WGST Endowed Chair

Since 2006, Brooklyn College has supplemented its rich curriculum and programming in women’s and gender studies by hiring a leading scholar to serve in the role of Endowed Chair in Women’s and Gender Studies. Endowed chairs demonstrate their commitment to diversity and inclusiveness through their research, teaching, and/or service at Brooklyn College. Endowed chairs teach and advise students in four courses during the year. They also share the commitment of the faculty in building the visibility of the WGST Program by organizing workshops, lecture series, and public discussions that involve students, faculty, and community members.

Professor Naomi Braine, with short, swept-back brown hair looks at the camera with a neutral expression. They are wearing a light grey button-down shirt with a small, dark geometric pattern. In the background there are rows of colorful book spines on dark wooden shelves, shown with a soft-focus blur.

Endowed Chair 2025–27

Naomi Braine, Sociology

Past Chairs

2023–25—Janet Elise Johnson
2021–23—Bernardita Llanos Mardones, Internal Endowed Chair
2019–21—Paisley Currah, Internal Endowed Chair
2018–19—Robyn C. Spencer, Visiting Endowed Chair
2016–18—Swapna Banerjee
2015–16—Zinga Fraser
2013–15—Zinga Fraser, Endowed Postdoctoral Scholar
2012–13—Alessandra DiMaio
2010–12—Lynda Day
2009–10—Huma Ahmed-Ghosh
2007–09—Jeanne Theoharis
2006–07—Premilla Nadasen

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