Faculty Research Areas

For research opportunities in girls' activism, feminist girls and girlhoods, girls' human rights, girls and global development, and youth and social justice, contact Professor Emily Bent at (212) 346-1718 or ebent@pace.edu.

For research opportunities in performance studies, art and visual cultures, critical theory, gender and sexuality, queer and trans studies, aesthetics and politics, race and ethnicity, urban studies, and Latin/x American studies, contact Professor Cynthia Citlallin Delgado at cdelgado@pace.edu.

For research opportunities in gender violence, asylum/refugees/undocumented migrants, and transnational feminist theory and advocacy, contact Professor Meghana Nayak at (212) 346-1465 or mnayak@pace.edu.

For research opportunities in gender and nationalism; fandoms, media, and politics; transnational feminism; and gender and consumer cultures, contact Professor Nancy Reagin at (212) 346-1723 or nreagin@pace.edu.

For research opportunities in Shakespeare studies, feminist Shakespeare, Shakespeare in performance, early modern performance culture, women in the early modern period, and performance studies, contact Professor Sid Ray at (212) 346-1672 or gray@pace.edu.

Amber Arifeen (she/her) is a Pakistani-American writer, visual artist, and educator based between New York, Lahore and Hunza. Utilizing mediums such as painting, performance, sound, animation, film, and sculpture, Amber delves into themes of embodiment, power dynamics, and the lived experiences of South Asian women. She also has experience in the social development sector. Please email Amber Arifeen at aarifeen@pace.edu.

Tara Asgar (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based Bangladeshi transgender artist, educator, and activist. Tara’s hybrid practice utilizes archive, history, and personal narrative to create political and community-engaged collaborations around LGBTQIA+ liberation, Immigrant stories, and community organizing. Asgar is currently a 2024 NYSCA interdisciplinary/moving image awardee and a visiting fellow at Stony Brook University's future histories studio. She teaches Transgender Studies. Please email Tara Asgar at tasgartara@pace.edu.

Roxanna Azari's (she/her) courses delve into subjects such as intersectionality, masculinity, transnational feminism, coloniality, globalization, body image, media studies, Islamic feminism, and gender in the MENA region. Azari holds a BA in English literature: creative writing and women’s studies from Wheaton College (MA) and an MSc in gender, development, and globalization from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She teaches Men and Masculinities. Please email Roxanna Azari at razari@pace.edu.

Maya Beauvoir (she/her) is a Black feminist researcher and practitioner. Her scholarly interests reside in radical Black feminist thought, reproductive politics and grassroots political education. Her Haitian and Honduran roots landed her in Brooklyn, NY where she still lives today. She teaches a special section of Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, focusing on reproductive justice and community engagement. Please email Maya Beauvoir at mbeauvoir@pace.edu.

Jenny Fondren (she/her) holds a BA in Peace in Justice Studies from Pace and has taken several WGS classes. She earned her MS in Global Affairs from NYU and her MA in Sociology from Columbia University. Her research is interdisciplinary, qualitative, and centers identities, spaces, and relationships. Her passions and research experiences also include international law and human rights. She teaches the WGS Intro class. Please email Jenny Fondren at jaanestad@pace.edu.

Sneha George (she/her) is a PhD candidate in ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside. Currently, she examines how property and ownership, as anti-black logic, shape the practice and making of the queered subject. In her dissertation, she uses the university as a case study to examine how this relationship between anti-blackness and the queered subject manifests between scholars, cheaters, and other embodiments. She teaches Gender, Race, and Class. Please email Sneha E. George at sgeorge@pace.edu.

Francesca Lopez (she/her) is a PhD student in Comparative Literature at CUNY with an academic background in Communications and Film. Her research is based on the analysis of the representation of lethal gendered violence in crime TV series, in the horror genre, and in pornography with a focus on female corpses. She works also on the representations in media pop culture of superheroes and masculinity. She teaches Men and Masculinities. Please email Francesca Lopez at flopez@pace.edu.

Jay Muir (they/them) has a master's degree in Women's History and Gender Studies from Sarah Lawrence College and is currently studying at CUNY to get a master's degree in Disability Studies. Their research interests are human rights and the history of intersectional activism. They teach our Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Gender, Race, and Class, and Queer Theory courses. Please email Jay Muir at jmuir@pace.edu.

Elodie Silberstein's (she/her) academic and creative research focuses on the representations of femininity - from fine art to mass media - as a prism to map social, racial, and environmental inequalities. Professor Silberstein developed our popular Black Sexualities and Creative Resistance course. Please email Elodie Silberstein at esilberstein@pace.edu.

Juliette Verrengia (she/her) is a licensed social worker with a focus on community organizing, policy, advocacy, and community education. She is particularly passionate about anti-violence work, reproductive justice, abolition and transformative justice, and LGBTQ+ issues. Professor Verrengia teaches Inclusive Sex Education and Reproductive Health in the Nonprofit Sector. Please email Juliette Verrengia at jverrengia@pace.edu.