Our Affiliate Faculty

Name	Title & Research Interest	Contact Info
WSGS Affiliate Aqdas Aftab	Assistant Professor of English PhD, University of Maryland Research Interests: Trans of Color Theory; Decolonial Thought; Transnational, Migration, and Diaspora Studies; Black and Dalit Solidarities; Black Feminisms; Critical Race Theory; Queer of Color Critique; Cultural Studies	aaftab@luc.edu
Savina Balasubramanian	Professor of Sociology PhD, Northwestern University Research Interests: Gender, Sexuality, & Reproduction; Science, Technology, Health & Medicine; Political & Historical Sociology; Global & Transnational Sociology; Race & Ethnicity; Law & Society; Sociology of Social Knowledge; Asia & Asian America	sbalasubramanian@luc.edu
WSGS Affiliate Suzanne Bost	Professor of English PhD, Vanderbilt University Research Interests: American literature; Latina/o studies; feminist theory; cultural studies	sbost@luc.edu
Susana Cavallo	Professor, Spanish Language and Literature PhD, The University of Chicago Research Interests: 20th Century Peninsular Poetry, 20th Century Hispanic Prose, Latin American Poetry, Hispanic Women's Writing, Feminist Theory and Criticism, Translation	scavall@luc.edu
Michael P. Dentato	Associate Dean for Research Co-director, Center for Field Innovation, Research, Strategy, and Training (C-FIRST) Professor of Social Work PhD, Loyola University Chicago Research Interests: health and health disparities among sexual minority populations, impact of macro practice, interprofessional education, effective non-profit leadership and service provision for vulnerable communities	mdentato@luc.edu
Anne Figert	Professor of Sociology PhD, Indiana University Research Interests: Health, Medicine, Sociology of Science and Gender	afigert@luc.edu
Timothy J. Gilfoyle	Professor of History PhD, Columbia University Research Interests: American Urban and Social History	tgilfoy@luc.edu
Anne Grauer	Professor of Anthropology PhD, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Research Interests: human populations in medieval England, human populations derived from 19th centuries cemeteries in the US	agrauer@luc.edu
Marcia Hermansen	Professor and Director of Islamic World Studies Program PhD, University of Chicago Research Interests: Islamic studies, theory and method in the study of religion, comparative religion, South Asian and Middle East studies, mysticism, women and gender, religion in America, critical theory, youth cultures, Islamic theology, interfaith dialogue	mherman@luc.edu
Suzanne Kaufman	Associate Professor of History PhD, Rutgers University Research Interests: Modern European Social and Cultural History, Modern France, History of Religion and Popular Culture, Gender/Women's History	skaufma@luc.edu
Jacqueline Long	Associate Professor of Classical Studies Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences PhD, Columbia University Research Interests: Late Antique history & literature; Roman history & literature; women and gender in the Classical world	jlong1@luc.edu
Harveen Mann View Faculty Profile(English Dept) View Faculty Profile(Career Services)	Professor of English Advisor, Pre-Law (Juniors and Seniors) PhD, Purdue University Research Interests: postcolonial studies; South Asian studies; third world feminism	hmann@luc.edu
Tracy Pintchman	Director, International Studies Program Professor of Theology PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara Research Interests: Hinduism, goddess traditions, Hindu women's rituals	tpintch@luc.edu
WSGS Affiliate Abha Rai	Associate Director, Center for Immigrant and Refugee Accompaniment PhD, University of Georgia Research Interests: Gender-based violence (dating, domestic and intimate partner violence, intimate partner stalking) in diverse populations, immigration issues/stress, culturally responsive research, international/global social work, survey development and instrument design	arai4@luc.edu
WSGS Affiliate Shweta Singh	Associate Professor of Social Work PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Research Interests: South East Asian women and the effect of experiences with racism, schooling and girls identity formation, constructing measures of women’s status, culture, policy, and law for women, use of social communication as a social work intervention strategy	ssingh9@luc.edu
Frederick Staidum	Associate Professor of English PhD, Northwestern University Research Interests: African American Studies; Black Study and the Black Radical Tradition; Critical Race Theory; Black Queer and Trans Feminisms; Geography and Spatiality; Temporality; History of Coloniality and Modernity; History of Slavery, Liberty, and the "Afterlives of Slavery;" Racial Liberalism/the Racial Contract; Philosophies of Progress; Art and Visual Culture	fstaidum@luc.edu
Loretta Stalans	Director, Psychology of Crime and Justice Minor Professor of Criminal Justice PhD, University of Illinois Chicago Research Interests: Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Criminal Justice Research Methods, Program Evaluation, Statistics, Criminal Laws and Courts, Restorative and Retributive Justice, and Communication and Conflict resolution	lstalan@luc.edu
Aana Marie Vigen	Professor of Ethics PhD, Union Theological Seminary Research Interests: Quality of and access to, healthcare along with racial-ethnic and socio-economic disparities in healthcare	avigen@luc.edu
Paula Wisotzki	Professor of Fine Arts PhD, Northwestern University Research Interests: Modern and Contemporary Art, American Modernism, Women Artists and Feminist Art History, Strategies of Museum Display and Artifact Interpretation	pwisots@luc.edu

Professor Emerita	Title & Research Interest	Contact Info
Marilyn Dunn	Associate Professor of Fine Arts & Art History PhD, University of Chicago Research Interests: Italian Renaissance, Baroque, issues of gender and art	mdunn@luc.edu
Susan Hirsch	Professor of History PhD, University of Michigan Research Interests: American Labor, Urban and Gender History
Suzanne Gossett	Professor of English PhD, Princeton University	sgosset@luc.edu
Susan Grossman	Emeritus Professor of Social Work PhD, University of Chicago	sgrossm@luc.edu
Marta Lundy	Professor of Social Work PhD, University of Chicago Research Interests: women in families and family violence, domestic violence, adult survivors of childhood abuse and non-offending parents in childhood sexual	mlundy@luc.edu
Kathleen Maas Weigert	Professor of Sociology PhD, University of Notre Dame Research Interests: Education for justice and peace; nonviolence; homelessness; the Catholic social tradition	kmaasweigert@luc.edu
Susan Mezey	Professor of Political Science PhD, Syracuse University Research Interests: Constitutional law, judicial process, judicial-legislative relations, administrative law, women and law and children's rights	smezey@luc.edu
Prue Moylan	Professor of History PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Interests: Modern British History	pmoylan@luc.edu
Bren Ortega Murphy	Former Internship Coordinator, WSGS Professor, School of Communication and WSGS PhD, Northwestern University Memorial Scholarship Information View In Memoriam
Susan Ross	Professor of Theology PhD, University of Chicago Research Interests: feminist theology and ethics; theological anthropology	sross@luc.edu
Jasmine Tata	Professor of Business PhD, Syracuse Univeristy Research Interests: Organizational justice, Team Dynamics, Gender and Diversity, International aspects of organizations	jtata@luc.edu
Julie K. Ward	Professor of Philosophy PhD, University of California, San Diego Research Interests: ancient philosophy, especially Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic philosophy, feminism	jward@luc.edu
Judith Wittner	Professor of Sociology PhD, Northwestern University Research Interests: Families, Gender, Qualitative Methods, Popular Culture, Social Theory View In Memorium
Talmadge Wright	Professor of Sociology PhD, University of California, Irvine Research Interests: Homelessness, Social Inequality, Critical Social, Cultural Theory, Social-Physical Space, Gender, Mass Media and Popular Culture	twright@luc.edu

Dr. Cristina Lombardi-Diop

Title/s: Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages and Literatures, Associate Faculty in WSGS and the Loyola Graduate School

Specialty Area: Postcolonial Migrations/African Studies/Italian Studies/Global Feminisms

Office #: Crown Center for the Humanities, 217

Phone: 773.508.2379

Email: clombardidiop@luc.edu

External Webpage: https://cristinalombardidiop.academia.edu/

About

Cristina Lombardi-Diop holds a joint appointment in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department, and the Women's Studies and Gender Studies Program. Her career as educator and scholar has spanned over two continents. She was born and raised in Rome, where she completed her undergraduate education with an Italian laurea (Magna cum Laude) in Modern Languages and Literatures; she then arrived to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar to complete a terminal Master Degree in African and African American Studies at Yale University, before continuing for a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at New York University. Before being hired by Loyola, Cristina has taught at the American University of Rome, University of California, Berkeley, and Northwestern University.

Cristina is the recipient of two scholarly prizes (Yale University and Northwestern University) and two book prizes (Nonino Prize and the Prize of the American Association for Italian Studies). In 2014, she was nominated as finalist for the prestigious Premio di Divulgazione Scientifica awarded by the Italian Book Association.

Research Interests

As a migrant academic, fluent in four languages, Cristina has for long been interested in the aesthetics, the imagination, and the expression of subjectivity of migrant narratives as found in literature, films, and the arts. She has published widely on such topics as white colonial femininity, Black Atlantic and Mediterranean connections, race and European identity, and African women’s diasporic literature in Italy.

Courses Taught

HONR 201 - Encountering Africa
LITR 200 – Masterpieces of European Literature
LITR 202- Modern European Novel
LITR 264 – Italian Film Genre
UCLR 100 – Interpreting Literature
WSGS 101 – Introduction to Women’s Studies and Gender Studies
WSGS 201 – Contemporary Issues in Women’s Studies and Gender Studies – Gender and Migration in Contemporary Europe
WSGS 330/401 – History of Feminist Thought
WSGS 380/497 – Queer Theory
WSGS 450 - Global Feminisms
WSGS 498 - Practicum

Selected Publications

Books

L’Italia postcoloniale. Lombardi-Diop, Cristina and Caterina Romeo, (a cura di). Firenze: Le Monnier Università, 2014. https://ecommons.luc.edu/facultybooks/112/
Bianco e nero: Storia dell’identita’ razziale degli italiani. Co-authored with Gaia Giuliani. Florence: Le Monnier, 2013. Recipient of the 2014 Prize of the American Association of Italian Studies (AAIS). https://ecommons.luc.edu/facultybooks/74/
Postcolonial Italy: Challenging National Homogeneity.Lombardi-Diop, Cristina and Caterina Romeo, eds. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012.
Smuovere il centro. Lottando per le libertà culturali. Lombardi-Diop, Cristina. (a cura di). Rome: Meltemi Editore, 2000 (Italian translation of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s Moving the Center: The Struggle for Cultural Freedoms, 1997). Recipient of the 2001 Nonino International Prize.

Journal Special Issues

Afrofuturism: Spaces, Bodies, Imaginaries, Aesthetics, Afrotopian Thinking. Special Issue of Root&Routes: Research on Visual Cultures. Vol. IX, n. 31, September -December 2019.
Postcolonial Europe. Special Issue of The Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Taylor& Francis, Vol. 18,2015. Issued in July 2016. Co-edited with Caterina Romeo. http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cpcs20/current

https://www.roots-routes.org/year-ix-n31-september-december-2019-afrofuturism/

Articles

“Filial Descent: The African Roots of Postcolonial Literature in Italy.” Forum for Modern Language Studies. Vol. 56, n. 1, January 2020, 66-77.
“Roma-Asmara. A Postcolonial Archeology of Colonial Spaces.” Architecture in Asmara.Colonial Origin and Postcolonial Experiences. Peter Volgger and Stephan Craf. ADomPublishers, 2017, 271-277.
“Transoceanic Race: A Postcolonial Approach to Italian American Studies.” Transcending Borders, Bridging Gaps: Italian Americana, Diasporic Studies, and the University Curriculum. Vol, 10, 2015, 83-95. New York: John D. Calandra Italian-American Institute.
“Spotless Italy: The Ubiquity of Whiteness in Fascist and Post-War Consumer Culture.” California Italian Studies. 2, 2011. Eds. Albert R. Ascoli and Robert Stam. <http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8vt6r0vf>.
“Ghosts of Memories, Spirits of Ancestors: Slavery, theMediterranean , and the Atlantic.” Recharting the Black Atlantic: Modern Cultures, Local Communities, Global Connections. Annalisa Oboe and Anna Scacchi. London: Routledge, 2008. 162-180.
“Selling and Storytelling: African Autobiographies in Italy.” Italian Colonialism: Legacy and Memory. Jacqueline Andall and Derek Duncan. Oxford, Bern: Peter Lang, 2005. 217- 238.
“Pioneering Female Modernity: Fascist Women in Colonial Africa.” Italian Colonialism. Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Mia Fuller. New York: NY, Palgrave MacMillan, 2005. 145 – 154