Melanee Thomas
Professor, Department of Political Science · University of Calgary
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science
Research Methodology Public Opinion and Policy Gender and Politics Political Psychology and Behaviour Comparative and Canadian Politics
Nicole M. Joseph
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education Teaching and Learning · Vanderbilt University
An expert in the barriers that Black women and girls face in the STEM field and STEM classroom.
Identity Development White Supremacy Gifted Education Gender in Education K-12 Education
Clare Beckton
Executive Director · Carleton University Centre for Women in Politics and Public Leadership
Author, researcher, motivational speaker, consultant, coach and leader
Women's Leadership Strategic Planning Risk Management Aboriginal Policy Issues Inclusion and Diversity
Charlene Senn
Professor of Psychology and Women's and Gender Studies · University of Windsor
Dr. Charlene Senn's research centres primarily on male violence against women with a focus on sexual violence interventions.
Women's and Gender Studies Violence Against Women Sexual Violence and Campus Interventions Male Violence Against Women Applied Social Psychology
Karen Shackleford, PhD
Doctoral Faculty - Media Psychology · Fielding Graduate University
Media violence; Fandom and the construction of meaning from media; Media, race and gender.
Media Psychology Media Effects Social Psychology Gender Race
Vanessa Díaz
Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Hollywood Celebrity Culture Cuba Latin America oral & life histories
Laura Briggs
Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Laura Briggs is an expert on transnational and transracial adoption and on the U.S. history of taking children for political ends.
Transnational Adoption Reproduction Politics Adoption Child Separation
Kate McInturff
Director · Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Kate McInturff is director of the CCPA's initiative on gender equality and public policy, Making Women Count.
Gender Equality Policy Analysis Family policy Labour Economics Budget and Tax Policy
Robin R. Wang
Professor of Philosophy · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Chinese Philosophy Comparative Philosophy Ethics
Martha Lanier
President · IGNITE Your Potential Inc
Empowering Women for Courage & Confidence | Breast Cancer and Heart Attack Survivor, Iron Girl Triathlete, Skydiver, Author.
Stress Management Personal Achievement Women Spouse Programs Empowerment & Motivation
Margo Okazawa-Rey, EdD
Adjunct Faculty - School of Leadership Studies · Fielding Graduate University
Critical ethnic studies and gender studies; Militarism, conflict, and women’s activism; Social change; Mixed-racial identity development
Militarism, armed conflict, and violence against women Mixed-racial identity development African-American/Asian-American relations Critical multicultural education Feminist activist research methodology
Miriam Liss
Professor of Psychology · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Liss is internationally known expert on parenting and work-family balance issues.
Mindfulness Work-Life Balance Feminism Parenting Social Media
Jennifer Cobbina
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
Expertise is in topics on race, crime, and policing; protest movements; and prisoner reentry
Race, Crime, and Policing Gender and Crime Race and Crime Prisoner Re-entry
Karen Musalo
Professor of Law, International Law Professorship Chair and Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: musalok@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4720 / Office 403-100
Refugee Law and Policy Gender Asylum Women's Rights Child Migrant's Rights Gender Justice / Central America
ChaChanna Simpson
Owner · Your Stellar Star
Engaging, motivating, and energizing speaker inspiring women to create all they want to be do and have.
Women Empowerment Small Business Start Ups Social Media Motivation
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Founding Editor and Writer · Ms. Magazine
Writer, lecturer, social justice activist, and the author of ten books—nine non-fiction works and one novel.
Illness Friendship Cancer Aging Jewish Interest
Marina Bettaglio
Associate Professor · University of Victoria
Dr. Bettaglio's research focuses on contemporary Spanish and Italian cultural studies with a gender perspective.
Spanish Literature Modern Languages Comparative Literature Women's Studies Gender Studies
Ruth Panofsky
Professor of English / Graduate Program in Communication & Culture · Ryerson University
Dr. Panofsky specializes in Canadian women in publishing and Canadian Jewish women writers
English Research Higher Education Literature Media & Culture
Uri Gneezy
Epstein/Atkinson Endowed Chair in Behavioral Economics & Professor of Economics and Strategic Management · UC San Diego
Uri Gneezy's focus is on putting behavioral economics to work in the real world.
Small and Large Incentives Pay-What-You-Want pricing Field experiments Behavioral Economics Strategy & Budgeting
Diana C. Parry
Professor, Applied Health Sciences, Special Advisor to the President, Women's and Gender Issues · University of Waterloo
Dr. Diana C. Parry research explores the roles of leisure in women’s health and wellbeing through a feminist lens.
Women's Leisure Gender Leisure Health and Well-Being Qualitative Inquiry Feminist Theory