Mary Addison-Lamb
Program Director and Clinical Instructor, Liberal Studies/Individual Option
M.A. Innovative Education and Women's Studies, Sangamon State University (UIS)
Email: addison-lamb.mary@uis.edu
Phone: (217)
206-8209
Office: UHB 3029
Teaching Interests: Adult learning theory, experiential learning, Yoga philosophy, health and well-being.
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Email: hadleyiv@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-6962
Office: UHB 3028
Teaching Interests: Social and economic development and research.
Karen Kirkendall
Associate Professor, Liberal Studies/Individual Option
Email: kirkendall.karen@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7248
Office: UHB 3039
Rosina Neginsky
Director, Individual Option Program
Associate Professor, Liberal Studies/Individual Option, Women’s Studies, English
Ph.D. English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: neginsky.rosina@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7431
Office: UHB 3027
Teaching Interests: European literature (English Pre-Raphaelites; French and Russian Symbolists), 1850-1920, contemporary French literature.
Annette VanDyke 
Associate Professor, Women's Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, English
Ph.D. American Studies, University of Minnesota
Email: vandyke.annette@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7420
Office: UHB 3025
Teaching Interests: multicultural American women's literatures; Native American literature and women's spirituality; African-American, Asian-American, Latina, and lesbian literatures.
Jan Droegkamp
Emerita Professor, Liberal Studies/Individual Option, Women’s Studies, African-American Studies
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
Email: jdroe1@uis.edu
Teaching Interests: Women across cultures, South African women, and adult education and training.
Accomplishments: Dr. Droegkamp has spent 15 years working with international development agencies, in addition to her lifelong work in social justice movements and formal academic degrees in education. She has worked in education projects in Lesotho, Jamaica, Kenya, Thailand, Fiji Islands, Indonesia, and Zimbabwe. She is also active in anti-racism community dialogues, study abroad programs, and multicultural education.
