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Staff Senate Coordinator & Honors Faculty Fellow Women's and Gender Studies jross9@unl.edu

Dr. Ross currently serves as the Staff Senate Coordinator and an Honors Faculty Fellow.  As the Staff Senate Coordinator, she keeps a record of all the proceedings of the organization, including committee reports and the official membership roll. Additionally, she is responsible for the general correspondence of the Senate, maintains the Staff Senate website, and serves as an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee.  Dr. Ross has taught for WGS and the Honors program since 2016.  Her research and teaching interests fall at the intersection of legal history, women’s history, and social history.  From 2013-2022, Dr. Ross worked in UNL’s Athletic Department, serving first as a learning specialist and then as an academic counselor.  Prior to her time in Athletic Academics, she was a member of the history faculty at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts in Natchitoches, La., where she taught classes in history, gender studies, law studies and government.

WGS Courses:

  • WMNS 189H: Gender and the Law in Film
  • WMNS 189H: Women’s Activism in the Social Movements of the 1960s

Education

J.D., Nebraska College of Law

Ph.D., History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln