.
317 Founders
393-2549
Professor of Philosophy
Wayne State University, B.A.
University of Rochester, M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Environmental Philosophy, Bioethics, Critical Thinking and Philosophy and Feminism.
Research Interests: Dr. Aaron's research interests are environmental philosophy and various issues in applied ethics.
216 Harvey Hall
393-2295
Professor of Psychology
State University of New York College at Buffalo, B.A.
State University of New York at Albany, M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Human Sexuality, Health Psychology, Social Psychology, Personality, Psychology of Women
Research Interests: Dr. Ashcraft is a social psychologist. Her research interest areas include human sexuality, especially research on AIDS, safer sex behaviors, and health psychology. Research interests also include uses of technology in teaching.
113 Marwick-Boyd
393-1935
Assistant Professor of Art
University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., M.A.
University of Michigan, Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Modern and Contemporary Art, World Survey, Women in Art
Research Interests: Dr. Clark's research interests include regional, national, and international contemporary art and issues; conceptually-based exhibitions of contemporary art.
115 Frame (Venango Campus)
393-1935
Assistant Professor of Communication
Franciscan University, B.A.
Wichita State University, M.A.
University of New Mexico, Ph.D.
112B Davis
393-2160
Associate Professor of English
Brown University, B.A.
Boston University, M.A.
University of Iowa, Ph.D.
306 Montgomery (Venango Campus)
393-1334
Professor of Psychology, Venango Campus
University of California at Santa Cruz, B.A.
State University of New York at Stony Brook, M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Adjustment, Social Adjustment, Social Psychology, Human Behavior in Organizations, and Psychology of Women.
Research Interests: Dr. Forden is a social psychologist. Her interests are in psychology of women and psychology of education. She writes on philosophical issues in psychology.
213 Founders
393-2556
Professor of History
Eastern College, B.A.
University of Richmond, M.A.
University of Maryland at College Park, Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: U.S. Women's History; Comparative Slavery (U.S./Caribbean); American Revolution & Early American Republic; Civil War and Reconstruction; U.S. History to 1877.
Reserach Interests: Dr. Kennedy's research interests are the power relations in slave societies (U.S. Caribbean); gender and sexuality (U.S. & comparative); and women and the law.
108C Davis
393-2155
Assistant Professor of English
Portland State University, B.A.
University of Pennsylvania, M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Medieval literature, literature by women, and women in literature.
Research Interests: Dr. Knepper's research interests are medieval romance, particularly Arthurian; gender and power in medieval literature; and the theme of women's work in literature from medieval to modern.
166 Marwick-Boyd
393-2286
Professor of Speech Communication
Lynchburg College, B.A.
Texas Tech, M.A.
The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Fundamentals of Speech, Business and professional Speaking, Communication Skills for Managing Conflict, Organizational Communication, Advanced Small Group Decision Making, Communication Consulting.
Research Intersts: Dr. Kuehn teaches several different courses, most of which center on communication skills for business and organizations. Organizational communication is her primary research area and Conflict Management is a large part of that.
G62 Becker
393-2422
Professor of Mass Media Arts, Journalism, and Communication Studies
Purdue University, B.A.
Northern Illinois University, M.A.
The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Communication Research, Communication Law, New Media Technologies, Media Criticism
Research Interests: Dr. Kuehn's research interests include media portrayals of women, especially those centered in rock music and music videos. Dr. Kuehn has served a number of years on the Governing Board of PASSAGES, Inc.
228 Harvey Hall
393-1994
Professor of Psychology
Monmouth College, B.A.
Texas Tech University, Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Dr. Nicholls teaches Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences, Research Methods Laboratory, and General Psychology.
Research Interests: Dr. Nicholls' research interests are in the areas of animal learning, conditioning, and memory. He is a founding member of the Women and Gender Studies Program and currently a Board Member of P.A.S.S.A.G.E.S.
316 Founders
393-2548
Professor of Anthropology
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, B.A. summa cum laude McGill University, M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Cultural Anthropology, Religion, Economic Development
Research Interests: Dr. Occhipinti's research focuses on the role of faith-based organizations in economic development. Her book, "Acting on Faith" was published in the fall of 2005. In February 2009, she published a book "Bridging the Gaps," on faith-based organizations in Latin America.
218 Still
393-2641
Professor of Administrative Science
Tecnólogico de Monterrey, M.B.A.
University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory, Strategy, Business & Society, Corporate Social Responsibility, Compensation Management, Labor Relations & Public Policy, Negotiations, Operations Management and Information Systems, Research in Business, International Business, Global Human Resource Management
Research Intersts: Dr. Miguel's research interests are Gender in Management, Hispanics and Business, Electronic/automated Human Resource Management, Evidence-Based Management, Diffusion of Innovations, Cross-cultural Values in Business, Ethical Decision Making, Workplace Bullying, Christian/Catholic Social Thought, Information Technologies
218 Still
393-2358
Professor of Sociology
Loyola Marymount University, B.A.
University of California-Riverside, M.A., Ph.D.
315 Founders Hall
393-2391
Professor of Philosophy
University of Missouri-Columbia, B.A, History
University of Missouri-Columbia, M.A., Philosophy
University of Missouri-Columbia, Ph.D., Philosophy
Teaching Areas: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind
Research Interests: Dr. Phillips research interests are the philosophical underpinnings of feminist thought and the feminist movement. He is a long-time member of Clarion University's Presidential Commission on the Status of Women.
310 Founders
393-2396
Professor of Anthropology
SUNY-Geneseo, B.A.
Binghamton University, M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Archaeology, Human Ecology, Biological Anthropology, Women and Culture
Research Interests: Dr. Prezzano is an archaeologist whose interests are in the origins of agriculture, tribal and ranked societies, and gender and archaeology.
232 Harvey Hall
393-2254
Professor of Psychology
Illinois State University, B.A.
Miami University, M.A., Ph.D.
112D Davis
393-2530
Professor of English
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.A., M.A.
University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Writing, British Literature, film
Research Interests: Dr. Stemmler's research interests are Women in film and representations of women in literature. He works with various volunteer groups, particularly the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.
306 Founders
393-2205
Professor of Political Science
Washington and Jefferson College, B.A.
West Virginia University, M.D. Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh, J.D.
208A Davis
393-2494
Associate Professor of German
Yale University, B.A.
University of Michigan, M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: German language, literature and culture
Research Intersts: Dr.terHorst's research interests are in Gender and sexuality studies, 18th-20th century German literature and culture, comparative literature
365 Science and Technology Center
393-2792
Associate Professor of Geography
University of Calgary, B.A.
M.E.Des.
University of Kentucky, Ph.D.
112A Davis
393-2156
Associate Professor of English
Seton Hill College, B.A.
Virginia Commonwealth University, M.A.
University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D.
Teaching Areas: Composition: pedagogy, writing centers, writing across the curriculum; Writing: nonfiction prose, writing for children & teens, grant proposals; Working-Class Literature
Research Interests: Dr. Welsch's research interests are letter writing, nineteenth-century textbooks & student writing.
