Ph.D. Students

Current Ph.D. Students  

Lindsey Bartgis                    
Jessica Camp                       
Lauren Cross
Allison Davis
Angela Johnson-Fisher  
Reanae McNeal
April Michels
Lindsay Robertson
Jennifer Roland
Susan Schmitt
Jessica Spain Sadr
Pamela White
Todd Winkler                                                            

Lindsey Bartgis

Lindsey Bartgis has her master's in Clinical Psychology from Roosevelt University. Her interests revolve around Rape Myths and Sexual Assault in the LGBTQ Community; Reproductive Justice Activism in Rural or Conservative Areas; Feminist Counseling; and Birthing Rights. She was on the Associate Board for the largest LGBTQ community center in Chicago and is a co-founder of Oklahomans for Reproductive Justice (OK4RJ). 

Jessica Camp

Jessica holds an M.A. in Women's Studies from Texas Woman's University.  Jessica's research interests include Gloria E. Anzaldúa; Archival Research, Feminist Pedagogies; Multimodal and Online Education; Essential Motherhood; Motherhood and Disability; and Composition Studies.

Lauren Cross

Lauren holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University.  Lauren's research interests are African-American Women Artists; Representations of Black Women in American History; Black Women in Film; Colorism; African-American Quilt Traditions;  Womanist New Media Praxis; Womanist Film; Black Feminist Theory; Visual Sociology; Women in Arts; Christian Spirituality among African-American Women;  and East Texas African-American Women 

Allison Davis

Allison holds an M.A. in Women's Studies from Texas Woman's University and is currently completing an M.S. in Counseling and Development.  Her research interests include Restorative Justice; Victim “Offender” Mediation; Trauma Counseling; and Womanist / Multicultural Feminist Counseling Interventions.

 

Angela Johnson-Fisher

Angela holds an M.A. in Women's Studies from Texas Woman's University.  Her research interests are the Bodies of Knowledge and the Links Between Social Theory and Comparative Historical Research.

Reanae McNeal

Reanae is completing her M.A. in Women’s Studies at Texas Woman’s University. Her research interests include White Settler Colonialism; Global/U.S. Women of Colors; Womanist/Feminist/Indigenous theorizing; Liberationist Epistemologies; African-Native Studies; African-American and Indigenous Liberation Movements; Multicultural Transformative Pedagogies; Women of Colors and Violence; Womanist Theology; Indigenous/Tribal Theology; Racial Genocide; Black Womanist/Feminist/Indigenous Global Thought; and The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers.

April Michels

April holds an M.A. in English Literature from Duquesne University where she also earned a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies.  Currently, April’s research interests include Feminist Reconstructions of Biblical and Cultural Archetypes of Femininity; the Historical Pathologizaton of Female Sexuality; the literary works of 19^th-20^th Century British and American Women Writers; Comparative Literature;  Chicana Feminism and re- interpretations of La Malinche, La Virgen de Guadalupe, and La Llorona; Immigration, Racializaton, and Citizenship; Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice.

Lindsay Robertson

Lindsay holds a M.A. in Women's Studies from The Ohio State University where she specialized in Visual and Narrative Cultures.  Her current research interests include Queer Science Studies; Ecofeminism and Queer Ecologies; Deployments of Animality in Popular Culture; Contemporary Political Theories; and Theories of Citizenship.

Jessica Spain Sadr

Jessica holds an M.A. in Women’s Studies from San Diego State University. Jessica’s research interests include Pedagogies; Transnational Feminist Theory; Critical Race and Class Studies; Anarcha-Feminism; Social Justice Movement and Activism.

Susan Schmitt

Susan holds an M.A. in Criminal Justice from Washington State University. Her research and academic interests include Corrections; Contemporary Anti-Prostitution Policing Efforts; Sex Work; Sex Worker Activism; Crime; Masculinities and Pedagogies.    

Pamela White

Pamela holds an M.A. in Government from Texas Woman's University.  Pamela's research interests include making connections amongst Spiritual Activism; Indigenous Theories; New Materialism; and Object-Oriented Philosophy and applying these connections to political issues such as Natural Gas Drilling and Food Justice.

Todd Winkler

Todd holds an M.Ed in Education Administration from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas and an MDiv in Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.  Todd's research interests include Epistemological/Ontological Theory; Religion; Masculinities; and Education Theory.