Ph.D. Students

Current Ph.D. Students  

Lindsey Bartgis
Sheila Bustillos-Reynolds                    
Jessica Camp                       
Lauren Cross
Allison Davis
Angela Johnson-Fisher  
Audrey Lundahl
Jennifer Martin
Reanae McNeal
Kimberly Merenda
April Michels
Marcy Paul
Lindsay Robertson
Jennifer Roland
Susan Schmitt
Jessica Spain Sadr
Michelle Slaughter
Pamela White
Todd Winkler                                                            

Lindsey Bartgis

Lindsey Bartgis has her master's in Clinical Psychology from Roosevelt University. Her interests revolve around Rape Myths and Sexual Assault in the LGBTQ Community; Reproductive Justice Activism in Rural or Conservative Areas; Feminist Counseling; and Birthing Rights. She was on the Associate Board for the largest LGBTQ community center in Chicago and is a co-founder of Oklahomans for Reproductive Justice (OK4RJ). 

Sheila Bustillos-Reynolds

Sheila Bustillos-Reynolds has a MEd in Counseling and Guidance with an Emphasis in Higher Education Administration from Texas State University-San Marcos.  Her research interests include Feminist/Womanist/Indigenous epistemologies, Humor as a Tool for Social Change, Chicana Theories, and Speculative Realist or Materialist Views of Ethical/Moral Student Development Theories.

Jessica Camp

Jessica holds an M.A. in Women's Studies from Texas Woman's University.  Jessica's research interests include Gloria E. Anzaldúa; Archival Research, Feminist Pedagogies; Multimodal and Online Education; Essential Motherhood; Motherhood and Disability; and Composition Studies.

Lauren Cross

Lauren holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University.  Lauren's research interests are African-American Women Artists; Representations of Black Women in American History; Black Women in Film; Colorism; African-American Quilt Traditions;  Womanist New Media Praxis; Womanist Film; Black Feminist Theory; Visual Sociology; Women in Arts; Christian Spirituality among African-American Women;  and East Texas African-American Women 

Allison Davis

Allison holds an M.A. in Women's Studies from Texas Woman's University and is currently completing an M.S. in Counseling and Development.  Her research interests include Restorative Justice; Victim “Offender” Mediation; Trauma Counseling; and Womanist / Multicultural Feminist Counseling Interventions.

 

Angela Johnson-Fisher

Angela holds an M.A. in Women's Studies from Texas Woman's University.  Her research interests are the Bodies of Knowledge and the Links Between Social Theory and Comparative Historical Research.

 

Audrey Lundahl

Audrey received her MA from Colorado State University in English Rhetoric. Her research interests include pop culture studies, especially 1950s and 60s pop culture; speculative realisms; Womanist theories; spiritual activism; and social justice pedagogies.

 

Jennifer Martin

Jennifer obtained a Master's degree in Communication from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. Her research interests are in the representation of women in popular culture, feminist/womanist pedagogies, and the classroom as activist space. 

 

Reanae McNeal

Reanae has her M.A. in Women’s Studies from Texas Woman’s University. Her research interests include White Settler Colonialism; Global/U.S. Women of Colors; Womanist/Feminist/Indigenous theorizing; Liberationist Epistemologies; African-Native Studies; African-American and Indigenous Liberation Movements; Multicultural Transformative Pedagogies; Women of Colors and Violence; Womanist Theology; Indigenous/Tribal Theology; Racial Genocide; Black Womanist/Feminist/Indigenous Global Thought; and The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers.

Kimberly Merenda

Kimberly Merenda holds a master's degree in Women's Studies from Texas Woman's University. Kimberly's research interests include Critical Class Studies, Nonhuman Animal Ethics, Social and Environmental Justice, Neo Indigeneity, and dystopian fiction.

April Michels

April holds an M.A. in English Literature from Duquesne University where she also earned a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies.  Currently, April’s research interests include Feminist Reconstructions of Biblical and Cultural Archetypes of Femininity; the Historical Pathologizaton of Female Sexuality; the literary works of 19^th-20^th Century British and American Women Writers; Comparative Literature;  Chicana Feminism and re-interpretations of La Malinche, La Virgen de Guadalupe, and La Llorona; Immigration, Racializaton, and Citizenship; Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice.

Lindsay Robertson

Lindsay holds a M.A. in Women's Studies from The Ohio State University where she specialized in Visual and Narrative Cultures.  Her current research interests include Queer Science Studies; Ecofeminism and Queer Ecologies; Deployments of Animality in Popular Culture; Contemporary Political Theories; and Theories of Citizenship.

Jennifer Roland

Jennifer Roland earned a master’s degree of Social Work from Indiana University. Jennifer is passionate about using a transdisciplinary approach to transform social work practice and pedagogy. The Use of Womanist Theory in Social Work Practice; Womanist Theory in Social Work Pedagogy; Black Feminist Thought to Engage African American Mothers in Social Work Practice; and Global Perspectives on Mothering are a few of her interests. Her research agenda combines women’s studies with the substantive areas of Overrepresentation of African American Children in the Child Welfare System; Restorative Justice in K-12 Public Schools; and Spiritual/Sacred Activism Among Social Work Professionals.

Jessica Spain Sadr

Jessica holds an M.A. in Women’s Studies from San Diego State University. Jessica’s research interests include Pedagogies; Transnational Feminist Theory; Critical Race and Class Studies; Anarcha-Feminism; Social Justice Movement and Activism.

Susan Schmitt

Susan holds an M.A. in Criminal Justice from Washington State University. Their academic and research interests include Law and Corrections; Labor and Labor Activism; Sex Work; Sex Worker Activism; Contemporary Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts; Sexualities and Gender Identities; Masculinities; Teaching and Feminist Pedagogies.

  

 

Michelle Slaughter

Michelle holds an M.A. in Instruction from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.  Her research interests include Representations of Black Women in Sports; Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls in the U.S.; Critical Race Feminism; Women of the Harlem Renaissance; Black Girls in the U.S.; Politics of Beauty; and Homes for Working Girls.

 

Pamela White

Pamela holds an M.A. in Government from Texas Woman's University.  Pamela's research interests include making connections amongst Spiritual Activism, Indigenous Theories, New Materialism' and Object-Oriented Philosophy and applying these connections to political issues such as Natural Gas Drilling and Food Justice.

Todd Winkler

Todd holds an M.Ed in Education Administration from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas and an MDiv in Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.  Todd's research interests include Epistemological/Ontological Theory; Religion; Masculinities; and Education Theory.