Faculty & Staff

In addition to the jointly appointed faculty listed below, the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program draws from a dynamic group of affiliated faculty across a wide range of disciplines. An advisory board also serves to review the WGSS curriculum.

Dr. Jane M. Geaney
Coordinator, Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
Associate Professor of Religion
(804) 289-8330

Dr. Elisabeth Gruner
Associate Professor of English and WGSS
(804) 289-8298

Dr. Dorothy Holland
Associate Professor of Theatre
(804) 287-6662

Dr. Suzanne Jones
Chair, Department of English
Professor of English
(804) 289-8307

Dr. Ladelle McWhorter
Professor of Philosophy
(804) 289-8423

Dr. Jennifer Nourse
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
(804) 289-8965

Nancy Propst
Administrative Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Studies
(804) 287-6693

Ms. Karen Turner
Administrative Coordinator, Religion, WGSS
(804) 289-8325

Dr. Carol Wharton
Chair of Sociology and Anthropology
Associate Professor of Sociology
(804) 289-8075