Research Scientists & Project Directors

The Wellesley Centers for Women is home to an interdisciplinary community of scholars engaged in research and training. Below is a list of our researchers and trainers with links to their bios. A full list of Wellesley Centers for Women staff can be found in the Wellesley College online campus directory.

The Wellesley Centers for Women is home to an interdisciplinary community of scholars engaged in research and training. Below are our research scientists, project directors, senior scholars, and visiting scholars, with links to their bios. A list of research associates and key program staff is also available, with links to their bios.

A list of Wellesley Centers for Women staff can be found in the Wellesley College online campus directory.

Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D.

Gail Cruise-Roberson

Kamilah Drummond-Forrester, M.A.

Autumn Green, Ph.D.

Ellen S. Gannett, M.Ed.

Tracy R.G. Gladstone, Ph.D.

Jennifer M. Grossman, Ph.D.

Georgia Hall, Ph.D.

Emmy Howe, M.Ed.

Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D.

LaShawnda Lindsay-Dennis, Ph.D.

Layli Maparyan, Ph.D.

Nancy L. Marshall, Ed.D.

Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D.

Joanne Roberts, Ph.D.

Wendy Wagner Robeson, Ed.D.

Nan Stein, Ed.D.

Linda M. Williams, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholars

Lisette M. DeSouza, Ph.D.

Senior Scholars

Amy Banks, M.D.

Rangita de Silva de Alwis, S.J.D.

Judith V. Jordan, Ph.D.

Erika Kates, Ph.D.

Sumru Erkut, Ph.D.

Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D.

Sally Engle Merry, Ph.D.

Laura Pappano

April Pattavina, Ph.D.

Maureen Walker, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholars

Alison Cares

Jennifer Baumgardner

Karen Craddock, Ph.D.

Hauwa Ibrahim, J.D., S.J.D., M.L.