Advisory Board

The Gender+ Justice Initiative is supported by an Advisory Board comprised of senior Georgetown faculty and administrators coming from 28 fields of expertise. 


Advisory Board Members

Lama Abu-Odeh

Lama Abu-Odeh

Professor of Law


Rogaia Abusharaf

Professor of Anthropology


Fida Adely

Fida Adely

Associate Professor and Chair, Arab Studies


Reena Aggarwal

Reena Aggarwal

Professor of Finance


Pat Cloonan

Pat Cloonan

Dean and Professor School of Nursing & Health Studies


Emma Coleman Jordan

Emma Coleman Jordan

Professor of Law


Katharine Donato 

Katharine Donato

Director of ISIM, Professor of International Migration, SFS


Mary Ann Dutton

Mary Ann Dutton

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry


Carolyn Forché

Carolyn Forché

Professor, Department of English


Bette Jacobs

Bette Jacobs

Professor, Health Systems Administration


Pat King

Pat King

Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics, and Public Policy


Rosemary Kilkenny

Rosemary Kilkenny

Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer


Jenni Klugman

Jenni Klugman

Managing Director, Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security


Lisa Krim

Lisa Krim

Senior Advisor to the President for Faculty Relations at Georgetown University


Shiloh Krupar

Shiloh Krupar

Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor, SFS


Rebecca Kukla

Rebecca Kukla

Senior Research Scholar, Professor of Philosophy


Maggie Little

Director, Senior Research Scholar, Professor of Philosophy


Phyllis Magrab

Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Georgetown University Center for Child and HumanDevelopment (GUCCHD)


Janet Mann

Janet Mann

Professor of Biology and Psychology


jane mcauliffe

Jane Mcauliffe

Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs – Distinguished Fellow


Joe McCartin

Joe McCartin

Professor of History, Executive Director of Kalmanovitz Initiative 


Sherally Munshi

Sherally Munshi

Associate Professor of Law


Victoria Nourse

Victoria Nourse

Professor of Law


Natsu Onoda Power

Natsu Onoda Power

Associate Professor in the Program in Theater and Performance Studies


Ricardo Ortiz

Ricardo Ortiz

Associate Professor and Chair, English


Kelly Otter

Kelly Otter

Dean, School of Continuing Studies


Sue Ross 

Sue Ross

Director, International Women’s Human Rights Clinic, Professor of Law


Nancy Sherman

Nancy Sherman

Professor of Philosophy


Elena Silva

Elena Silva

Professor of Biology, Vice Dean, Diversity and Inclusion


Lahra Smith

Lahra Smith

Associate Professor, SFS


Ed Soule

Associate Professor, McDonough School of Business


Madhavi Sunder

Madhavi Sunder

Professor of Law


Michele Swers

Michele Swers

Professor of Government


Deborah Tannen

Deborah Tannen

Professor of Linguistics


Catherine Tinsley

Catherine Tinsley

Professor of Management, Executive Director of Women’s Leadership Institute


Robin West

Frederick J. Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy


Wendy Williams

Wendy Williams

Professor Emerita


Lane Windham

Lane Windham

Associate Director of Kalmanovitz Initiative WILL Empower