Women’s Studies

Graduate Student Placement

The students in the four Women’s Studies joint PhD programs at Michigan come from around the world: South Africa, India, China, South America, Canada, and the United States. When they leave here, some return home to take up positions in universities as far away from Ann Arbor as the University of KwaZulu–Natal in South Africa and as close as Wayne State University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan itself.

Melanie Boyd — English, 2003. Post-doctoral Fellow, Gender Studies, Lawrence University. Now a lecturer at Yale University.

Theresa Braunschneider — English, 2002. Assistant Professor of English, Washington and Lee University.

Monica Burguera History, 2007.

Juanita Cabello — English, 2007. Post-doctoral Fellow, Agnes Scott College.

Cari Carpenter — English, 2002. Assistant Professor of English, West Virginia University.

Jennifer Churchwell-MacGregor — Psychology, 2005. Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, St. Lawrence University.

Laura Citrin — Psychology, 2004. Adjunct Professor of Psychology & Women's Studies, Evergreen State College.

Emma Crandall, — English, 2006. Post-doctoral Fellow, Literature, Communication and Culture, Georgia Tech.

Andrea Dottolo — Psychology, 2006. Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Worcester State University.

Holly Dugan — English, 2005. Assistant Professor of English, George Washington University.

Julie Eastin — Psychology, 2006. Post-doctoral Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

Breanne Fahs — Psychology, 2006. Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at Arizona State University West.

Erika Gasser — History, 2007. Assistant Professor of History, California State University, Sacramento.

Zaje Harrell — Psychology, 2002. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University.

Julie Konik — Psychology, 2005. Instructor of Psychology, Wright State University.

Benita Jackson — Psychology, 2000. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Smith College.

Gabrielle Dawn Lawhon — Psychology, 2004. Post-Doctoral Fellow, San Francisco Veterans Administration.

Sumiao Li English, 2007.

Christa McDermott — Psychology, 2007. APA Congressional Fellow, Washington, DC.

Maureen McDonnell — English, 2005. Assistant Professor of English, Eastern Connecticut State College.

Kathi Miner-Rubino — Psychology, 2004. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Western Kentucky University.

Vanessa Noble — History, 2005. Lecturer in History, University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Colleen O'Brien — English, 2001. Fellow, Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership, St. Mary's College.

Jennifer Palmer History, 2008. Harper Fellow, Society of Fellows, University of Chicago.

Sheryl Pimlott-Kubiak — Psychology, 2002. Associate Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University.

Rebekah Pite — History, 2007. Assistant Professor of History, Lafayette College.

Cathleen Power Psychology, 2006. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Westminster College.

Diana T. Sanchez — Psychology, 2005. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University.

Jocelyn Fenton Stitt — English, 2002. Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Minnesota State University.

Pavitra Sundar — English, 2007. Post-doctoral Fellow, Film and Television Studies, Dartmouth College.

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