Faculty

Program Director
Dr. Iveta Jusová (Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, Antioch University) has led the Women’s and Gender Studies in Europe program since 2004. She received her Ph.D. in English and Cultural Studies from Miami University, Oxford, OH, in 2000, and her M.A. from Palacky University, Olomouc, the Czech Republic.

The Program Director conducts the on-site orientation session, serves as the lead instructor, facilitates discussion, guides independent research projects, and evaluates students’ work. She is assisted by a Resident Coordinator at each site and by a Program Assistant, typically a program alum.

To receive further general information about this or any of our  AEA  programs, you may email  aea@antioch.edu, call 800-874-7986.

If you wish to contact the Program Director for  WGSE, please email Iveta Jusová at  ijusova@antioch.edu. Iveta’s office hours are Mondays and Thursdays 11 am-noon, February to August. (Please note: Iveta is teaching on location in Europe throughout the fall semester and does not check email regularly.)

WGSE  Affiliated European Faculty

The following is a selection of European faculty who regular contribute to the program’s academic content by providing lectures or leading discussions:

The Netherlands

• Dr. Rosi Braidotti (University of Utrecht)
• Dr. Rebecca Gomperts (Women on Waves)
• Dr. Rosemarie Buikema (University of Utrecht)
• Dr. Gloria Wekker (University of Utrecht)
• Dr. Marta Zarzycka (University of Utrecht)
• Iris van der Tuin,  ABD  (University of Utrecht)
• Mariska Majoor (Prostitution Information Center)
• Joanna Semeniuk, M.A. (European Feminist Forum)
• Marijke Huisman,  ABD  (Roterdam University)

Poland

• Dr. Slawomira Walczewska (Efka)
• Beata Kozak, M. A. (Efka)
• Dr. Justyna Wlodarczyk (University of Warsaw)
• Dr. Anna Gruszczynska (Campaign against Homophobia)
• Dr. Marta Raczek (Jagiellonski University)
• Julie Land,  ABD  (Jagiellonski University)
• Marzena Konopka, M. A. (Auschwitz)
• Natalia Sarata, M. A. (Efka)

The Czech Republic

• Dr. Jirina Siklova (Charles University & Gender Center)
• Vera Chytilova (film director)
• Dr. Vera Sokolova (Charles University)
• Gabriela Hrabanova, M.A. (Roma Information Project)
• Michaela Marksova-Tominova (Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs)
• Petra Burcikova, M.A. (LaStrada)
• Dr. Denisa Kera (Charles University)
• Katerina Jonasova, M.A. (freelance journalist)

Germany

• Nivedita Prasad (Ban Ying)
• Dr. Sabine Grenz (Humboldt University)
• Julia Ehrt,  ABD  (Transgender Network Berlin)
• Dr. Laura Meritt (sex workers’ activist)
• Patricia Schneider (Big Project)
• Koray Yilmaz-Gunay and Ipek Ipekcioglu (Gays and Lesbian aus der Turkei)
• Karin Heisecke, M.A. (United Nations Population Fund)
• Ilona Bubeck (Querverlag)
• Carolyn Gammon and Katharina Oguntoye (Joliba)
• Dr. Eva Gerlach (Paula-Panke)

Administrative Support

The Antioch Education Abroad (AEA) office at Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio provides primary administrative and financial support for the planning and execution of the program.To receive further information about this program, you may email  aea@antioch.edu, call 800-874-7986.