Graduates of the Doctoral Program

Mae C. Henderson, Ph.D. 2006

Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow/Lecturer - School of Social Work

Research Interests/Focus: Qualitative Study of Motherhood from a feminist sociological perspective with particular emphasis on African American women, motherhood, and family

Academic interests: Motherhood; Race and Ethnic Relations; Social Inequality/Social Justice; and Black Women and Feminism

Defense title: Fractured Mothering: African American Mothers at the Crossroads of Expectation and Reality

Contact Information: University of Washington School of Social Work, 4101 15th Ave. N.E. Box 354900, Seattle WA 98105, Phone: 206-685-7839

Dissertation Chair: Nancy Kenney

Serena Mauer, Ph.D. 2006

"Feminist Border Praxis: Exploring Racialized Citizenship and Gender Reproduction in Yakima Valley"

Dissertation Chair: Priti Ramamurthy

Michelle L. McGowan, Ph.D. 2008

Michelle McGowan

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University

Research Interests: Reproductive and genetic technologies, feminist bioethics, social study of medicine

Dissertation Title: Stem Cells, Genetic Selection, and Strong Embryos: A Feminist Analysis of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Dissertation Chair: Nancy Kenney

Kristy Leissle, Ph.D. 2008

Kristy Leissle

Current position: Freelance Writer, Editor Academic

Interests: commodities trade; cocoa and chocolate; feminist development studies; political economy of Africa; West African agricultural systems and history

Dissertation title: "Cocoa and cash, culture and chocolate: A feminist analysis of trade and development in Ghana and Britain"

Contact information: kristy.leissleATgmail.com

Dissertation Chair: Priti Ramamurthy

Brianna Blaser, Ph.D. 2008

Brianna Blaser

Current position: Project Director, Outreach; Science Magazine/American Association for the Advancement of Science

Research/Academic interests: Women in science and engineering, dual career couples in the sciences, work/life balance, personal and professional development of scientists

Defense title: More than Just Lab Partners: Women Scientists and Engineers Married to and Partnered with Other Scientists and Engineers

Dissertation Chair: Angela Ginorio

Dipika Nath, Ph.D. 2008

Dipika Nath

Defense title: Feral Disorders and Colonial Exclusions: Animal Reared Feral Children, Discourses of Animality, and the Treatment of Animals in Colonial India.

Dissertation Chair: Priti Ramamurthy

Alka Arora, Ph.D. 2008

Alka Arora

Dissertation title: "Feminist Spiritual Activism: A Conversation Across Traditions."

Dissertation Chair: Kate Noble

Karen Rosenberg

Current Position: Director of the UW Writing Center at UW Bothell

Dissertation title: "From Moderate Chastisement to Mandatory Arrest: Responses to Violence Against Women in Canada and the United States"

Dissertation Chair: David Allen

Julianne Severson

Julie Severson

Currently attending: UW Law School

Dissertation title: "The Discourse of Conflict: A New Reading of Court-Ordered Cesarean Sections"

Dissertation Chair: David Allen

Alyssa Hellrung

Current position: Program Director for the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts School of Flight

Dissertation title: "Athletic Girls: External Support, Internal Motivation, and Advanced Participation in Sport"

Dissertation Chair: Nancy Kenney

Jeanette Bushnell

Current Position: University of Washington, Comparative History of Ideas Program, Instructor

Current Interests: knowledges, indigenous philosophies, resistances, survivance, indigenous and feminist methodologies

Dissertation title: "I can think of a lot of stories.' Shared Knowledges, Indigenous Methodology and Purposeful Conversations with Sixteen Native Women in Seattle."

Dissertation Chair: David Allen

Contact Information: pembina (at) u.washington.edu

Graduate Alumni

About Women Studies News and Events People Research and Publications Courses Graduate Program Undergraduate Program Alumni Support Women Studies	Mae C. Henderson, Ph.D. 2006 Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow/Lecturer - School of Social Work Research Interests/Focus: Qualitative Study of Motherhood from a feminist sociological perspective with particular emphasis on African American women, motherhood, and family Academic interests: Motherhood; Race and Ethnic Relations; Social Inequality/Social Justice; and Black Women and Feminism Defense title: Fractured Mothering: African American Mothers at the Crossroads of Expectation and Reality Contact Information: University of Washington School of Social Work, 4101 15th Ave. N.E. Box 354900, Seattle WA 98105, Phone: 206-685-7839 Dissertation Chair: Nancy Kenney Serena Mauer, Ph.D. 2006 "Feminist Border Praxis: Exploring Racialized Citizenship and Gender Reproduction in Yakima Valley" Dissertation Chair: Priti Ramamurthy Michelle L. McGowan, Ph.D. 2008 Current Position: Assistant Professor of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University Research Interests: Reproductive and genetic technologies, feminist bioethics, social study of medicine Dissertation Title: Stem Cells, Genetic Selection, and Strong Embryos: A Feminist Analysis of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Dissertation Chair: Nancy Kenney Kristy Leissle, Ph.D. 2008 Current position: Freelance Writer, Editor Academic Interests: commodities trade; cocoa and chocolate; feminist development studies; political economy of Africa; West African agricultural systems and history Dissertation title: "Cocoa and cash, culture and chocolate: A feminist analysis of trade and development in Ghana and Britain" Contact information: kristy.leissleATgmail.com Dissertation Chair: Priti Ramamurthy Brianna Blaser, Ph.D. 2008 Current position: Project Director, Outreach; Science Magazine/American Association for the Advancement of Science Research/Academic interests: Women in science and engineering, dual career couples in the sciences, work/life balance, personal and professional development of scientists Defense title: More than Just Lab Partners: Women Scientists and Engineers Married to and Partnered with Other Scientists and Engineers Dissertation Chair: Angela Ginorio Dipika Nath, Ph.D. 2008 Defense title: Feral Disorders and Colonial Exclusions: Animal Reared Feral Children, Discourses of Animality, and the Treatment of Animals in Colonial India. Dissertation Chair: Priti Ramamurthy Alka Arora, Ph.D. 2008 Dissertation title: "Feminist Spiritual Activism: A Conversation Across Traditions." Dissertation Chair: Kate Noble Karen Rosenberg Current Position: Director of the UW Writing Center at UW Bothell Dissertation title: "From Moderate Chastisement to Mandatory Arrest: Responses to Violence Against Women in Canada and the United States" Dissertation Chair: David Allen Julianne Severson Currently attending: UW Law School Dissertation title: "The Discourse of Conflict: A New Reading of Court-Ordered Cesarean Sections" Dissertation Chair: David Allen Alyssa Hellrung Current position: Program Director for the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts School of Flight Dissertation title: "Athletic Girls: External Support, Internal Motivation, and Advanced Participation in Sport" Dissertation Chair: Nancy Kenney Jeanette Bushnell Current Position: University of Washington, Comparative History of Ideas Program, Instructor Current Interests: knowledges, indigenous philosophies, resistances, survivance, indigenous and feminist methodologies Dissertation title: "I can think of a lot of stories.' Shared Knowledges, Indigenous Methodology and Purposeful Conversations with Sixteen Native Women in Seattle." Dissertation Chair: David Allen Contact Information: pembina (at) u.washington.edu
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