For all inquires about the Women and Gender Studies program, please contact director, Dr. Rachel Bailey Jones.
Dr. Rachel Bailey Jones
Director - Women & Gender Studies
rjones3@naz.edu
585-389-5139
GAC - 293
Christine M. Bochen
Professor - Religious Studies
cbochen4@naz.edu
585-389-2728
GAC - 309
Learn More about Christine Bochen
Education: BA, D'Youville College; MA and Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
Teaching Areas: Women and Christianity, Contemporary Catholicism, Christology, Christian Spirituality, Spiritual Autobiography, Death, World Religions
Publications: letters and journals of Thomas Merton; Thomas Merton: The Essential Writings (Orbis, 2000)
Current Research: Thomas Merton
Teaching Areas: Women and Christianity, Contemporary Catholicism, Christology, Christian Spirituality, Spiritual Autobiography, Death, World Religions
Publications: letters and journals of Thomas Merton; Thomas Merton: The Essential Writings (Orbis, 2000)
Current Research: Thomas Merton
Mary Ann F. Bush
Professor - Psychology
mbush4@naz.edu
585-389-2743
Psychology Center
Learn More about MaryAnn Bush
Education:BS, M.S. Bradley University; Ph.D., University of Illinois
Teaching Areas:Psychology of Women, Physiological Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Sport Psychology
Current Research:issues of empowerment, self-esteem and self-efficacy in female athletes; the sexual victimization of college women
Teaching Areas:Psychology of Women, Physiological Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Sport Psychology
Current Research:issues of empowerment, self-esteem and self-efficacy in female athletes; the sexual victimization of college women
Jennifer S. Burr
Associate Professor - Wilmot Library
jburr0@naz.edu
585-389-2133
Library
Learn More about Jennifer Burr
Education: BA in American Studies, Nazareth College; M.L.S., School of Information and Library Science, SUNY Buffalo; MA in International Relations, Maxwell School, Syracuse
Teaching Areas: Instructor for the Library, Freshman Seminar; Women and Censorship
Publications:"Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries", College and Research Libraries News, November 1999 issue.
Teaching Areas: Instructor for the Library, Freshman Seminar; Women and Censorship
Publications:"Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries", College and Research Libraries News, November 1999 issue.
Candide Carrasco
Professor - Foreign Language
ccarras8@naz.edu
585-389-2675
GAC - 389
Learn More about Candide Carrasco
Education: BA, University of Bordeaux; MA, Universite Paul Valery; Ph.D. in Contemporary French Theatre with a minor in Contemporary Latin American Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Teaching Areas: French and Literature
Publications: articles on Central American women writers; writing a book on Zoë Valdez
Research Interests: Hispanic and Latino writers and marginalized literature
Other Information: accomplished playwright
Teaching Areas: French and Literature
Publications: articles on Central American women writers; writing a book on Zoë Valdez
Research Interests: Hispanic and Latino writers and marginalized literature
Other Information: accomplished playwright
Christina Carrasco
Assistant Professor - Foreign Language
ccarras5@naz.edu
585-389-5146
GAC - 390
Hilda Chacón
Associate Professor - Foreign Language
hchacon6@naz.edu
585-389-2687
GAC - 383
Learn More about Hilda Chacon
Education: BA, University of Costa Rica; MA and PhD, The Ohio State University
Teaching Areas: Contemporary Literature and Culture of Latin America; Women Writing in the Margins of the Globalization Process; Feminist Theory (FLLD, Women's Studies Program and Honors Program)
Publications:Political Cartoons in Cyberspace: Rearticulating Mexican and US Cultural Identity in the Global Era (Book Chapter). Through and Other's Eyes: Mexico Reading the United States. Vanderbilt UP, 2008 (in print); "Testimonial Narrative As A Form Of Literary Journalism: A Collage Proposal With Students." Speaking desde las heridas. Transborder/ transfronterizo Cibertestimonio Writings (septiembre 11, 2001-marzo 11, 2006). Compiled and Edited by Claire Joysmith.
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas de América del Norte (CISAN)/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and Whittier College, California, publishers. Mexico: 2008 (in print, forthcoming); "Elena Garro: 'cabra loca', 'bocona', apropiadora de palabras" [Elena Garro: 'Crazy Goat', 'Big Mouth': Reappropriating Words]. Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea (RLMC), 2007 Year XIII, Number 35, vol. 14. El Paso, TX: University of Texas at El Paso. [ISSN: 14052687]
Current Research: Co-editor of "Antología de testimonios centroamericanos" [Anthology of Testimonial Narratives from Central America], with Dr. Elizabeth Coonrod-Martínez, Chair of Chicano and Latino Studies Department, Sonoma State University, CA; Co-author of "Movimiento social y género en la guerra más cruenta de América Latina en Guatemala [Social Movements and Gender Issues in the Cruelest War of Latin America in Guatemala]".
Teaching Areas: Contemporary Literature and Culture of Latin America; Women Writing in the Margins of the Globalization Process; Feminist Theory (FLLD, Women's Studies Program and Honors Program)
Publications:Political Cartoons in Cyberspace: Rearticulating Mexican and US Cultural Identity in the Global Era (Book Chapter). Through and Other's Eyes: Mexico Reading the United States. Vanderbilt UP, 2008 (in print); "Testimonial Narrative As A Form Of Literary Journalism: A Collage Proposal With Students." Speaking desde las heridas. Transborder/ transfronterizo Cibertestimonio Writings (septiembre 11, 2001-marzo 11, 2006). Compiled and Edited by Claire Joysmith.
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas de América del Norte (CISAN)/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and Whittier College, California, publishers. Mexico: 2008 (in print, forthcoming); "Elena Garro: 'cabra loca', 'bocona', apropiadora de palabras" [Elena Garro: 'Crazy Goat', 'Big Mouth': Reappropriating Words]. Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea (RLMC), 2007 Year XIII, Number 35, vol. 14. El Paso, TX: University of Texas at El Paso. [ISSN: 14052687]
Current Research: Co-editor of "Antología de testimonios centroamericanos" [Anthology of Testimonial Narratives from Central America], with Dr. Elizabeth Coonrod-Martínez, Chair of Chicano and Latino Studies Department, Sonoma State University, CA; Co-author of "Movimiento social y género en la guerra más cruenta de América Latina en Guatemala [Social Movements and Gender Issues in the Cruelest War of Latin America in Guatemala]".
Leanne Charlesworth
Associate Professor - Social Work
lcharle8@naz.edu
585-389-2755
Smyth - 363A
Clare Counihan
Assistant Professor - English
ccounih9@naz.edu
585-389-5141
GAC - 492
Lynn Duggan
Professor - Art
lduggan1@naz.edu
585-389-2536
Arts Center - 156
Learn More about Lynn Duggan
Education: BA, Purdue University; M.F.A., Washington University
Teaching Areas: Jewelry/Metalsmithing, Design, Women in Art
Professional Activities: exhibition at regional, state, and national galleries and museums; NYFA awards 1989-90 and 2001-02;teaching at University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy, Summers 2002 and 2004
Current Research: visual iconography of the female body as it reflects cultural ideologies
Teaching Areas: Jewelry/Metalsmithing, Design, Women in Art
Professional Activities: exhibition at regional, state, and national galleries and museums; NYFA awards 1989-90 and 2001-02;teaching at University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy, Summers 2002 and 2004
Current Research: visual iconography of the female body as it reflects cultural ideologies
Carlnita Greene
Assistant Professor - English
cgreene4@naz.edu
585-389-2440
GAC - 491
Marion A. Hoctor, SSJ, Ph.D.
Professor - English
mhoctor5@naz.edu
585-389-2638
GAC - 381
Learn More about Marion Hoctor
Education: MA and Ph.D. in English, Cornell University; M. Litt., Oxford University, England
Teaching Areas: Chaucer and medieval literature, 19th century British literature (Romantic and Victorian periods), Greek drama, English Novel (18th and 19th centuries), Survey of British Literature I and II
Publications: Matthew Arnold's Essays in Criticism: First Series, University of Chicago Press; A Book of Drama I and A Book of Drama II: Perspectives in Literature Series, Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich
Current Research: images of women in the English novel; George Eliot, John Stuart Mill and Victorian feminism;19th century women writers
Teaching Areas: Chaucer and medieval literature, 19th century British literature (Romantic and Victorian periods), Greek drama, English Novel (18th and 19th centuries), Survey of British Literature I and II
Publications: Matthew Arnold's Essays in Criticism: First Series, University of Chicago Press; A Book of Drama I and A Book of Drama II: Perspectives in Literature Series, Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich
Current Research: images of women in the English novel; George Eliot, John Stuart Mill and Victorian feminism;19th century women writers
Sekile Nzinga-Johnson
snzinga3@naz.edu
585-389-2739
Psychology Center
Learn More about Sekile Nzinga-Johnson
Education:BS in Social Work, Morgan State University; Master of Social Work (MSW), Ohio State University; PhD in Human Development, University of Maryland
Teaching Areas: Introduction to Women & Gender Studies, Abnormal Psychology, Women, Gender & Psychology, Feminist Praxis
Publications: Nzinga-Johnson, S. & Craddock, K. (forthcoming). Laboring On: Theory, Testimony &
Transgression of Black Mothering in Academia. Toronto: Demeter Press; Nzinga-Johnson, S., Aupperlee, J. & Baker, J. Racial and Socioeconomic Dynamics in the Perceived Quality of Parent-Teacher Relationships, The Elementary School Journal, 110, 81-91; Metzger, J., Charlesworth, L., Nzinga-Johnson, S. & Campbell, V. Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom: The Baber AME Church and Nazareth College Partnership.
Forthcoming article in the 2006 New York Chapter of Social Work Educators Conference Proceedings; Jones Harden, B. & Nzinga-Johnson, S. (2006). Young, wounded and Black: The maltreatment of African American children in the early years. In R. Hampton & T. Gullotta. Prevention and Treatment of Interpersonal Violence Within the African American Community. Netherlands: Springer Publishing; Nzinga-Johnson, S. & Jones Harden, B. "Missing Links: The Role of Cultural Factors in African American Mothers Parenting Processes and Infant Social-Emotional Functioning" research article under revision for resubmission.
Current Research: African American Women in Higher Education, Mothering, Social and Emotional Functioning of Young Children,School/-Parent Relationships, Minority Family Processes, Family Resiliency, Family-School-Community Partnerships, and University-Community Partnerships.
Teaching Areas: Introduction to Women & Gender Studies, Abnormal Psychology, Women, Gender & Psychology, Feminist Praxis
Publications: Nzinga-Johnson, S. & Craddock, K. (forthcoming). Laboring On: Theory, Testimony &
Transgression of Black Mothering in Academia. Toronto: Demeter Press; Nzinga-Johnson, S., Aupperlee, J. & Baker, J. Racial and Socioeconomic Dynamics in the Perceived Quality of Parent-Teacher Relationships, The Elementary School Journal, 110, 81-91; Metzger, J., Charlesworth, L., Nzinga-Johnson, S. & Campbell, V. Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom: The Baber AME Church and Nazareth College Partnership.
Forthcoming article in the 2006 New York Chapter of Social Work Educators Conference Proceedings; Jones Harden, B. & Nzinga-Johnson, S. (2006). Young, wounded and Black: The maltreatment of African American children in the early years. In R. Hampton & T. Gullotta. Prevention and Treatment of Interpersonal Violence Within the African American Community. Netherlands: Springer Publishing; Nzinga-Johnson, S. & Jones Harden, B. "Missing Links: The Role of Cultural Factors in African American Mothers Parenting Processes and Infant Social-Emotional Functioning" research article under revision for resubmission.
Current Research: African American Women in Higher Education, Mothering, Social and Emotional Functioning of Young Children,School/-Parent Relationships, Minority Family Processes, Family Resiliency, Family-School-Community Partnerships, and University-Community Partnerships.
Timothy W. Kneeland
Associate Professor - History
tkneela8@naz.edu
585-389-2649
GAC - 454
Learn More about Timothy Kneeland
Education: BA& MA, SUNY Buffalo; MA& Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Teaching Areas: American history and politics, history of American psychiatry, History of Science
Publications: Pushbutton Psychiatry: A History of Electroshock with Carol Warren; numerous book reviews and encyclopedia articles
Current Research: how Presidents of the United States used radio to develop and maintain political power
Teaching Areas: American history and politics, history of American psychiatry, History of Science
Publications: Pushbutton Psychiatry: A History of Electroshock with Carol Warren; numerous book reviews and encyclopedia articles
Current Research: how Presidents of the United States used radio to develop and maintain political power
Lindsay R. Korth
Professor - Theatre Arts
lkorth3@naz.edu
585-389-2780
Arts Center - 20
Learn More about Lindsay Korth
Director of the Arts Center
Education: BA, Mount Holyoke College; M.F.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Teaching Areas: acting and directing; performance art
Professional Work: acting and directing
Other Information: kinesthetic learning - in all aspects of the life of the body as it intersects with the energy exchange between the actors, the text, and the audience
Education: BA, Mount Holyoke College; M.F.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Teaching Areas: acting and directing; performance art
Professional Work: acting and directing
Other Information: kinesthetic learning - in all aspects of the life of the body as it intersects with the energy exchange between the actors, the text, and the audience
Mark J. Madigan
Professor - English
mmadiga2@naz.edu
585-389-2643
GAC - 479
Learn More about Mark Madigan
Education: BA, St. Michael's College, Vermont; MA, University of Vermont; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Teaching Areas: American literature, African-American literature, composition
Publications: American and African-American literature
Teaching Areas: American literature, African-American literature, composition
Publications: American and African-American literature
Mireille Le Breton
Assistant Professor - Foreign Language
mlebret5@naz.edu
585-389-2685
GAC - 391
Adrielle A. Mitchell
Associate Professor - English
amitche2@naz.edu
585-389-2640
GAC - 487
Learn more about Adrielle Mitchell
Education: B.A., Hunter College, City University of NY; M.A. and Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Teaching Areas: women’s studies, gender studies, feminist theory, English
Publications: modern poetry and poetics, psychoanalytic criticism, English education, feminist theory and modernism/experimental literature
Teaching Areas: women’s studies, gender studies, feminist theory, English
Publications: modern poetry and poetics, psychoanalytic criticism, English education, feminist theory and modernism/experimental literature
Heidi M. Northwood
Professor - Philosophy
hnorthw6@naz.edu
585-389-2722
GAC - 481
Learn More about Heidi Northwood
Education: BA,University of Western Ontario; MA, University of Western Ontario; Ph.D., University of Alberta
Teaching Areas: History of ancient Greek philosophy and science; philosophy of art; philosophy of science; feminist philosophy
Teaching Areas: History of ancient Greek philosophy and science; philosophy of art; philosophy of science; feminist philosophy
Susan Nowak
Professor - Religious Studies
snowak8@naz.edu
585-389-2731
GAC - 303
Learn More about Susan Nowak
Education: BA Nazareth College of Rochester. MA, Religious Studies, Temple University; Ph.D., Religion with certificate in Women's Studies, Syracuse University
Teaching Areas: Holocaust studies; liberation thought; peace & justice; evil and suffering; Islam; world religions
Publications: women and the holocaust; post-Auschwitz Jewish/Christian relations; Jewish feminist theologies in North America
Teaching Areas: Holocaust studies; liberation thought; peace & justice; evil and suffering; Islam; world religions
Publications: women and the holocaust; post-Auschwitz Jewish/Christian relations; Jewish feminist theologies in North America
David Page
Professor - Psychology
dpage2@naz.edu
585-389-2740
Psychology Center
Learn More about David Page
Education: BA, Framingham State College, MA; MS Framingham State College; Ph.D. Tulane University, LA
Teaching Areas: Social and Developmental Psychology with an emphasis on the connections between theory, research, and application in these areas; Statistics and Experimental Design
Research Interests: social cognition: how our understanding of others and ourselves is related to social interaction; how attitudes and attributions mediate reactions to victims and to those who deviate from social conventions
Teaching Areas: Social and Developmental Psychology with an emphasis on the connections between theory, research, and application in these areas; Statistics and Experimental Design
Research Interests: social cognition: how our understanding of others and ourselves is related to social interaction; how attitudes and attributions mediate reactions to victims and to those who deviate from social conventions
Olena Prokopovych
Assistant Professor - Political Science
oprokop5@naz.edu
585-389-2495
GAC - 458
Yamuna Sangarasivam
Assistant Professor - Anthropology
ysangar7@naz.edu
585-389-2746
GAC - 308
Joseph M. Viera
Professor - English
jviera1@naz.edu
585-389-2642
GAC - 496A
Learn More about Joseph Viera
Education: BA, Florida Atlantic University; MA& Ph.D., The Florida State University
Teaching Areas: American and Latino/a literatures: the novel, the short story,
personal narratives, poetry, and drama
Publications: US Latino/a literatures, particularly Cuban American fiction, with a focus on the intersection of gender, race, politics, and culture in the construction and performance of identity; "Exile Among Exiles: Cristina Garcia" in Poets & Writers, and "Matriarchy and Mayhem: Awakenings in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban" in The Americas Review
Teaching Areas: American and Latino/a literatures: the novel, the short story,
personal narratives, poetry, and drama
Publications: US Latino/a literatures, particularly Cuban American fiction, with a focus on the intersection of gender, race, politics, and culture in the construction and performance of identity; "Exile Among Exiles: Cristina Garcia" in Poets & Writers, and "Matriarchy and Mayhem: Awakenings in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban" in The Americas Review
Pamela A. Viggiani
Assistant Professor - Social Work
pviggia6@naz.edu
585-389-2756
Smyth - 381D
Lear More about Pamela Viggiani
Education: M.S.W.; Ph.D.; C.S.W
Teaching Areas: Social Welfare Policy, Diversity, Advocacy, Social Welfare Research
Publications: Viggiani, P.A., Reid, W.J., Bailey-Dempsey, C. Social worker – teacher collaboration in the classroom: Help for elementary students at risk of failure. Research in Social Work Practice, September 2002; Viggiani, P.A., Hutchinson, E, Charlesworth, L., Fromm Faria, D. Utilization of contemporary literature in human behavior and social justice course work. Social Work and Education, 2002
Current Research: the role of social work education in training workers for employment in the public child welfare sector; the use of literature and web-based course software in enriching the social work curriculum
Other Information: Project Director and Evaluator for Nazareth College on a 5 year 375,000 dollar federal grant entitled Public Child Welfare Education Partnership (PCWEP). This grant was awarded to Nazareth College Social Work Department (including GRC), SUNY Brockport Social Work Department, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Monroe County Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services
Teaching Areas: Social Welfare Policy, Diversity, Advocacy, Social Welfare Research
Publications: Viggiani, P.A., Reid, W.J., Bailey-Dempsey, C. Social worker – teacher collaboration in the classroom: Help for elementary students at risk of failure. Research in Social Work Practice, September 2002; Viggiani, P.A., Hutchinson, E, Charlesworth, L., Fromm Faria, D. Utilization of contemporary literature in human behavior and social justice course work. Social Work and Education, 2002
Current Research: the role of social work education in training workers for employment in the public child welfare sector; the use of literature and web-based course software in enriching the social work curriculum
Other Information: Project Director and Evaluator for Nazareth College on a 5 year 375,000 dollar federal grant entitled Public Child Welfare Education Partnership (PCWEP). This grant was awarded to Nazareth College Social Work Department (including GRC), SUNY Brockport Social Work Department, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Monroe County Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services
Marie Watkins
Professor - Social Work
mwatkin2@naz.edu
585-389-2748
GAC - 125
Lili Zhang
Assistant Professor - Religious Studies
lzhang2@naz.edu
585-389-2734
GAC - 360
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