Steering & Council

Steering & Council members meet monthly to discuss the direction of the organization and the status of women at the University. Liaisons (marked with an asterisk*) serve on Steering & Council as representatives of their respective Schools within the University. 

WFF Steering & Council members for 2022-2023 are:

• Rene Almeling, Associate Professor of Sociology 
• Jasmina Besirevic Regan,  Associate Dean for Partnerships and Special Projects; Lecturer, Sociology 
• Kim Blenman, Associate Research Scientist in Department of Internal Medicine Section of Medical Oncology and Yale Cancer Center
• Claire Bowern, Professor of Linguistics
• Lynettte Bowring, Assistant Professor of Music History*
• Jessica Brantley, Professor of English and Department Chair
• Susan Busch, Professor of Public Health*
• Deena Costa, Associate Professor School of Nursing
• Cynthia Santos DeCure, Assistant Professor Adjunct of Acting*
• Marta Figlerowicz, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and English
• Joyce Hsiang, Assistant Professor of Architecture
• Dana Karwas, Director of the Center for Collaborative Arts and Media 
• Paula Kavathas, chair 2013 - 2017; Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
• Danya Keene, Associate Professor Public Health*
• Marta  Kuzma, Professor  of Art Theory and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean of the School of Art*
• Kelsey Martin, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology)*
• Reina Maruyama, WFF Chair, Professor of Physics
• Beth McGuire, Professor in the Practice of Acting; Director of Accents, Dialects, and Phonology for Actors*
• Priyamvada Natarajan, chair 2011 - 2013; Professor of Astronomy and Physics 
• Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law
• Naomi Rogers, chair 2020-2021, Professor  of History of Medicine and History
• Nancy L. Ruther, Associate Director of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies; Lecturer, Political Science (retired)
• Kim Shirkhani, Lecturer in English, Co-Course Director, English 120
• Nina Stachenfeld, Senior Research Scientist in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
• Eboni Marshall Turman, Associate Professor of Theology and African American Religion 
• Meg Urry, co-chair 2007-2008; Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy
• Laura Wexler, co-chair 2008 - 2011; Professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Yuan Yao, Assistant Professor of Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Systems*