Visiting Scholars Program and Other Opportunities

Located in the heart of Boston, Northeastern University is ideally located for scholars. Beyond its proximity to Boston's vibrant cultural and artistic life, Northeastern is near several major research libraries, including the Boston Public Library and the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, as well as numerous academic institutions that make the intellectual life of Boston one of the richest in the world.

Visiting Scholars Program

The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Northeastern annually offers Research Associate positions to scholars researching issues related to women, gender, and/or sexuality in the humanities and social sciences. Visiting scholars work on their related projects while in residence for the semester or academic year at Northeastern University. Scholars must have their own financial support, but are provided with office space, library privileges, and support for photocopy, fax and postage expenses related to research.

For information on applying, click here

2011-2012 Visiting Scholars

Lynne Byall Benson, Ph.D.
(Cornell)
Current Position: Lecturer of Women's Studies: University of Massachusetts, Boston
Project: Sarah Blanding and the opportunities that the field of physical education offered women who sought academic careers

Jenna DiCocco, J.D.
Juris Doctor (University of Iowa College of Law)
Founder and Director, The Women's Rights Cooperative, Washington, DC & Boston, MA
Project: Examining the phenomenon of gender disparity in the prison sentencing of spouses who murder their opposite-sex partner

Lisa Folkmarson Kall, Ph.D.
Philosophy (University of Copenhagen)
Current Position: Researcher and Coordinator, Center for Gender Research, Uppsala University, Sweden
Project: Embodied Subjectivity and Intersections of Identity

Linda K. Fuller, Ph.D.
Communications (Worcester State University)
Current Position: Visiting Scholar/Senior Fellow, Northeastern University
Project: Sexist Commentary at the Olympic Games

C. Wakaba Futamura, Ph.D.
French Studies (Rice University)
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of French, Bennington College, VT
Project: The Situation of Transnational Feminism in Morocco

Jennifer Musto, Ph.D.
Women's Studies (UCLA)
Current Position: Visiting Lecturer, Women's and Gender Studies Department, Wellesley College
Project: Carceral Protectionism and Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking in the United States

Elizabeth W. Son, Ph.D.
American Studies (Yale University)
Current Position:
Project: Performing Redress: Military Sexual Slavery and the Transpacific Politics of Memory: Examining activist and artistic work relating to the social movement for redress among survivors of Japanese military sexual slavery.

Please contact Dr. Lihua Wang by email for questions or more information.