Miriam Wallace

Miriam L. Wallace is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Illinois-Springfield, and Professor of English. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College and holds her PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz in Literature.

Michael Murphy

Michael J. Murphy is Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies. He holds a BA in Art and Art History from the University of Iowa and an MA and PhD in Art History and Archaeology from Washington University in St. Louis. H has taught at UIS since fall 2009.

Richard Gilman-Opalsky

Dr. Richard Gilman-Opalsky’s teaching and research focus on the history of political philosophy, Continental and contemporary social theory, Marxism, capitalism, autonomist politics, postmodern philosophy, critical theory, global social movements, and feminist philosophy.


Dr. Gilman-Opalsky earned his Ph.D. in Political Science at The New School for Social Research (2006). His M.A. (The New School for Social Research) and B.A. (Hofstra University) are in Philosophy.