Visiting Scholars

2020-2021

S. Behnaz Hosseini, PhD, Oriental Studies, University of Vienna, Austria. Dr. Hosseini is a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion & Society, University of Victoria in Canada.

2019-2020

Gonzalo Vitón García, PhD Candidate, Modern and Contemporary History, Autonomous University of Madrid

Isadora J. Wagner, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Philosophy, United States Military Academy, West Point

2018-2019

Ann Fink, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Shashi Goel, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India

Roudabeh Kishi, University of Sussex, England

Teresa Langle de Paz, DEMOSPAZ Institute at Autónomous University of Madrid, Spain

2017-2018

Najia Hichmine, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdullah University, Morocco

Roudabeh Kishi, University of Sussex, England

Teresa Langle de Paz, DEMOSPAZ Institute at Autónomous University of Madrid, Spain

Stephanie Rytilahti, Duke University, North Carolina

2016-2017

Paulina Garcia Del Moral, University of Toronto, Canada

Najia Hichmine, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdullah University, Morocco

Roudabeh Kishi, University of Sussex, England

Teresa Langle de Paz, DEMOSPAZ Institute at Autónomous University of Madrid, Spain

Hallie Lieberman, Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania

Stephanie Rytilahti, Duke University, North Carolina

Arja Turunen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

2014-2015

Ning Chen, Nankai University, China

2013-2014

Ellen Mortensen, University of Bergen, Norway

Spring 2013

Na Yang, Zhejiang University, China

Fall 2012

Djanabou Bakary,University of Maroua, Cameroon

Stanlie James, Arizona State University

Silke Roth, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Summer 2012

Sule Toktas, Kadir Has University, Turkey

2011-2012

Georgina Denton, Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Leeds, England

Summer 2011

Kristy Kelly, INTERACT Fellow, Columbia University, New York, New York

Heta Pyrhönen, Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland

2010-2011

Hilde Jakobsen, Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Bergen, Norway

Hongmei Shi, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of Politics, Education Department, The School of Public Affairs, Xiamen University, Fujian, China

2009-2010

Dörte Rompel, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Virginia Vargas, independent scholar, Peru (also Tinker Fellow)

Flavia Agnes, Majlis, Mumbai, India (also Distinguished International Visiting Scholar)

2008-2009

Shelly Grabe, independent scholar, (Currently with Department of Psychology, University of Santa Cruz)

Anna Rogers, Sociology, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

2007-2008

Shelly Grabe, independent scholar, (Currently with Department of Psychology, University of Santa Cruz)

Patricia Melgar, Centre of Research in Theories and Practices that Overcome Inequalities, University of Barcelona, Spain

Georgia Duerst-Lahti, Department of Political Science, Beloit College, Wisconsin

Fiona Philip, Gender Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Julia Downes, Gender Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

2006-2007

Susanne Tönsmann, Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany

Diana Højlund Madsen, Department of Society and Globalization Roskilde University, Denmark

Georgia Duerst-Lahti, Department of Political Science, Beloit College, Wisconsin

Shelly Grabe, independent scholar, (Currently with Department of Psychology, University of Santa Cruz)

Louise Root-Robbins, independent scholar (Currently with Division of International Studies, UW-Madison)

2005-2006

Mariolina Grazioso, Professor of Sociology, University of Milan, Italy

Ann Rudinow Saetnan, Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Technology
Management, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Stefanie K. Halverson, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Rice University

Louise Root-Robbins, independent scholar (Currently with Division of International Studies, UW-Madison)

Joyce Bayande Endeley, Associate Professor, Agriculture Extension and Gender Studies, Chair of the Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Buea, Cameroon

2004-2005

Mariolina Grazioso, Professor of Sociology, University of Milan, Italy

Catherine Orr, Associate Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Beloit College, Wisconsin

2003-2004

Karen McLaughlin, independent scholar, Veteran New York actress with a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University

Hema Nair, Lecturer, Department of English, N.S.S. College for Women, Poojappura, India, Fulbright Scholar; Literary Women of Kerala, India

Audrey Sprenger, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Denver, Colorado

2002-2003

Janet B. Parks, School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies, Bowling Green State University

Fatou Diop, lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Université Gaston Berger in Saint Louis, Sénégal

Ayesha Imam, Nigerian activist and scholar working on issues pertaining to women’s rights in Nigeria and Africa more generally, Baobab, Women Living Under Muslim Law

Marjorie Mbilinyi, Professor, Department of Education, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Gail Omvedt, independent scholar, Kasegaon District Sangli, India

Elif Gozdasoglu, Department of Political Science, Bilkent University

2001-2002

Darunee Tantiwiramanond, Professor and Director of the Women’s Action and Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand

Kathleen Bubinas, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

E. Nicole Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Diane Turner, Women and Poverty Public Education Initiative, Madison

2000-2001

Sylvia Tamale, senior lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda

Gloria Bonder, Director of PRIGEPP, Gender, Society and Policies section of the Latin American Post Graduate Institute of Social Sciences (FLACSO) (also Tinker Fellow)

Alice Mungwa, Senior Political Affairs Officer of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Karen Jankowsky, independent scholar

Diane Michelski Turner, Women and Poverty Public Education Initiative, Madison