Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies
Lindsay Davis
Assistant Professor of Teaching, Humanities & Arts
I am a broadly trained interdisciplinary scholar of 19th and 20th American history and critical feminist studies. Along with Dr. Rebecca Moody, I serve as the co-founder and co-director of the Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies (GSWS) program. My scholarly and pedagogical in
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Rebecca Moody
Assistant Professor of Teaching, Humanities & Arts
My research centers around religion in North Africa and the Middle East with a focus on Islam; I approach the study of Islam through its representation in visual culture. My first book project, an outgrowth of my dissertation, focuses on recent fiction film by Moroccan women film
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Francesca Bernardi
Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
I am an applied mathematician working in the fields of small-scale fluid mechanics and microfluidics. My research includes both mathematical modeling and physical experiments. In particular, I am interested in particle and solute transport in small-scale systems, such as municipa
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Kristin Boudreau
Professor, Humanities & Arts
My research interests include literature and culture, humanities and STEM integration, and engineering education. These areas are unified by broad concerns for justice, inclusion, and social progress. My literary scholarship considers the ways literature helps to advance social p
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Crystal Brown
Assistant Professor, Social Science & Policy Studies
Dr. Crystal Brown earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Oregon with focus in comparative politics, international relations, and public policy. She also has a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Pennsylvania State University and a certificate in Data
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Lucy Caplan
Assistant Professor, Humanities & Arts
Lucy Caplan is an interdisciplinary historian of music, race, and culture in the United States. Her research and teaching interests include African American music, opera and musical theater, and cultural criticism. At present, she is writing a book about how early-twentieth-centu
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Zoe Eddy
Assistant Professor of Teaching, The Global School
Zoë Antoinette Eddy (she/her/hers) is a researcher, educator, and advocate dedicated to re-imagining learning. She received her joint-PhD in social anthropology and archaeology from Harvard University (GSAS Class of 2019). She has taught in a range of disciplines, including gende
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Michelle Ephraim
Professor, Humanities & Arts
Michelle Ephraim is a Shakespeare scholar and a Professor of English. Her book GREEN WORLD: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love and Shakespeare was awarded the 2023 Juniper Prize in Creative Nonfiction by the University of Massachusetts Press and was published by them in 2024.
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Brittany Frederick
Director, Multicultural Education & Community Engagement, Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education (ODIME)
Dr. Brittany Frederick (she/her) serves as the Director of the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education. She provides strategic leadership for the programs, services, and initiatives that foster an inclusive and equitable campus environment. Brittany also works
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Emily Gioielli
Assistant Professor of Teaching, Humanities & Arts
Emily Gioielli is a historian of modern European history, with a special focus on Central and Eastern European history, the history of gender and sexuality, and the history of violence. I am currently finishing a social history that traces women’s involvement and the role of gend
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Sarah Lucie
Assistant Teaching Professor, Humanities & Arts
Sarah Lucie earned her PhD in Theater and Performance from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and MA in Performance Studies from New York University. Her research approaches contemporary performance and digital art through new materialism, ecocritical theory, and p
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Tsitsi Masvawure
Assistant Professor, The Global School
Professor Masvawure is a medical anthropologist, global health researcher and feminist scholar, whose research focuses on issues of gender, sexuality and health. She has a primary interest in the HIV pandemic and has done research on HIV prevention and treatment in Africa. She is
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Kate McIntyre
Associate Professor, Humanities & Arts
Dr. McIntyre’s research interests include writing fiction and creative nonfiction, collaborative writing, narrative theory, literary magazine publishing, the contemporary novel, the intersection of literary and genre fiction, and the gothic. Her short story collection, Mad Prairi
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Zoe Reidinger
Associate Teaching Professor, Biomedical Engineering
My areas of interest and enthusiasm lie in biomaterial fabrication and tissue engineering. Bringing this enthusiasm to the classroom is easy with WPI’s focus on undergraduate education and project-based learning. My goal as an instructor is to lead students to higher levels of th
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Jeanine Skorinko
Professor, Social Science & Policy Studies
Jeanine Skorinko is a professor of psychology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies. She also is the director of the Psychological & Cognitive Science program. She received her PhD in social psychology at the University of V
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Gillian Smith
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Professor Smith is an award-winning game designer. Her interdisciplinary work merges technical research in AI and HCI with creative practice in textiles and games, with a view towards addressing social issues and broadening participation and perspectives on computing.