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Department of Women’s & Gender Studies College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies

Meet Us

Administration

Tristan Josephson, Ph.D.

Chair, Women’s & Gender Studies Department

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Lora Bowler

Administrative Support Coordinator II

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will update information Fall 2025 job opening will be posted in July 2025

Student Assistant-Front Desk

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  • Location: AMD 550
  • Phone: (916) 278-6817

New Student Assistant Hire Coming Soon!!!!

Faculty Student Peer Mentor

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  • Location: AMD 561A
  • Phone: (916) 278-6817
  • Duties: Office Hours:

Full-Time Faculty

Tristan Josephson, Ph.D.

Professor/Department Chair

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  • Office Hours: Weds 12-2pm and Thurs 12-1pm, and by appointment at https://calendly.com/tristan-josephson-office-hours
  • Specialty & Interests: Queer theory, trans studies and politics, transnational feminist studies, critical legal studies

Sujatha Moni, Ph.D.

Professor

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  • Office Hours: see course syllabus
  • Specialty & Interests: Postcolonial Studies, Performance Theory, Women in South Asia and Sex & Gender

Cara Jones, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours: Out on Sabbatical Fall 2025
  • Specialty & Interests: Gender & Health and Feminist Disability Studies

Joanna Núñez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tuesday 12-3pm

Mary Senyonga, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours: See course syllabus for Fall 2025 office hours

Rita Cameron-Wedding, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

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  • Office Hours: Faculty has retired

Part-Time Faculty

Vicki Hall, M.F.A.

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  • Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday from 2:15 PM to 3:45 PM AMD 560C
  • Specialty & Interests: Motherhood, Art, Culture

Elizabeth Mukiibi, Ph.D.

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  • Office Hours: WGS 136 are on Monday 10:00 -10:50 am, For WGS 147 Wednesday 1:30-2:10 pm
  • Specialty & Interests: Women and Work

Johnnie Terry, M.A.

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  • Office Hours: in-office hours TTr 10:30-11:30 AND zoom office hours at the same time. Zoom: https://csus.zoom.us/j/82666113881
  • Specialty & Interests: Intro to Gender & Sexuality

Janice Tanemura, Ph.D.

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  • Office Hours: Thursdays from 12:50-1:50pm via Zoom

Katrina Bell McDonald Ph.D.

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  • Office Hours: Wed 10:00 - 11:15 PM, Amador Hall 560C
  • Specialty & Interests: Gender, Race, Class, and Family phenomena, African-American Women, Black Marriage, and Introductory Statistics
Total Members: 15