DIRECTORS
Kari J. Winter, PhD
Director of the Gender Institute
Professor of Transnational Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
kwinter2@buffalo.edu
716-645-0827
Attentive to multiple dimensions of gender, race, and class, Kari Winter is interested in human quests for physical well-being; the ways oppression is written on the body through trauma, deprivation, violence, and degradation; how oppressed peoples attempt to endure and to affirm the value of their bodies; connections between humans and nature; the aesthetics of space and the five senses. She also examines human quests for intellectual and spiritual freedom; the roles of imagination, art, education, economics, politics, and sexuality in oppression and in liberation; the mysteries of desire, loss, mourning, memory and time; how to create narrative forms that are adequate to the stories that need to be told. Faculty Page |
Glenna Bett, PhD
Deputy Director for the Sex and Gender Health Initiative
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Gynecology-Obstetrics
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
bett@buffalo.edu
716-829-2603
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Ion channel kinetics and structure; Molecular and Cellular Biology. Faculty Page |
Staff
Becky Burke
Gender Institute Staff Assistant
207 UB Commons
rburke2@buffalo.edu
716-645-5200
Aubrey Jones Kubiak
Gender Institute Graduate Assistant
PhD Candidate, Romance Languages and Literatures
adjones@buffalo.edu
716-645-5200
Aubrey is in the process of completing her dissertation, entitled “Limitations and Liberations: A Genealogy of the Changing Effects of Québécois Nationalism on the Province's 20th Century Female Protagonist”. Student Page |
Sharlene Green
Gender Institute Sage Intern
Senior, Political Science
and African American Studies
smgreen2@buffalo.edu
716-645-5200
Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen, PhD
Professor
Dept. of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Past Co-Director, Gender Institute 2009-10
geosbs@buffalo.edu
716-645-0478
Research Interests: Urban and Regional Analysis; International Business: Foreign Direct Investment; High Technology and Regional Innovation; Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sectors; Labor and Societal Impacts of Information Technology; Labor Market and the Aging Workforce. Faculty Page |
Joan S. Baizer, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Physiology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Baizer@buffalo.edu
716-829-3096
Dr. Baizer's research interests are in the comparative neuroanatomy of the brain with a focus on the brainstem and cerebellum. She investigates how the evolution of the brain underlies uniquely human cognitive and motor skills. She is also interested in individual differences in brain structure and function, including differences related to gender. Faculty Page |
Laina Y. Bay-Cheng, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
lb35@buffalo.edu
716-645-1225
Dr. Bay-Cheng’s research interests include the construction of adolescent sexuality; the cultivation of young women's sexual subjectivity, gendered power; youth empowerment; and feminist theories and methods. Faculty Page |
Ling Bian, PhD
Professor
Dept. of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
lbian@buffalo.edu
716-645-0484
Dr. Ling Bian’s research interests are in the general area of geographic
information science (GIS). Her current research projects involve the integration of GIS with environmental models and spatial epidemiological modeling. Faculty Page |
Barbara Bono, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of English, College of Arts and Sciences
Past Co-Director, Gender Institute 2003-06
bbono@buffalo.edu
716-645-0713
Research Interests: Early Modern British literature, especially Sidney, Spenser, and the dramatic literature of Shakespeare and his contemporaries; feminist and cultural materialist theory and history. Faculty Page |
Gale R. Burstein, MD
Erie County Health Commissioner
Clinical Associate Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences;
gburstein@upa.chob.edu
716-878-7015
Specialty/Research Focus: Adolescent Medicine - Pediatrics Dr. Burstein's research is focused around the challenge of providing adolescents with confidential sexual health services. She is also collaborating with health policy and legal experts at the state and national level to address this challenge as a health policy issue. Faculty Page |
Sherri L. Darrow, PhD
Director
Wellness Education Services, Student Affairs
darrow@buffalo.edu
716-645-6936
Dr. Darrow is a chronic disease epidemiologist. Currently she oversees health promotion as part of a Student Wellness Team with Counseling Services and Health Services, in the Division of Student Affairs. Wellness Services focuses on health promotion related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, sexual violence prevention, nutrition, stress management and outreach to underserved groups including LGBTQ students, veterans and international students. Faculty Page |
Rosemary Dziak, PhD
Professor
Dept. of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine
Past Director, Gender Institute 2005-11
rdziak@buffalo.edu
716-829-3827
Research Expertise: Bone Cell Physiologist; Isolation and culturing of human osteoblastic cells; signal transduction mechanisms related to proliferation and differentiation of bone cells; tissue engineering; design of new materials for bone regeneration. Faculty Page |
Martha Malamud, PhD
Professor
Dept. of Classics, College of Arts and Sciences
malamud@buffalo.edu
716-645-0459
Research Interests: Imperial Latin Literature; Roman Epic; Late Antique Literature; Reception of Classical Literature.
Current Research Projects: “Later Roman Medea”, A. J. Boyle ed. The Roman Medea, Aureal Publications; “Simile and Similitude” The Brill Companion to Statius, edited Carole Newlands and William Dominik. Faculty Page |
Laura Mangan
Coordinator
Civic Engagement & Public Policy
A UB 2020 Academic and Strategic Strength
lmangan@buffalo.edu
716-645-5376
Laura Mangan has been facilitating, administering, publishing, and promoting interdisciplinary research in areas of law and social justice since the 1980s. After studying African history at the University of Sussex, she served as founding managing editor of the South African Journal on Human Rights and managing editor of Law & Policy. She worked in South Africa for seven years on issues of human rights and public impact litigation as Assistant Director of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand School of Law. After moving to Buffalo, she became founding staff member of the Buffalo Human Rights Center and Canada-US Legal Studies Centre in UB's Law School, then Associate Director of UB's Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy. She currently coordinates UB's Civic Engagement and Public Policy research initiative (CEPP), which supports local to global community-based research by UB faculty on issues of social justice and equity. website |
Isabel Marcus, JD, PhD
Professor
School of Law
Founding Co-Director, Gender Institute 1997-2003
imarcus@buffalo.edu
716-645-2108
Dr. Marcus, Professor of Law and Director of International and Graduate Programs at the UB Law School, was one of the founders of the Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender. Her longstanding research interests are in the areas of family law, domestic violence, international women's human rights, and, currently a comparative analysis of the implementation of law regarding domestic violence in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Faculty Page |
Lorraine Oak, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Geography
Associate Dean for Research Administration
Chair, Canadian-American Studies Committee
loak@buffalo.edu
716-645-2711
Dr. Oak, Associate Dean for Research Administration and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geography, is also the Chair of the Canadian-American Studies Committee. With degrees from the University of Alberta and Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, Dr. Oak is an international scholar with a longstanding commitment to feminism, the environment, and equal rights, both through her service to the Gender Institute as well as the University at large. Faculty Page |
Despina Stratigakos, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Planning
Past Deputy Director, Gender Institute 2011-2012
dms58@buffalo.edu
829-5893
Dr. Stratigakos is an architectural historian with an overarching interest in gender and modernity in European cities. Faculty Page |
Margarita Vargas, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences
Past Co-Director, Gender Institute 2006-09
mvargas@buffalo.edu
645-0859
Dr. Vargas's fields of study include Mexican theater and film as well as Spanish-American theater in general. She approaches literary texts from a post-modern feminist theoretical paradigm.
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Lillian Williams, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of African and African American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
lsw4@buffalo.edu
716-645-2082
A specialist in United States social and urban history, Dr. Williams' research is in the areas of institutions, ethnicity, biography, and women's history. Her research includes the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations and the National Urban League; Jewish club women; and Mary Burnett Talbert, an early twentieth century reformer. Faculty Page |
Gail Willsky, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
gwillsky@buffalo.edu
716-829-2969
Dr. Willsky’s research focuses on the role of oxovanadium compounds in cellular metabolism. V is a trace metal believed to be required for growth. Oral administration of oxovanadium compounds alleviates the symptoms of Diabetes in animal models and humans. A new project in the lab studies the mode of action of medicinal plant mixtures used by the native healers of Peru. Faculty Page |
AFFILIATES OF THE GENDER INSTITUTE
Affiliates of the Gender Institute are faculty and professional staff from across the university who conduct and support research and education on women and gender. Affiliates contribute ideas and advice to help shape the institute's programs and priorities, and they also serve on many of the institute's committees.
Rachel Ablow
English
rablow@buffalo.edu
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Dianne Avery
Law
lawavery@buffalo.edu
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Laura Barnum
Senior Assistant VP for Academic Planning and Budget
lbarnum@buffalo.edu
Mary Bisson
Biological Science
bisson@buffalo.edu
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Irus Braverman
Law, Geography
irusb@buffalo.edu
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Web Page
Julia Colyar
Graduate School of Education
jecolyar@buffalo.edu
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Tim Dean
tjdean@buffalo.edu
English
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Sandra Firmin
sfirmin@buffalo.edu
UB Art Galleries
ubartgalleries.org
Christian Flaugh
Romance Languages and Literature
cflaugh@buffalo.edu
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Joseph Gardella
Chemistry
gardella@buffalo.edu
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Keith Griffler
African and African-American Studies / Transnational Studies
griffler@buffalo.edu
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Dan Hess
Urban and Regional Planning
dbhess@buffalo.edu
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Jonathan Katz
Visual Studies
jonathandavidkatz@gmail.com
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Joyce Kosinski
Community Member, UB Alum
jakosinski@aol.com
Jeanette Ludwig
Romance Languages and Literatures
jmludwig@buffalo.edu
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Shiu-Ming Kuo , PhD
Nutrition and Biochemistry
smkuo@buffalo.edu
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Susan Mangold
Law
svm@buffalo.edu
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Carine Mardorossian
English
cmardoro@buffalo.edu
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Andrea Markelz
Physics
amarkelz@buffalo.edu
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Lynn Mather
Law and Political Science
lmather@buffalo.edu
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Martha McCluskey
Law
mcclusk@buffalo.edu
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Chris Mele
Sociology
cmele@buffalo.edu
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Will Meyer
Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA)
wjmeyer@buffalo.edu
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Athena Mutua
School of Law
admutua@buffalo.edu
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Kalliopi Nikolopoulou
Comparative Literature
Kn34@buffalo.edu
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Catherine Olsen
Mathematics
clolsen@buffalo.edu
Pavani Ram
Social and Preventive Medicine
pkram@buffalo.edu
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Michael Rembis
History
marembis@buffalo.edu
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Kate Rittenhouse-Olson
Clinical Laboratory Sciences
krolson@acsu.buffalo.edu
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Pam Rose
Health Sciences Library
pmrose@buffalo.edu
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Claire S. Schen, PhD
History
cschen@buffalo.edu
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Randy Schiff
English
rpschiff@buffalo.edu
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David Schmid
English
Schmid@buffalo.edu
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Debra Street
Sociology
dastreet@buffalo.edu
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Joan Sussman
Communication Disorders and Sciences
jsussman@acsu.buffalo.edu
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Jennifer Temple
Exercise Nutrition Sciences
jltemple@buffalo.edu
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Gwynn Thomas
Global Gender Studies, Transnational Division
gmthomas@buffalo.edu
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Suzanne Tomkins
School of Law
tomkins@buffalo.edu
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Mary Nell Trautner
Sociology
Trautner@buffalo.edu
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Stephanie Vander Wel
Music History
Slv5@buffalo.edu
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Victoria Wolcott
History
vwwolcot@buffalo.edu
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Ewa Plonowska Ziarek
Comparative Literature
epziarek@buffalo.edu
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Jennifer Zirnheld
Electrical Engineering
Director, Energy Systems Institute
zirnheld@buffalo.edu
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