Department of Women's & Gender Studies Faculty

• Avila Full Circle: Angela Danley Returns to Serve as Director of Clinical and Field-Based ExperiencesJanuary 10, 2023
  Angela Danley, Ph.D., returns to Avila as the new Director of Clinical and Field-Based Experiences, where she earned her Special…

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• Amity Bryson, Ph.D. Conducts Avila Choir Students at Prestigious Carnegie HallJuly 29, 2022
  Carnegie Hall called, and Avila Chair of the School of Performing Arts and Professor of Music Amity Bryson, Ph.D. answered….

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Women’s & Gender Studies Faculty

Leslie Dorrough Smith, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies; Chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies Department. Phone 816-501-3684 Email leslie.smith

Nicole Esquibel, MFA

Associate Professor Phone 816-501-2404 Email nicole.esquibel

Jeffrey Myers, Ph.D.

PROFESSOR Phone 816-501-3649 Email jeffrey.myers

Abigail Lambke, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, English Phone 816-501-3633 Email abigail.lambke

Ken Parsons, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Phone +1.816.501.2407 Email ken.parsons

Regina Staves, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology Phone 816-501-0491 Email regina.staves

Jordan R Wagge, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair of Psychology Phone 816-501-2964 Email jordan.wagge