Faculty Associates

GRI pursues the interdisciplinary and intersectional study of gender, race and related constructions of identity, difference and power. Our regular faculty are joined by associated faculty with aligned research and teaching from over a dozen departments in three colleges across the University of Nevada, Reno. If you are University of Nevada, Reno faculty and would like to join us as an associate, please email Meredith Oda.

GRI Faculty Associates
Michael Damien Aguirre
Michael Damien Aguirre, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, History he, him, his
(775) 784-6452
LH 205
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Nasia Anam
Nasia Anam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; 2022-2024 Joe Crowley Distinguished Professor of the Humanities she, her, hers
(775) 682-6394
FH 232
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Larraitz Ariznabarreta
Larraitz Ariznabarreta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor she, her, hers
(775) 682 5574
MIKC 307F
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Jodie Barker
Jodie Barker, Ph.D.
Teaching Associate Professor, French; French Section Head
(775) 682-8889
EJCH 241L
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Ruby Batz
Ruby Batz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Special Education
(775) 682-7863
WRB 3086
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Emily Berthelot
Emily Berthelot, Ph.D.
Associate Professor she, her, hers
(775) 682-8870
AB 614
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Laura Blume
Laura Blume, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Political Science she, her, hers
(775) 682-7667
TB 212
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Jared Bok
Jared Bok, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies
(775) 682-8965
LH 213A
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
James "Jim" Cherney
James "Jim" Cherney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Basic Course Director
LH 318
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Jessie Clark
Jessie Clark
Associate Professor
(775) 784-6345
325B
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Sarah E. Cowie
Sarah E. Cowie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(775) 682-7524
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Cari Cunningham
Cari Cunningham, MFA
Associate Professor, Dance
(775) 682-9021
CFA 148
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Linda Curcio-Nagy
Linda Curcio-Nagy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(775) 784-4079
LH 204
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Greta de Jong
Greta de Jong, Ph.D.
Professor, History
(775) 784-6455
LH 218
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Jane Detweiler
Jane Detweiler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Dahlia Dwedar
Dahlia Dwedar, Ph.D. Ed.
Teaching Associate Professor she, her, hers
(775) 682-8867
EJCH 241Q
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Dennis Dworkin
Dennis Dworkin, Ph.D.
Professor
(775) 784-6497
LH 220
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Marta Elliott
Marta Elliott, Ph.D.
Professor, Sociology
(775) 784-4884
LH 309
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Isabelle Favre
Isabelle Favre, Ph.D.
Professor, French
(775) 682-8903
EJCH 241W
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Louis C. Forline
Louis C. Forline, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(775) 682-7840
AB 617
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Katherine Fusco
Katherine Fusco, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
FH 213
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Justin Gifford
Justin Gifford, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(775) 682-6373
FH 214
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Rose Ann  Gutierrez
Rose Ann Gutierrez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Equity and Diversity in Education
(775) 682-7864
WRB 3084
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Ian M. Hartshorn
Ian M. Hartshorn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(775) 682-7846
TB 227
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Jennifer Hill
Jennifer Hill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
(775) 682-6484
TB
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Xabier Irujo
Xabier Irujo, Ph.D.
Director of Center for Basque Studies; Professor
(775) 682-5572
MIKC 307N
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Ann Keniston
Ann Keniston, Ph.D.
Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies
(775) 682-6399
FH 110C
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Sarah Keyes
Sarah Keyes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, History she, her, hers
(775) 784-6805
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Eunkang Koh
Eunkang Koh, MFA
Associate Professor; Area Head of Printmaking
(775) 784-4066
CFA 203
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Julianne Lindberg
Julianne Lindberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Musicology
(775) 682-9018
VSG 101B
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Jimmie Manning
Jimmie Manning, Ph.D.
Chair; Professor
(775) 784-3591
LH 317
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
James McSpadden
James McSpadden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
(775) 682-8962
LH 215
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Ruthie Meadows
Ruthie Meadows, Ph.D.
Gender and sexuality studies among musicians, Caribbean
(775) 682-8970
VSG 101
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Matt Means
Matt Means, PS
Dean, Honors College; Associate Professor of Honors
(775) 784-1455
JTB 11
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Katie Miller
Katie Miller, Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor; Associate Director, Core Writing Program She, her, hers
(775) 682-9085
FH
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Monica Miller
Monica Miller, Ph.D., J.D.
Interdisciplinary Social Psychology Program Director and Foundation Professor she, her, hers
(775) 784-1287
EMM 344
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Ignacio Montoya
Ignacio Montoya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
(775) 682-6309
FH 204
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Daniel Ryan Morse
Daniel Ryan Morse, Ph.D.
Director, Core Humanities; Associate Professor of English
(775) 682-6473
TB 103
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Colleen Murray
Colleen Murray, Ph.D.
Professor, Sociology
(775) 784-7006
LH 208
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Sandhya Krittika Narayanan
Sandhya Krittika Narayanan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor she, her, hers
AB 511
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Louis Niebur
Louis Niebur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Musicology
(775) 682-9045
VSG 101C
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Cara Nine
Cara Nine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Philosophy she, her, hers
(775) 682-6299
JC 101A
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Meredith Oda
Meredith Oda, Ph.D.
Grace A. Griffen Endowed Chair in American History; Associate Professor she/her
(775) 784-6124
LH 201
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Eleni Oikonomidoy
Eleni Oikonomidoy, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Professor of Multicultural Education
(775) 682-7865
WRB 3083
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Sandra Ott
Sandra Ott, Ph.D.
Professor
(775) 682-5573
MIKC 307E
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Randall Owen
Randall Owen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Special Education, NCED Director
(775) 784-6385
WRB 4102
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Eugene Y. Park
Eugene Y. Park, Ph.D.
History, Korea and Northeast Asia
(775) 784-4303
LH 206
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Amy Pason
Amy Pason, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Graduate Director
(775) 682-8349
LH 304
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Clayton Peoples
Clayton Peoples, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies
(775) 784-4765
LH 209
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Anushka Peres
Anushka Peres, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Daniel Enrique  Perez
Daniel Enrique Perez, Ph.D.
Jotería cultural production, United States
(775) 784-6155
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Kate Pollard
Kate Pollard, MM
Principal Lecturer, Music
(775) 682-9019
CFA
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Mikaela  Rogozen-Soltar
Mikaela Rogozen-Soltar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(775) 682-7953
AB 506
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Carolyn S. F. Silva
Carolyn S. F. Silva, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
(775) 682-7855
WRB 3111
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Hugh Shapiro
Hugh Shapiro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(775) 784-6451
LH 217
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Claire Stanford
Claire Stanford, Ph.D., MFA
Assistant Professor
(775) 682-6374
FH 215
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Jared Stanley
Jared Stanley, MFA
Assistant Professor, Program Director; Creative Writing, MFA
FH 030
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Erin Stiles
Erin Stiles, Ph.D.
Professor
(775) 682-7686
AB 501
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Alissa Surges
Alissa Surges, M.A.
Senior Lecturer; Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies she, her, hers
(775) 682-6393
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Rosie Trump
Rosie Trump, MFA
Associate Professor, Dance
(775) 784-7017
CFA 147
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Charles Tshimanga-Kashama
Charles Tshimanga-Kashama, Ph.D.
African Voices in the Modern World, South Africa
(775) 784-6567
LH 108
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Mariann Vaczi
Mariann Vaczi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Director of Graduate Studies
(775) 682-5575
MIKC 307B
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Brett Van Hoesen
Brett Van Hoesen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Area Head of Art History
(775) 784-6639
EMM 201
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Elizabeth Villalobos
Elizabeth Villalobos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Spanish Literature
(775) 682-8885
EJCH 241-R
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Karla Wagner
Karla Wagner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Public Health
(775) 682-7129
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Barbara Walker
Barbara Walker, Ph.D.
Russian and Soviet Historian
(775) 784-6677
LH 202
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Carolyn White
Carolyn White, Ph.D.
Mamie Kleberg Chair in Historic Preservation; Professor, Anthropology; Director, Historic Preservation Program; Director, Anthropology Research Museum
(775) 682-7688
AB 512A
2501
GRI Faculty Associates
Lynda Wiest
Lynda Wiest, Ph.D.
Department Chair of Educational Studies and Professor of Mathematics Education and Educational Equity
(775) 682-7868
WRB 3079
2501