Women’s and Gender Studies
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The Women's and Gender Studies curriculum, offers students a rigorous education in the following topics: the history of women's oppression and sexual identity; the development of gender roles and relations; contemporary economic and social profiles affecting women and men; and women's creativity in the United States, Mexico, and around the globe.
Director
Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Naomi Fertman
Contact Information: nrfertman@utep.edu; 915-747-6354
Education: BA, Earlham College; MPH/MSW dual degree, New Mexico State University
Hilda Ontiveros
Contact Information: hontiveros@utep.edu; 915-747-5200
Education: BA, UT El Paso; MA, UT El Paso; M.Ed, University of Texas at El Paso; EDD, UT El Paso
Associate Professor of Instruction
Selfa Chew-Melendez
Contact Information: sachewsmithart@utep.edu; 915-747-8751
Education: BA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; MFA, The University of Texas at El Paso; MA, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, University of Texas at El Paso
Senior Lecturer
Ruth McDonald
Contact Information: rmmcdonald@utep.edu; 915-747-5200
Education: MA, The University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso
Women’s and Gender Studies
Liberal Arts Building, Room 233
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79902
Phone: 915.747.5200
Email: ggnunez@utep.edu