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Dr. Janet L. Badia
Women's Studies Associate Professor & Program Director

- Office: Women's Studies, Classroom-Medical, Room 35E
- Phone: 260-481-6895
- E-mail: badiaj@ipfw.edu
Education
- Ph.D. Ohio State University, English Studeis, 2000
- M.A. Ohio State University, English Studies, 1996
- B.S. Wheeling Jesuit College, English literature, summa cum laude
Research Interests
- The history of women's readings; feminist theory; girl culture; women and popular culture; rhetorics of gender in academia; and American women writers, most notably, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I am currently finishing a manuscript on Sylvia Plath and women readers, while also beginning work on a conference paper about how women are constructed in academic self-help guides like Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Guide to Women in Academia.
Upcoming Courses
- WOST - W304: Feminist Theories (fall 2009)
- WOST - W400: Disciplining Women's Studies (spring 2010)
Background
- Before joining the Women's Studies Program in July 2009, I taught at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virgina for nine years.
