Gender Studies

Elizabeth Carlson

Associate Professor of Art History

elizabeth.carlson@lawrence.edu

920-832-6646

I teach courses covering European Modern, Contemporary and American art, material culture, and theory. My scholarly publications look at the intersection between rising consumerism, new modes of visual display, and…

Ingrid V. Albrecht (she/her)

David and Julia Uihlein Professor of Ethics and Associate Professor of Philosophy

ingrid.v.albrecht@lawrence.edu

920-832-7088

Areas of Research and Teaching: Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality (Feminism, Love, and Friendship), Value Theory, and 19th Century Philosophy. Recent publication: "Rules of Disengagement: A Kantian…

Celia B. Barnes (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of English

celia.b.barnes@lawrence.edu

920-832-6694

I teach courses in Restoration and eighteenth-century British literature. When I'm not geeking out on all things eighteenth-century, I love to cook–and I've been known to watch marathons of true-crime…

Elizabeth Carlson

Associate Professor of Art History

elizabeth.carlson@lawrence.edu

920-832-6646

I teach courses covering European Modern, Contemporary and American art, material culture, and theory. My scholarly publications look at the intersection between rising consumerism, new modes of visual display, and…

Paul M. Cohen

Professor Emeritus of History

paul.m.cohen@lawrence.edu

920-832-7484

Who am I?I'm a retired professor of modern European history with a special interest in the history of ideas and in how film relates to history. I taught at Lawrence…

Sigma Colon (she/her)

Assistant Professor of Environmental and Ethnic Studies

sigma.colon@lawrence.edu

Sigma Colón holds a joint appointment in Environmental Studies and Ethnic Studies. She has a PhD in American Studies from Yale University and an MA in History and BA in…

Carla Daughtry (She/Her/Hers)

Associate Professor of Anthropology

carla.daughtry@lawrence.edu

920-832-7176

As a cultural anthropologist, I teach and research Middle East and North African societies; migration, immigration and globalization; race, ethnicity and gender across cultures; anthropology of food and food justice…

Learned M Foote (he/him)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

learned.m.foote@lawrence.edu

I teach courses in Religious Studies and Gender Studies. My research centers on early twentieth-century Tibetan Buddhist life writing, with a focus on the religious teacher Adzom Drukpa (1842-1924). My…

Alison C. Guenther-Pal (she//sie)

Associate Professor of German

alison.c.guenther-pal@lawrence.edu

920-832-6670

Alison Guenther-Pal is chair of German Studies and affiliated faculty in Film Studies and Gender Studies. Like the students at Lawrence University, she is "multi-interested," but her main topics of…

Victoria Kononova (she/her; она/её)

Associate Professor of Russian

victoria.kononova@lawrence.edu

920-832-6905

My specialty is nineteenth-century Russian literature and theater. I love digging into such staples of Russian literature as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Gogol, and Chekhov. I also teach advanced Russian language…

Julie McQuinn (she/her/hers)

Professor of Music

julie.mcquinn@lawrence.edu

I teach courses on Claude Debussy, opera, film music, music and gender, music and memory, music and the fairy tale, and music and disability.  My teaching converges with my research…

Kathy Privatt (She/Her/Hers)

James G. and Ethel M. Barber Professor of Theatre and Drama and Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

kathy.privatt@lawrence.edu

920-832-7248

I am joyfully making theatre at Lawrence by teaching acting, theatre literature and history, and directing departmental productions.  A certified Alexander Movement Technique (AT) teacher, I also teach AT workshops…

Marcy Quiason (She/her)

Assistant Professor of Gender Studies

marcy.quiason@lawrence.edu

920-832-6914

Marcy Quiason, Ph.D. (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at Lawrence University. Marcy’s research focuses on the ways that universities, NGOs, and non-profit organizations negotiate political and economic…

Monica Rico (she/her)

Robert S. French Professor of American Studies and Professor of History

monica.rico@lawrence.edu

920-832-6725

Monica Rico specializes in the history of early and nineteenth-century America. Her interests include transatlantic history, the American West, gender and environmental history. She is the author of Nature’s Noblemen:…

Jesus G. Smith (He, Him, His)

Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies

jesus.g.smith@lawrence.edu

920-832-7399

Jesús Gregorio Smith is an Associate Professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Program as well as an Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Andrew W. Mellon Fellow. He received…

Brigid E. Vance (she, her, hers)

Associate Professor of History

brigid.e.vance@lawrence.edu

920-832-7482

Brigid E. Vance's research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of dreams and dream divination in late Ming China. She also has research and teaching interests in early modern…

Angela M. Vanden Elzen (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor and Reference and Learning Technologies Librarian

angela.vandenelzen@lawrence.edu

920-832-6700

Contact Angela with questions about: The Lawrence University Makerspace, reference assistance, game studies courses and research, library website, social mediaAcademic Interests: Game culture studies, especially related to gender, identity, and families,…

Petra Watzke (she, her, sie)

Assistant Professor of German Studies

petra.watzke@lawrence.edu

920-832-7186

Petra Watzke enjoys teaching classes at all levels of the curriculum, always with a focus on equity and social justice. Her research interests are twofold. She examines the representation of…