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 Emeritus
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
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
Teachers College, Columbia U
Valerie Ann Johnson, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities
Shaw University
Karon Jolna, Ph.D.
Program Director and Editor, Ms. Classroom
www.msintheclassroom.com
Stacy K. Keltner, Ph.D.
Co-Chair, WGS South Board
Associate Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies
Professor of Women’s and Gender 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
C. Nicole Mason, Ph.D.
President/CEO Emerita, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR)
Author of Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America
cr2pi.org
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
Linda Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate University Professor & Director of Applied Women’s Studies
Claremont Graduate 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
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
Amy Reid, Ph.D.
Professor of French Language and Literature
Director, Gender Studies
New College of Florida
Diane Rosenfeld
Founding Director of the Gender Violence Program
Lecturer on Law
Harvard Law School
Author, The Bonobo Sisterhood: Revolution Through Female Alliance
Loretta J. Ross
Associate Professor
Center for the Study of Women and Gender
Smith College
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
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.
CAS Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Professor, WGSS
University of Oregon
Editor, The Fembot Collective
Karla J. Strand, Ph.D.
GWS Librarian, University of Wisconsin System
Nayereh Tohidi, Ph.D.
Professor
Gender and Women’s Studies Department
California State University, Northridge
Patricia Trujillo, Ph.D.
Deputy Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Higher Education Department
Gina Athena Ulysse, Ph.D.
Professor, Feminist Studies,
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