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*
Where to Find Us
The Yale Women Faculty Forum
205 Whitney Avenue, Suite 301B
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 436-2978
wff@yale.edu
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