Five College Women’s Studies Research Center Former Associates 1991-2019 (by year of associateship/institutional affiliation while in residence/discipline/project title/associate category) Updated June 2019 Janet Aalfs 1995-1996 Valley Women’s Martial Arts Poetry and Martial Arts KIAI: A WOMAN SHOUTS —Poetry, Martial Arts, and Self Defense Research Associate Heather Abel 2005-2006 Novelist, Northampton, MA The Limits of Optimism: Gender Relations at Alternative Newspapers Research Associate Tina Achcar-Naccache 1997-1998 Human Rights The Effects of Confinement on Domestic Workers Ford Associate Kimberly Adams 1998-1999 English Anna Jameson, the Grimké Sisters, and Anglo-American Feminist Contacts Research Associate Marjorie Agosin 1991-1992 Wellesley College Spanish and Literature Translation of Some of Emily Dickinson's Letters into Spanish Research Associate Nada Ali 2009-2010 Independent Researcher The Discourses and Practices of the Sudanese Opposition in Exile (1989-2000): A Gender Perspective Research Associate Hanife Aliefendioglu 2006-2007 Eastern Mediterranean University Communication and Media Studies Gender and Ethnicity in the Discourse of the Northern Cyprus Media Research Associate Anwar Alkhalldy 2011-2012 Free University Political Science Shi’i Islamism and Gender in Iraq Research Associate Henrice Altink 2007-2008 University of York History The Struggle to Define Jamaican Womanhood: 1865-1938 Research Associate Nora Amin 2004-2005 Freie University Theatre Topics in Performance Ford Associate Alia Arasoughly 2002-2003 MIFTAH, Ramallah, Palestine Sociology Palestinian and Lebanese Women Filmmakers and War Ford Associate Marie Ashe 2006-2007 Suffolk University, Law Toward a Gendered Religious Pluralism Research Associate Kiran Asher 2005-2006 Clark University International Development and Women’s Studies Beyond Victims and Guardian Angels: Third World Women, Gender and the Environment Research Associate Mary King Austin 1999-2000 English/Theatre Elaine Goodale Eastman: A Biography Research Associate Yamila Azize-Vargas 1996-1997 University of Puerto Rico Public Health and Women's Studies Abortion in Puerto Rico and Chile: Extreme Legalities, Close Realities Ford Associate Ruth Backes 1993-1994 Biography Without Fear or Favor: A Biography of Frances Perkins Research Associate Carol Bailey 2003-2004 University of the West Indies English Word Warriors: Female Resistance via Electronic Technology Research Associate Olena Bakhareva 2000-2001 Kharkiv National University, Ukraine English & Linguistics Discursive Strategies of Performing Femininity in American and Ukrainian Cultures Research Associate Susan Bandy 2007-2008 Institute of Coaching and Sports Education, Sports Studies Body Language in American Women’s Literature of the Late 19th Century Research Associate Isabelle Barker 2003-2004 Rutgers University Political Science Theorizing Citizenship in an Era of Privatization Research Associate Diana Sierra Becerra 2016-2017 University of Michigan History and Women's Studies Insurgent Butterflies: Gender Struggles and Revolution in El Salvador, 1965-2015 Research Associate Diane Bell 1993-1994 George Washington University, Washington, DC Anthropology Dreaming Ourselves Anew: Indigenous Traditions, Gendered Spiritualities, and New Age Religions Research Associate Leslie Bender 1996-1997 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Law and Women's Studies Legal Challenges to Social Injustice: How Women Can Use Tort Law to Continue Feminist Struggle Research Associate Natalie Bennett 1998-1999 Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY Sociology Narratives of Success: Attributes of Race-Ethnicity, Gender and Work among Afro-Caribbean Immigrant Women Research Associate Christine Benvenuto 2001-2002 Amherst, MA Freelance Writer Shiksa: The Gentile Woman in the Jewish World Community Associate Danielle Bessett 2004-2005 New York University, New York, NY Sociology Defining the “Normal Pregnancy:” Knowledge and Experience in Stratified Reproduction Research Associate Gurminder Bhambra 2005-2006 University of Sussex, Lewes, East Sussex, UK Sociology Dangerous Particularisms: Challenging Social Theory in the Emerging World Research Associate Lynda Birke 1994-1995 Llangollen Clwyd, U.K. Biological Science The Naming of the Shrew: Feminism, Animals and Nature Research Associate Karen J. Blair 1993-1994 Central Washington University History Women and Arts Philanthropy in the United States Research Associate Benita Blessing 2010-2011 University of Massachusetts Amherst DEFA Film Library Women and Science in East German Children’s and Youth Films: Feminine Feminists Research Associate Tracey Jean Boisseau 1993-1994 University of Akron, Canton, OH History The Convergence of Colonialism and Feminism: An American Woman's Travels to Africa and Back, 1892-1936 Research Associate Liana Borghi 1995-1996 Universita de Firenze, Firenze, Italy Literature Liminaliens and Others: Figurations of Subjectivity in Women's Utopian and Science Fictions Research Associate Clara Bradbury-Rance 2013-2014 University of Manchester, United Kingdom English and American Studies The Queer Lesbian Spaces of Postfeminist Cinema Research Associate Jeanne Braham 1992-1993 American Literature Crucial Conversations: Studies in Contemporary Women's Literary Autobiography Research Associate Mary Bray 1991-1992 Education Against the Tide: A Study of Women Activists Research Associate Laura Briggs 2018-2019 University of Massachusetts Amherst Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies The Future Is Born in Small Places or, An Archives of Colonialism: Debt, Imperialism, Marronage, and Freedom in the Caribbean Research Associate Ashley Brown 2016-2017 George Washington University American Studies The Match of Her Life: Althea Gibson, Icon and Instrument of Integration Research Associate Rachel Brown 2016-2017 City University of New York Political Science The Emotional Politics of Migration: Migrant Domestic Work in Israel/Palestine Research Associate Alice Brown-Collins 1991-1992 Black Studies Let Me Tell You Who I Am: An Exploration of Psychological Themes and Research on African- American Women Research Associate Japonica Brown-Saracino 2010-2011 Boston University, Sociology Pride of Place: The Origins and Implications of Queer Women’s Migration to Four U.S. Towns Research Associate Susan Buchholz 2001-2002 Freelance Writer/Actor Discovering Emily Warren Roebling and the Role of Women in Engineering in the Late Nineteenth Century Research Associate Ruth Weiss Busch 1994-1995 University of Waikato, New Zealand Law The Law and Domestic Violence in New Zealand Research Associate Deidre Butler 2005-2006 Union College, Schenectady, NY Sociology Othermothering in Motion: Parenting Styles of African American Stepmothers Research Associate Elizabeth Cahn 2007-2008 University of Massachusetts Amherst Regional Planning “WSPA While You Work:” The Women’s School of Planning and Architecture, 1975-1981 Research Associate Juana Camacho 2016-2017 Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History Peasant Embodiments: Food, Environment, and Politics in the Colombian Andes Short Term Scholar Karen M. Cardozo 2005-2006 University of Massachusetts Amherst English Trauma's Palimpsests: Contemporary US American Narrative Cycles Research Associate Jacqueline Castledine 2005-2006 Rutgers University History Gendering the Cold War: Race, Class and Women's Peace Politics, 1945-1980 Research Associate Jennifer Cayer 2011-2012 Amherst College English Embodied Ethnographies: Feminist Theatre Encounters Anthropology Research Associate Shuma Chakravarty 1997-1998 Ministry & American Literature Ethics of Identity—Maintaining a Balance Between Individual Accomplishment and Societal Mores Community Associate Dorothy Chansky 2006-2007 Texas Tech University Theatre Kitchen Sink Realisms: Drama, Dining and Domestic Labor in Twentieth-Century American Theatre Research Associate Janet Chawla 2000-2001 MATRIKA, New Delhi, India Health Education Building Bridges Between Ethno-medicine and Bio-medicine in India Research Associate Manjula Cherkil 2007-2008 Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Management Disadvantaged Women Workers in the Unorganized Sector in Bangalore, India: A Socio-Economic Study Research Associate Meredith Cherland 2009-2010 University of Regina Education Harry Potter and the Discourses of Gender: Teaching Critical Thinking Research Associate Hyoung Cho 1996-1997 Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea Sociology Women's Power and Sex/Gender Politics in Domestic and Public Spheres (with Special Reference to Korea) Research Associate Pat Chuchryk 1992-1993 University of Letheridge, Letheridge, Canada Sociology Democratization, Social Change and Women's Movements in Chile Research Associate Lindsey Churchill 2010-2011 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL History Imagining the Tupamaros: Resistance and Gender in Uruguayan and U.S. Revolutionary Movements, 1960s-1980 Research Associate Alev Cinar 2001-2002 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey Political Science Forging Images of Women, Building a Nation: From Islam to Secularism in Turkey Ford Associate Susan Clarke 1996-1997 Quinnipiac College Education Mid-life Women High School Teachers: Models of Transition for Adolescent Students Community Associate Mary Ellen Cohane 2009-2010 Massachusetts College of the Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA English/Communications Eleanor Roosevelt, Jane Addams and the World Economic Conference of 1933 Research Associate Carol Cohn 1997-1998 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME Women's Studies and Sociology American National Security Thinking