Leadership and Administration
Carrie Tirado Bramen, PhD
Director of the Gender Institute
Professor of English
bramen@buffalo.edu; 716-645-5200
Research Interests: nineteenth-century American literature, U.S. Latino/a literature, cultural history, critical race theory, transatlantic & intellectual history. Faculty page.
Jo Freudenheim, PhD
Deputy Director of the Gender Institute
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Professor; Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
jfreuden@buffalo.edu; 716-645-5200
Research Topics: cancer epidemiology, using epidemiologic tools to understand carcinogenesis at the population, individual, tissue and molecular levels in order to better prevent and control the disease. Faculty page.
Becky Burke
Gender Institute Staff Assistant
rburke2@buffalo.edu, 716-645-5200
Research Interests: Information organization, knowledge management, and digital librarianship
Surabhi Pant
Gender Institute Graduate Assistant
PhD Candidate, Sociology
spant2@buffalo.edu
716-645-5200
Research Interests: gender and development, environmental sociology, political economy, classical and contemporary theory, and ethnographic methods.
Hilary Vandenbark
Gender Institute Graduate Assistant
PhD Candidate, Global Gender and Sexuality Studies
hilaryva@buffalo.edu
716-645-5200
Research Interests: Sexual and Domestic Violence; Ideal Victimhood; Substantive Citizenship; Restorative Justice; State-Sanctioned Violence; Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis; Disability Studies; Intersections of Gender, Race, Class, and Violence.