Administrative Staff

Dr. Chris Cuomo, the Director of the Institute for Women’s Studies and Professor of Philosophy, holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Formerly a professor of philosophy and women's studies at the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Cuomo’s research focuses on ethics, feminist philosophies, race, sexuality, environmental ethics and art. She is the author of Feminism and Ecological Communities: An Ethic of Flourishing (Routledge) and The Philosopher Queen: Feminist Essays on War, Love & Knowledge (Rowman & Littlefield), which was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award and an American Philosophical Association Book Award and coeditor of The Feminist Philosophy Reader, forthcoming in 2007. Dr. Cuomo has been awarded grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Science Foundation and the Charles Phelps Taft Center. She is currently working on a project on indigenous knowledge concerning climate change in Northern Alaska.

Dr. Blaise Parker is the Acting Assistant Director for Women's Studies, as well as the Student Advisor. She earned her PhD in Developmental Psychology from UGA in 2004. In her time as a student at UGA, she also earned graduate certificates in women's studies and qualitative research methods. Her area of research is sexual identity development. She has published book reviews in the NWSA Journal, the International Women's Studies Forum, and the Journal of Sex Research. She has presented her research at conferences such as the Annual conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, the Qualitative Research in Education Conference, the International Conference of Critical Psychology, and the American Psychological Society's Annual Conference. She also holds a black belt in kyuki-do and attends classes at AKF Athens.

Ms. Cicely Robinson-Jones is the Business Manager for the Institute of Women's Studies. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration at Brenau University in 2003. She previously worked with the Human Resources Division on campus before joining the Institute for Women's Studies in March 2005. Ms. Robinson participates in various community projects each year.

Molly Moreland Myers is the Public Relations Coordinator for the Institute of Women's Studies. She earned her Bachelor's degree in History at the College of Wooster in Ohio in 2003 and her Master's degree in Nonprofit Organizations at UGA in 2005. She previously interned with the Jeannette Rankin Foundation and Athens Regional Foundation before joining the Institute for Women's Studies in January 2006.