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For general questions, please email:

Jessica Willis, PhD
Interim Director
jwillis6@ewu.edu

We are located in Monroe Hall 207. We are closed on holidays. Summer and quarter break hours vary.

Mailing Address: 207 Monroe Hall, 532 Study Ln, Cheney, WA 99004

Our Faculty & Staff

Jessi Willis, PhD

Senior Lecturer
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Pronouns: They/Them

Monroe Hall 207E

Mimi Marinucci, PhD

Professor
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Pronouns: She/Her or They/Them

Monroe Hall 207

Judy Rohrer, PhD

(Currently on sabbatical) Associate Professor
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Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Lili Mackin, BA

Program Director
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Pronouns: (She/her)

Monroe Hall 207

Emeritus Faculty

Sally Winkle, PhD

Emeritus Professor
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Affiliated Faculty Members

  • Deirdre Almeida, American Indian Studies
  • Kerryn Bell, Sociology and Criminal Justice
  • Bipasha Biswas, Social Work
  • Kate Crane, English
  • Sonja Durr, Design
  • Margo Hill, Public Administration
  • Joshua Hobson, Fine and Performing Arts
  • Kayleen Islam-Zwart, Psychology
  • Amber McConnell, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics
  • Ryan Parrey, Disability Studies
  • LaVona Reeves, English
  • Liz Rognes, English
  • Natalia Ruiz-Rubio, Spanish
  • Julia Smith, Anthropology
  • Qing Stellwagen, Library
  • Deb Svoboda, Social Work
  • Beth Torgerson, English
  • Jacki Hedlund Tyler, Social Studies
  • Lindsey Upton, Criminal Justice
  • Chris Valeo, English
  • Qingru Xu, Communication Studies

Become an Affiliated Faculty Member

Our Affiliated Faculty are professors who express a commitment to the advancement of Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies at EWU.

If you are interested in becoming Affiliated Faculty, please see our Affiliated Faculty Application and Affiliated Faculty Agreement. We look forward to receiving your materials.

Thank you for your active interest in the continued growth of Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies.

Ellie Davis creates a powerful display in the PUB during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Standing together in solidarity this Sexual Assault Awareness Month 💜 El Tendedero, a powerful display in the PUB, offers a space for our campus community to share messages of support, healing, and strength. Take a moment to view these important expressions and know that you are not alone.

This impactful display was created during the “SAAM Pan Dulce y Chisme” event, a collaboration between the JLR Multicultural Center, Counseling and Wellness Center, and our valued community partner, Mujeres in Action (M.i.A.). Thank you to all who participated in decorating the t-shirts and contributing to this vital message.

Let’s continue to raise awareness and cultivate a campus where everyone feels safe and supported.

Megan Beine

Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Major Awarded Frances B. Huston Medallion

Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies and Sociology major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jessi Willis, PhD

“We give our highest recommendation to Megan Beine for the Frances B. Huston Award.

Megan is an exceptional scholar who makes direct connections between her scholarship and the transformative work she does in the world. She understands the importance of theory as it relates to lived experiences.  For example, after studying violence against women, Megan completed extensive training to serve as a crisis response advocate with Lutheran Community Services.  She shared her experiences as a volunteer with her GWSS class, providing a lived context for the issue.  This had a lasting impact with her classmates.

Megan’s ability to weave theory into praxis is evident in her current internship with FUTURES without Violence.  This is a competitive nation-wide internship that Megan applied for last spring with support from Social Work and GWSS.  Throughout this year-long senior internship experience, Megan has provided workshops and outreach on campus about violence prevention and survivor healing.

In mid-April, Megan attended a conference in Washington D.C. with other FUTURES interns, discussing national strategies and approaches to supporting survivors.  Megan returned inspired and it’s clear this experience has bolstered her, already significant, leadership acumen.

Finally, as a scholar, Megan takes initiative in asking questions, doing research, and sharing what she learns with wider learning communities.  She is extremely articulate, highly motivated, innovative, and self-directed.  In her coursework and interactions with peers, Megan demonstrates a vibrant investment in creating scholarship and doing work that addresses issues of marginalization, discrimination, and systemic inequality.

As a leader within the classroom, Megan consistently uses her voice to invite critical collective inquiry.  Megan exhibits extraordinary leadership as an activist and feminist change-maker.  We believe she is an outstanding candidate and well-deserving of the Frances B. Huston Award.” – Professor Jessi Willis, PhD.