Women & Gender Studies Faculty
Dr. Katrina Arndt
Title: Associate Professor
Office: RCW 109
Phone: (585) 385-7215
Email: karndt@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., Syracuse University
M.A., University of Minnesota
B.A., Grinnell College
David Baronov
Title: Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology
Office: Kearney Hall, Room 207C
Phone: (585) 385-8220
Email: dbaronov@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., SUNY-Binghamton
Melissa Bissonette
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Basil 131
Phone: (585) 385-7397
Email: mbissonette@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., City University of New York
B.A., Union College
Lisa Cunningham
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Phone: (585) 899-3723
Email: lcunningham@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., Ohio University
M.A., B.A., St. Bonaventure University
Dr. Emily Dane
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Fay 107
Phone: (585) 899-3803
Email: edane@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D. - Kinesiology - University of Minnesota
M.S. - Exercise and Sport Science - University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
B.S. - Psychology, Sport, Health, Leisure and Physical Studies - The University of Iowa
Melissa Ghera
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Pioch 103K
Phone: (585) 385-8011
Email: mghera@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D. University of Maryland - College Park
M.A. Concordia University Chicago
B.A. Concordia University Chicago
Maria Gonzalez-Smith
Title: Adjunct Faculty
Office: Basil 022A
Phone: (585) 385-7333
Email: mgonzalez-smith@sjfc.edu
Education: Doctorate in Political Science (ABD), 1988 Central University of Venezuela.
MA in Political Science, 1983 Central University of Venezuela
Licentiate in International Studies, 1976 Central University of Venezuela
Lisa Jadwin
Title: Professor
Office: Basil 110
Phone: (585) 385-8192
Email: ljadwin@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Dr. Barbara J. Lowe
Title: Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences
Office: Kearney Hall, Room 207
Phone: (585) 385-7385
Email: blowe@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., Fordham University
M.A., American University
B.A., St. Lawrence University
Cynthia Ricci McCloskey, DNS, APRN-BC, WHNP
Title: Director, Graduate Programs in Advanced Practice Nursing
Phone: (585) 385-8471
Email: cmccloskey@sjfc.edu
Education: D.N.S., University of Buffalo
Post-Master's Certificate, Women's Health Practitioner, University of Rochester
M.S., University of Rochester
B.S., State University College at Plattsburgh
Barbara A. Rockell
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Kearney Hall, Room 311B
Phone: (585) 385-2134
Email: brockell@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., SUNY-Albany
Marta Rodríguez-Galán
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Kearney Hall, Room 207A
Phone: (585) 385-5279
Email: mrodriguez-galan@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., Northeastern University
Dr. Jennifer C. Rossi
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Fay 103
Phone: (585) 385-8110
Email: jrossi@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.A., State University of New York at Geneseo
Roja Singh
Title: Adjunct Faculty
Phone: TBD
Email: jsingh@sjfc.edu
Arlette Miller Smith
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Fay 102
Phone: (585) 385-8212
Email: asmith@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Buffalo
Jill Swiencicki
Title: Assistant Professor
Phone: (585) 385-8214
Email: jswiencicki@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., Miami University (Ohio)
M.A., Syracuse University
B.A., Mount Holyoke
Deborah Uman
Title: Associate Professor and Chair, Department of English
Office: Basil 109
Phone: (585) 385-5258
Email: duman@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado
Carolyn S. Vacca
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Pioch 120
Phone: (585) 385-8244
Email: cvacca@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Rochester
M.S., State University of New York at Brockport
M.S., State University of New York at Geneseo
B.A., Syracuse University
Pao Vue
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Kearney Hall, Room 321
Phone: (585) 385-2142
Email: pvue@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Nancy Wilk, DNS, RN, APRN, WHNP
Title: Assistant Professor
Phone: (585) 385-8062
Email: nwilk@sjfc.edu
Education: D.N.S., University of Buffalo
M.S., University of Rochester, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
B.S., University of Rochester