If you have general questions, please email the Gender Studies Coordinator, Dr. Laura Barrio. You can also reach her at 501-916-3161. When leaving a message, tell us how to contact you and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
As an interdisciplinary program, Gender Studies faculty have their primary academic homes in departments across the university. The program is administered by the School of Human Inquiry with the assistance of a coordinator from among the list of gender studies faculty.
Are you a UA Little Rock faculty member with teaching and research interests related to gender studies? To become an official Gender Studies program faculty affiliate, contact the Gender Studies Coordinator. There is a short application form to fill out, and then the existing program faculty will vote on your nomination. Applications are due bi-annually by or before Consultation Day in the Fall and Spring semesters.
Hannah Anderson (she/her), Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Fields: Early America, history of science, environmental history, and gender history.
Laura Barrio-Vilar (she/her), Associate Professor of English and Gender Studies Coordinator
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Fields: African American Literature, Afro-Caribbean Literature, Gender Studies, Migration and Citizenship, Postcolonial Studies, LGBTQ+ Studies, and Intersectional Approaches to Social Justice.
Marta Cieslak (she/her), Director of UA Little Rock Downtown
Ph.D., University at Buffalo
Fields: East Central European and US History (19th and 20th Centuries), Transatlantic History, Gender, Migrations, Labor, History of Reproductive Rights, Public History
Juliana Flinn (she/her), Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Ph.D., Stanford University
Fields: Micronesia, Cultural Identity, Kinship, Gender, Migration, and Dance
Angela Hunter (she/her), Professor of English
Ph.D., Emory University
Fields: Comparative Literature; History of Feminist Philosophy; Literary Theory; Translation; Gender Studies
Emily Jean Hood (she/her), Assistant Professor of Art Education
Ph.D., University of North Texas
Fields: Art Education, Critical Pedagogy, Feminist New Material Studies, Decolonial Studies, Queer Studies, Critical Arts-Based Research, Feminist & Womanist Studies, Phenomenology
Londie Martin (she/her), Assistant Professor of Digital Rhetorics
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Fields: Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies, Multimodal Composition, Digital Literacies, and Game Studies, and Critical Youth Studies
Nathan E. Marvin (he/him), Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., John Hopkins University
Fields: French Empire, Race, Slavery, Religion, Gender
Kris McAbee (she/her), Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Fields: Early Modern Literature, Digital Humanities, and Intersectional Feminist Cultural Studies
Jana McAuliffe (she/her), Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., DePaul University
Fields: Philosophies of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, Applied Ethics, Critical Theory, Contemporary Continental, and History of Philosophy
Margaret E. Scranton (she/her), Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Fields: American Presidency, US First Ladies, Public Policy, US Foreign Policy, and Archival Research
Molly Smith (she/her), Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Sam Houston University
Fields: Rape Myths, Sexual Assault on Campus, Prostitution/Sex Trafficking, Gender Differences in Offending/Re-entry Success
Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm (he/him), Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder
Fields: Transitional Justice, Peacebuilding, Human Rights, Democratization
Katrina Yeaw (she/her), Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Fields: the Middle East and North Africa, Gender, Race, Colonialism, Violence, Memory, Law, Resistance and Collaboration, and Colonial/Post-Colonial
