Pembroke Center

Center Faculty and Faculty Steering Committee

Center Faculty and Faculty Steering Committee

Faculty Steering Committee

  • Madina Agénor

    Madina Agénor

    Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • Nadje Al-Ali

    Nadje Al-Ali

    Robert Family Professor of International Studies, Professor of Anthropology and Middle East Studies
  • Leticia Alvarado

    Leticia Alvarado

    Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies
  • Nitsan Chorev

    Nitsan Chorev

    Harmon Family Professor of Sociology and International & Public Affairs , Director of the Graduate Program in Development
  • Bathsheba Demuth

    Bathsheba Demuth

    Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society
  • Lingzhen Wang

    Lingzhen Wang

    Professor of East Asian Studies, Co-Director, Nanjing-Brown Joint Program
  • Debbie Weinstein

    Debbie Weinstein

    Interim Director of the Pembroke Center (2023-24), Associate Professor of American Studies
  • Vazira F-Y Zamindar

    Vazira Zamindar

    Associate Professor of History

Nancy Duke Lewis Chair

The holder of the Nancy Duke Lewis Chair is a senior scholar in any field who is distinguished in any area of gender and sexuality studies. While the person holds a full-time appointment in a department or departments, she or he also contributes to the development of research and teaching related to the study of gender.

Anne Fausto-Sterling
Biology, Gender Studies
2009-2014

Nancy Armstrong
English, Comparative Literature, Modern Culture and Media
1992-2009

Naomi Schor
French Studies
1985-1989

Joan Wallach Scott
History
1980-1985

Rosalie Colie
Comparative Literature
1967-1972

Visiting Faculty and Scholars

  • Ann duCille

    Ann duCille

    2016-17 Inaugural Distinguished Professor in Residence, Black Feminist Theory Project, Visiting Scholar in Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Ashley Aye Aye Dun

    Ashley Aye Aye Dun

    Visiting Scholar in Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Pamela Foa

    Pamela Foa

    Visiting Scholar in Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Sarah Gamble, Communications Manager of the Pembroke Center

    Sarah Gamble

    Communications Manager, Visiting Assistant Professor of the Practice of Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Christina Gilligan

    Christina Gilligan

    Visiting Scholar in Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Linda Scott

    Linda Scott

    Visiting Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Elizabeth Weed

    Elizabeth Weed

    Senior Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Editor, differences journal
  • Alex Wolff

    Alex Wolff

    Louise Lamphere Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Gender and Sexuality Studies