Our Affiliated Faculty

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Affiliated Faculty members represent disciplines and schools from across the university who all have an interest in including gender issues in their work and teaching. The Affiliated Faculty gather each term to share ideas, discuss projects and plan for ways to work together to improve the lives of women and girls.

Sean Aday
Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs
School of Media and Public Affairs

Arshad Ali
Assistant Professor of Educational Research
Graduate School of Education & Human Development

Sarah Baird 
Associate Professor of Global Health and Economics
Milken Institute School of Public Health

Jameta Nicole Barlow
Assistant Professor of Writing, University Writing Program
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Jeffrey Bingenheimer
Associate Professor of Prevention and Community Health
Milken Institute of Public Health

Nemata Blyden
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs
Elliott School of International Affairs and the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Michael E. Brown
Professor of International Affairs and Political Science
Elliott School of International Affairs

Mary Buckley
Associate Professor of Theatre & Dance Program and Director, EJS Women's Leadership Program
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Rosa Celorio
Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies; Burnett Family Professorial Lecturer in International and Comparative Law and Policy
The George Washington University Law School

Imani M. Cheers
Interim Senior Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Office of the Provost and Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences (CCAS)

Maria Cseh
Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Learning; Director of the Human and Organizational Learning Program
Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD)

Kavita Daiya
Associate Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Maryam Z. Deloffre
Associate Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Humanitarian Action Initiative
Elliott School of International Affairs

Julie Donovan
Associate Professor in the Women's Leadership Program & University Writing
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Laura C. Engel
Assistant Professor of International Education and International Affairs
Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD)

Christina Fink
Professor of Practice of International Affairs
Elliott School of International Affairs

James Foster 
Vice Dean and Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics
Elliott School of International Affairs

Christina B. Gee
Associate Professor of Clinical/Community Psychology
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Mimi Ghosh
Assistant Professor
Milken Institute School of Public Health

Ina Gjikondi
Director, Executive Education and Coaching
Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (CEPL)

Phyllis Goldfarb
Jacob Burns Foundation Professor of Clinical Law and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
The George Washington Law School

Shirley Graham
Director of the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs and Associate Professor of Practice in International Affairs
Elliott School of International Affairs

Rachelle Heller 
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, Mount Vernon Campus, Director, Women’s Leadership Program
School of Engineering and Applied Science

Elisabeth Hess-Rice
Associate Professor of Special Education and Disability Studies
Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD)

Leslie Jacobson
Professor Emeritus,Theatre and Dance Program, Director of Graduate Studies, Classical Acting
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Ivy Ken
Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences (CCAS)

Shaista E. Khilji
Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Learning
Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD)

Pooja Lakshmin
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences (GWSMHS)

Laura Lazzari
Research Scholar and Professorial Lecturer
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Huynh-Nhu (Mimi) Le
Associate Professor of Clinical/Community Psychology
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Derek Malone-France
Associate Professor of Religion, of Philosophy, and of Writing
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Toni Marsh
Associate Professor, and Program Director of Paralegal Studies Program
College of Professional Studies

Karen McDonnell
Associate Professor of Prevention and Community Health
Milken Institute School of Public Health

Joan Meier
Professor of Clinical Law, Expert on Domestic Violence and the Law; Director of DV LEAP
The George Washington University Law School

Natalie B. Milman
Associate Professor of Educational Technology Coordinator of the Educational Technology Leadership Program
Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD)

Daniel Moshenberg
Associate Professor of English
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Kelly Pemberton
Associate Professor of Religion and Women’s Studies
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Olga Acosta Price
Associate Professor of Prevention and Community Health and Director of the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
Milken Institute School of Public Health 

Reehana Raza
Adjunct Faculty
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Rachel Riedner
Associate Professor of Writing and Women’s Studies
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Katrin Schultheiss
Associate Professor of History
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Simone Seym, D.E.A.
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Romance, German & Slavic Languages & Literatures
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)

Dinah Shelton
Manatt/Ahn Professor of Law Emeritus
The George Washington University Law School

Maia Sheppard
Assistant Professor of Curriuclum and Pedagogy
Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD)

Stephen C. Smith
Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Director, Institute for International Economic Policy
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) & Elliott School of International Affairs

Julia Storberg-Walker
Associate Professor of Executive Leadership Program, Human and Organizational Learning
Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD)

Sonia Suter
The Kahan Family Research Professor of Law; Founding Director, Health Law Initiative
The George Washington University Law School

Ashwimi Tambe
Director of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS); Professor of History and WGSS
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences (CCAS)

Wendy Wagner
Lecturer, Nashman Faculty Fellow for Academic Service-Learning
Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service

Silvio Waisbord
Professor of Media and Public Affairs
School of Media and Public Affairs

Ryan Watkins
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD)

James H. Williams
Professor of International Education & International Affairs
Graduate School of Education and Human Development

Susan F. Wood
Associate Professor; Director, Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health
Milken Institute School of Public Health

Karen Wyche
Research Professor
School of Nursing