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Core Faculty

Heather DellHeather Dell
Assistant Professor, Women’s Studies, Sociology/Anthropology, and Political Studies
Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology, Duke University

Email: hdell1@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7937
Office: UHB 3037

Teaching Interests: feminist theories, postcolonial women’s issues, cultural studies, social change theories, labor, sex work, and India.


Pat Langley Pat Langley
Professor, Women's Studies and Legal Studies
Women’s Studies Department Chair

Email: langley.pat@uis.edu
Faculty Web Page
Phone: (217) 206-7423
Office: UHB 3034


Deborah Kuhn McGregor Deborah Kuhn McGregor
Associate Professor, Women's Studies and History
Ph.D. History, Binghamton University

Email: mcgregor.deborah@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7439
Office: UHB 3063

Teaching Interests: United States history—especially nineteenth-century history—but also United States women's history; history of the family; the history of childhood; oral history; women, health and healing; the history of medicine; and the history of childbirth.

Accomplishments: Dr. McGregor has written on the history of gynecology and obstetrics, and is the author of the book From Midwives to Medicine.