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.

Michael Damien Aguirre, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, History he, him, his

(775) 784-6452

michaelaguirre@unr.edu

LH 205

Nasia Anam, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; 2022-2024 Joe Crowley Distinguished Professor of the Humanities she, her, hers

(775) 682-6394

nanam@unr.edu

FH 232

Larraitz Ariznabarreta, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor she, her, hers

(775) 682 5574

lariznabarreta@unr.edu

MIKC 307F

Jodie Barker, Ph.D.

Teaching Associate Professor, French; French Section Head

(775) 682-8889

jodiebarker@unr.edu

EJCH 241L

Ruby Batz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Special Education

(775) 682-7863

rbatzherrera@unr.edu

WRB 3086

Emily Berthelot, Ph.D.

Associate Professor she, her, hers

(775) 682-8870

eberthelot@unr.edu

AB 614

Laura Blume, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Political Science she, her, hers

(775) 682-7667

lblume@unr.edu

TB 212

Jared Bok, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies

(775) 682-8965

jbok@unr.edu

LH 213A

James "Jim" Cherney, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Basic Course Director

jcherney@unr.edu

LH 318

Jessie Clark

Associate Professor

(775) 784-6345

jessieclark@unr.edu

325B

Sarah E. Cowie, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 682-7524

scowie@unr.edu

Cari Cunningham, MFA

Associate Professor, Dance

(775) 682-9021

caric@unr.edu

CFA 148

Linda Curcio-Nagy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 784-4079

lindacurcio@unr.edu

LH 204

Greta de Jong, Ph.D.

Professor, History

(775) 784-6455

gdejong@unr.edu

LH 218

Jane Detweiler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, English

jad@unr.edu

Dahlia Dwedar, Ph.D. Ed.

Teaching Associate Professor she, her, hers

(775) 682-8867

ddwedar@unr.edu

EJCH 241Q

Dennis Dworkin, Ph.D.

Professor

(775) 784-6497

dworkin@unr.edu

LH 220

Marta Elliott, Ph.D.

Professor, Sociology

(775) 784-4884

melliott@unr.edu

LH 309

Isabelle Favre, Ph.D.

Professor, French

(775) 682-8903

favre@unr.edu

EJCH 241W

Louis C. Forline, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 682-7840

forline@unr.edu

AB 617

Katherine Fusco, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

kfusco@unr.edu

FH 213

Justin Gifford, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 682-6373

jdgifford@unr.edu

FH 214

Rose Ann Gutierrez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Equity and Diversity in Education

(775) 682-7864

roseanng@unr.edu

WRB 3084

Ian M. Hartshorn, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 682-7846

ihartshorn@unr.edu

TB 227

Jennifer Hill, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English

(775) 682-6484

jmhill@unr.edu

Xabier Irujo, Ph.D.

Director of Center for Basque Studies; Professor

(775) 682-5572

irujo@unr.edu

MIKC 307N

Ann Keniston, Ph.D.

Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies

(775) 682-6399

keniston@unr.edu

FH 110C

Sarah Keyes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, History she, her, hers

(775) 784-6805

sarahkeyes@unr.edu

Eunkang Koh, MFA

Associate Professor; Area Head of Printmaking

(775) 784-4066

ekoh@unr.edu

CFA 203

Julianne Lindberg, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Musicology

(775) 682-9018

jlindberg@unr.edu

VSG 101B

Jimmie Manning, Ph.D.

Chair; Professor

(775) 784-3591

jimmiem@unr.edu

LH 317

James McSpadden, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-8962

jmcspadden@unr.edu

LH 215

Ruthie Meadows, Ph.D.

Gender and sexuality studies among musicians, Caribbean

(775) 682-8970

rmeadows@unr.edu

VSG 101

Matt Means, PS

Dean, Honors College; Associate Professor of Honors

(775) 784-1455

matthewmeans@unr.edu

JTB 11

Katie Miller, Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor; Associate Director, Core Writing Program She, her, hers

(775) 682-9085

katiemiller@unr.edu

Monica Miller, Ph.D., J.D.

Interdisciplinary Social Psychology Program Director and Foundation Professor she, her, hers

(775) 784-1287

mkmiller@unr.edu

EMM 344

Ignacio Montoya, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-6309

ignaciomontoya@unr.edu

FH 204

Daniel Ryan Morse, Ph.D.

Director, Core Humanities; Associate Professor of English

(775) 682-6473

dmorse@unr.edu

TB 103

Colleen Murray, Ph.D.

Professor, Sociology

(775) 784-7006

cimurray@unr.edu

LH 208

Sandhya Krittika Narayanan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor she, her, hers

snarayanan@unr.edu

AB 511

Louis Niebur, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Musicology

(775) 682-9045

lniebur@unr.edu

VSG 101C

Cara Nine, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Philosophy she, her, hers

(775) 682-6299

cnine@unr.edu

JC 101A

Meredith Oda, Ph.D.

Grace A. Griffen Endowed Chair in American History; Associate Professor she/her

(775) 784-6124

mereditho@unr.edu

LH 201

Eleni Oikonomidoy, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Professor of Multicultural Education

(775) 682-7865

eleni@unr.edu

WRB 3083

Sandra Ott, Ph.D.

Professor

(775) 682-5573

sott@unr.edu

MIKC 307E

Randall Owen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Special Education, NCED Director

(775) 784-6385

randallowen@unr.edu

WRB 4102

Eugene Y. Park, Ph.D.

History, Korea and Northeast Asia

(775) 784-4303

genep@unr.edu

LH 206

Amy Pason, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Graduate Director

(775) 682-8349

apason@unr.edu

LH 304

Clayton Peoples, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies

(775) 784-4765

peoplesc@unr.edu

LH 209

Anushka Peres, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

aperes@unr.edu

Daniel Enrique Perez, Ph.D.

Jotería cultural production, United States

(775) 784-6155

dperez@unr.edu

Kate Pollard, MM

Principal Lecturer, Music

(775) 682-9019

catherinep@unr.edu

CFA

Mikaela Rogozen-Soltar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 682-7953

mikaelars@unr.edu

AB 506

Carolyn S. F. Silva, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

(775) 682-7855

carolynsilva@unr.edu

WRB 3111

Hugh Shapiro, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 784-6451

shapiro@unr.edu

LH 217

Claire Stanford, Ph.D., MFA

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-6374

clairestanford@unr.edu

FH 215

Jared Stanley, MFA

Assistant Professor, Program Director; Creative Writing, MFA

jaredstanley@unr.edu

FH 030

Erin Stiles, Ph.D.

Professor

(775) 682-7686

estiles@unr.edu

AB 501

Alissa Surges, M.A.

Senior Lecturer; Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies she, her, hers

(775) 682-6393

asurges@unr.edu

Rosie Trump, MFA

Associate Professor, Dance

(775) 784-7017

rtrump@unr.edu

CFA 147

Charles Tshimanga-Kashama, Ph.D.

African Voices in the Modern World, South Africa

(775) 784-6567

ckashama@unr.edu

LH 108

Mariann Vaczi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Director of Graduate Studies

(775) 682-5575

mvaczi@unr.edu

MIKC 307B

Brett Van Hoesen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Area Head of Art History

(775) 784-6639

bvanhoesen@unr.edu

EMM 201

Elizabeth Villalobos, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Spanish Literature

(775) 682-8885

elizabethvillalobos@unr.edu

EJCH 241-R

Karla Wagner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Public Health

(775) 682-7129

karlawagner@unr.edu

Barbara Walker, Ph.D.

Russian and Soviet Historian

(775) 784-6677

bbwalker@unr.edu

LH 202

Carolyn White, Ph.D.

Mamie Kleberg Chair in Historic Preservation; Professor, Anthropology; Director, Historic Preservation Program; Director, Anthropology Research Museum

(775) 682-7688

clwhite@unr.edu

AB 512A

Lynda Wiest, Ph.D.

Department Chair of Educational Studies and Professor of Mathematics Education and Educational Equity

(775) 682-7868

wiest@unr.edu

WRB 3079