women's studies | university of victoria
"In its ability to reveal different perspectives, Women's Studies, more than any other discipline, went further in teaching me 'how to think' rather than 'what to think.'"-- UVic Women's Studies grad Susan Cooper
Faculty and Staff
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Department Chair
Annalee LEPP - B.A. (Winnipeg), M.A. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Queen's), Associate Professor
(250) 721-6157
Program Assistant
Helen REZANOWICH
Please feel free to contact me with any questions about Women's Studies.
(250) 721-7378
Regular Faculty
Professor and Associate Dean of Humanities
sikatab@uvic.ca
(250) 721-7259
- - Politics of Masculinity
- - Gender and Nationalism
- - Feminist Theory
- - Women and Politics
- - Women in South Asia
Assistant Professor
tcacchio@uvic.ca
(250) 721-6261
Jo-Anne LEE - B.A. (S.
Fraser), M.A. (Brit. Col.), Ph.D. (Sask.)
Associate Professor
jalee@uvic.ca
(250) 472-4278
- - Critical Multicultural/Anti-Racist Feminism: Theories and Practice
- - Feminist Grassroots Organizing
- - Politics of Nationalism, Multiculturalism & Feminism
- - Racialized and Gendered Spaces and Nation-Building
- - Transnational Feminism
- - Ethnographic Research
- - Adult Education and Feminist Theory
- - Theories and Practices of "Resistance"
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department
alepp@uvic.ca
(250) 721-6157
- - Canadian, American and British Women's History
- - Feminist Historical Perspectives on Gender, Class, Race/Ethnicity
- - Sexuality and the Family
- - Violence Against Women: Historical and Contemporary
- - Women and the Law: Historical and Contemporary
- - Feminist Historical Methods and Theory
- - Transnational Labour Migration, Trafficking in Persons and Human Rights
Laura PARISI - B.A.
(Vermont), M.A. (Arizona), Ph.D. (Arizona)
Assistant Professor
lparisi@uvic.ca
(250) 472-4277
- - Feminist International Relations
- - Gender and Human Rights, International Law, and Organizations
- - Transnational feminism
- - Gender and International (and Comparative) Political Economy with an emphasis on globalization studies
- - Gender, Development and Environment
- - Feminist and Critical Political Theory
Heather TAPLEY - B.A. (Valdosta State),
M.A. (Valdosta State), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Assistant Professor
htapley@uvic.ca
(250) 721-7293
- - Queer Theory/Queer Materialisms
- - Lesbian/Gay Studies/Literature
- - Feminist Theory
- - Feminist Cultural Studies
Associate Professor
welshc@uvic.ca
(250) 472-4653 Research interests:
- - Indigenous women in Canada
- - Indigenous cinema
- - Indigenous women's life-writing and cultural production
- - Two-Spirit women
Sessional and Visiting Faculty
Sessional Lecturer
ccarter@uvic.ca
(January to April)
Sessional Lecturer
jmiles@uvic.ca
(January to April)
Sessional Lecturer
gsitara@uvic.ca
(250) 721-6158 (September through April)
Sessional Lecturer
larat@uvic.ca
(250) 721-6158 (September through April)
Emerita Faculty
Professor Emerita
Professor Emerita
Senior Instructor Emerita