Ms. Committee of Scholars

When Feminist Majority Foundation began publishing Ms. in 2001, it established the Committee of Scholars to serve as a bridge between the magazine and the field of women’s studies. Today, a diverse group of feminist scholars spanning disciplines form the Committee, using their knowledge of new research and theories to help shape the stories told in Ms. and its strategic vision.

Co-Chairs

Carrie N. Baker, J.D., Ph.D.
Sylvia Dlugasch Bauman Professor and Chair
Program for the Study of Women and Gender
Smith College

Janell Hobson, Ph.D.
Professor, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
University at Albany, SUNY

Chair Emerita

Bonnie Thornton Dill, Ph.D.
Dean Emerita, College of Arts and Humanities
Professor, Harriet Tubman Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
University of Maryland, College Park
Former President, NWSA

Committee Members

Emily Bent, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies Department
Pace University

Michele Tracy Berger, Ph.D.
Director, Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities
Case Western Reserve University

Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor
Distinguished Professor of Sociology
University of Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Audrey Bilger, Ph.D.
President, Reed College

Nohelia Canales, M.S.
Professor, Life Sciences
East Los Angeles College

Jennifer Cognard-Black, Ph.D.
Professor, English
St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Brittney Cooper, Ph.D.
Professor
Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Africana Studies
Rutgers University

Irasema Coronado, Ph.D.
Director & Professor, School of Transborder Studies
Arizona State U

Clare M. Daniel, Ph.D.
Senior Professor of Practice & Director of Research
Newcomb Institute, Tulane University

Aviva Dove-Viebahn, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor
Film and Media Studies, Department of English
Arizona State University

Julie R. Enzer, Ph.D.
Publisher and Editor, Sinister Wisdom

Radhika Gajjala, Ph.D. 
Professor, School of Media and Communication
and American Culture Studies Program
Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio
Co-editor, ADA: Journal of Gender, New Media and Technology
cyberdiva.org

Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Ph.D.
Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy
Co-Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute
Georgetown Law
Executive Producer, Ms. Studios and Host, On the Issues With Michele Goodwin podcast

Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez, Ph.D.
Inaugural Executive Director, Mills Institute
Northeastern U, Oakland Campus

Kelly Finley, M.A.
Senior Lecturer & Undergraduate Advisor,
Women’s and Gender Studies, UNC Charlotte

Kryn Freehling-Burton, M.A.
Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, E-Campus
Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
School of Language, Culture, and Society
Oregon State University

Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D.
Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies
Chair, Comparative Women’s Studies
Director, Women’s Research and Resource Center
Spelman College

Yalda Hamidi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, MNSU

Ileana Jiménez
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of English
Stony Brook University

Valerie Ann Johnson, Ph.D.
Director, Infrastructure and Development,
North Carolina Justice Network

Karon Jolna, Ph.D.
Program Director and Editor, Ms. Classroom
www.msintheclassroom.com

Stacy K. Keltner, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of The Department for Interdisciplinary Studies
Kennesaw State U

L.S. Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Film and Digital Media
University of California, Santa Cruz

M. Bahati Kuumba, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Comparative Women’s Studies
Associate Director, Women’s Research and Resource Center
Spelman College

Lisa Yun Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art History and Gender and Women’s Studies, UIC
Director, National Public Housing Museum

Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, Ph.D.
Director & Professor, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Southern Connecticut State University

Layli Mayparyan, Ph.D.
Katherine Stone Kaufmann ’67 Executive Director,
Wellesley Centers for Women
Professor of Africana Studies
Wellesley College

Irma McClaurin, Ph.D.
McClaurin Solutions

Michelle McGibbney Vlahoulis, Ed.D.
Faculty Head and Senior Lecturer, Women and Gender Studies
School of Social Transformation
Arizona State University

Barbara Ransby, Ph.D.
Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, African-American Studies and History
Director of Gender & Women’s Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago

Loretta J. Ross
Associate Professor
Center for the Study of Women and Gender
Smith College

Stephanie Rytilahti, Ph. D.
Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Susan M. Shaw, Ph.D. 
Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Transitional Director of the School of Language, Culture, and Society
Oregon State University

Holly A. Smith
College Archivist
Women’s Research & Resource Center
Spelman College

Bonnie Stabile, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs
Director, Gender and Policy (GAP) Center
Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University

Carol Stabile, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
Robert D. Clark Honors College
University of Oregon
Editor, The Fembot Collective

Karla J. Strand, Ph.D.
GWS Librarian, University of Wisconsin System

Nayereh Tohidi, Ph.D. 
Professor Emerita
Gender and Women’s Studies Department
California State University, Northridge

Patricia Trujillo, Ph.D.
Deputy Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Higher Education Department

Vanessa Tyson, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science
Scripps College

Gina Athena Ulysse, Ph.D.
Professor, Humanities,
UC Santa Cruz

Jennifer D. Williams, Ph.D.
English and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Howard University

Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication and African and African American Studies
Founder and Director, Karson Institute for Race, Peace and Social Justice
Loyola University Maryland
President, National Women’s Studies Association (2020 – 2023)
Radio Host, Today With Dr. Kaye on WEAA