Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

Core faculty are appointed 100% in GWS and their teaching, mentoring, research, educational credentials, and service are chiefly in GWS.

• Annu Daftuar, Assistant Professor of Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
• Emily Lutenski - Professor and Director of Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
• Kelly Sharron - Lecturer in Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

Standing faculty are appointed in other departments and programs but have educational credentials, research interests, and teaching interests in GWS. They may teach GWS courses or GWS-related courses in their own fields. They often serve on GWS committees.

• Heather Ondercin - Professor and Curriculum Coordinator of Political Science, Department of Government and Justice Studies

Affiliated faculty are appointed in other departments and programs but have research and teaching interests in GWS. They may have educational credentials in GWS, teach GWS courses, or teach GWS-related courses in their own fields. They, at times, serve on GWS committees.

• Katie Adams - Senior Lecturer, Department of English
• Lorraine Affourtit - Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Art
• Mary Ballard - Professor, Department of Psychology 
• Edward Behrend-Martínez - Professor, Department of History
• Jessie Blackburn - Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, Department of English
• Ruth Carmi - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
• Beth Carroll - Professor, University College and Director, Writing Across the Curriculum and the University Writing Center
• Victoria Cox - Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
• Jeanne Dubino - Professor of Global Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
• Michael Eng - Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Religion
• Allison Fredette - Associate Professor of History Education, Department of History
• Darci L. Gardner - Associate Professor of French, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and Director, High Country Humanities
• Lynne M. Getz - Professor, Department of History
• Sandie Gravett - Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religion
• Sarah J. Greenwald - Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences
• Kristina Groover - Professor, Department of English
• Victoria Grube - Professor of Art Education, Department of Art 
• Alison Gulley - Professor and Honors Director, Department of English
• Davis Hankins - Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religion
• Amy Hudnall - Senior Lecturer, Department of History
• Alecia Jackson - Professor of Educational Research, Department of Leadership and Educational Studies 
• Ellen Key - Professor of Political Science, Department of Government and Justice Studies
• Kathryn Kirkpatrick - Professor, Department of English
• Ellen C. Lamont - Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
• Denise L. Levy - Professor, Department of Social Work
• Cameron Lippard - Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology
• Nancy Love - Professor of Political Science, Department of Government and Justice Studies
• Bethany Mannon - Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, Department of English
• Denise Martz - Professor, Department of Psychology
• Layne McDaniel - Senior Lecturer, Department of History
• María Patricia Ortiz - Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
• David L. Orvis - Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of English
• Amy Dellinger Page - Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Sociology
• Ann Pegelow Kaplan - Associate Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
• Elizabeth Perego - Assistant Professor, Department of History
• Maria Pramaggiore - Professor and Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
• Shawn Ricks - Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
• Curtis Ryan - Professor of Political Science, Department of Government and Justice Studies
• Renee Scherlen - Professor of Political Science, Department of Government and Justice Studies
• Anastacia Schulhoff - Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Sociology
• Reeves Schulstad - Professor of Musicology, Hayes School of Music
• Sunny Sinha - Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
• Neva J. Sprecht - Professor, Department of History and Acting Provost
• Susan C. Staub - Professor, Department of English
• Kyle Stevens - Associate Professor of Film Studies, Department of English 
• Melissa Stone - Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, Department of English
• Matthew Thomas-Reid - Associate Professor of Educational Foundations, Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
• Elizabeth Trudeau - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
• Belinda Walzer - Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, Department of English
• Jennifer Wilson - Professor, Department of English
• Michael T. Wilson - Professor, Department of English
• Valerie Wieskamp - Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Department of Communication

As an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field, GWS benefits from interest and involvement by faculty from across the university. While Core faculty are 100% appointed in GWS and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, GWS offers opportunities for faculty from across the university to formalize their involvement with the program by becoming Affiliated or Standing Faculty.

If you are a current member of the Appalachian faculty and would like to deepen your involvement with GWS, you can familiarize yourself with our program's policies and contact the GWS Director, Emily Lutenski (lutenskies@appstate.edu), for more details.

Affiliated and Standing Faculty appointments are for five-year, renewable terms. Application materials (a letter outlining qualifications and an updated CV) are accepted November 15 for terms beginning in the Spring, and April 15 for terms beginning in the Fall. They are reviewed by the GWS Director and the GWS Steering Committee.