Leadership

Program Director

Dr. Iveta Jusová is Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Director of Antioch's Women's and Gender Studies in Europe program, which she has led since 2004. She received her Ph.D. in English and Cultural Studies, in 2000, from Miami University of Oxford, Ohio and her M.A. from Palacky University, Olomouc, the Czech Republic.

Read her complete biography here.

To contact the Program Director or to receive further information about this program, you may email aea@antioch.edu or call 800-874-7986.  Or, click here to fill out our online inquiry form!

WGSE Affiliated Faculty

The Netherlands: Dr. Rosi Braidotti (University of Utrecht), Dr. Rebecca Gomperts (Women on Waves), Dr. Rosemarie Buikema (University of Utrecht), Dr. Gloria Wekker (University of Utrecht), Dr. Marta Zarzycka (University of Utrecht), Iris van der Tuin, ABD (University of Utrecht), Mariska Majoor (Prostitution Information Center), Joanna Semeniuk, M.A. (European Feminist Forum), Marijke Huisman, ABD (Roterdam University)

The Czech Republic: Dr. Jirina Siklova (Charles University & Gender Center), Vera Chytilova (film director), Dr. Vera Sokolova (Charles University), Gabriela Hrabanova, M.A. (Roma Information Project), Michaela Marksova-Tominova (Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs), Petra Burcikova, M.A. (LaStrada), Dr. Denisa Kera (Charles University), Katerina Jonasova, M.A. (freelance journalist)

Poland: Dr. Slawomira Walczewska (Efka), Beata Kozak, M. A. (Efka), Dr. Justyna Wlodarczyk (University of Warsaw), Dr. Anna Gruszczynska (Campaign against Homophobia), Dr. Marta Raczek (Jagiellonski University), Julie Land, ABD (Jagiellonski University), Marzena Konopka, M. A. (Auschwitz), Natalia Sarata, M. A. (Efka).

Germany: Nivedita Prasad (Ban Ying), Dr. Sabine Grenz (Humboldt University), Julia Ehrt, ABD (Transgender Network Berlin), Dr. Laura Meritt (sex workers' activist), Patricia Schneider (Big Project), Koray Yilmaz-Gunay and Ipek Ipekcioglu (Gays and Lesbian aus der Turkei), Karin Heisecke, M.A. (United Nations Population Fund), Ilona Bubeck (Querverlag), Carolyn Gammon and Katharina Oguntoye (Joliba), Dr. Eva Gerlach (Paula-Panke)

Turkey: WGSE works with the following organizations in Istanbul, rather than specific lecturers: Mor Cati (women's shelters organization), Lambda Istanbul (LGBTQ organization), Gokku (Kurdish women's organization), Helsinki Citizen's Assembly (minority rights organization), Kadin Kapisi Consultation Center (sex workers' organization), Filmmor (feminist film group)

Administrative Support

The Antioch Education Abroad (AEA) office at Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio provides primary administrative and financial support for the planning and execution of the program. To contact the Program Director or to receive further information about this program, you may email aea@antioch.edu or call 800-874-7986.