Gender and Women's Studies

Professor Paula Treichler

Professor Treichler holds appointments in Communications, Criticism and Interpretive Theory, Medicine, and Gender and Women's Studies. Her research expertise includes cultural studies of science and medicine; feminist theory and gender studies; analysis of language and discourse; and HIV/AIDS. Her current research is on the history and future of condoms.

Education

Ph.D., Languages and Linguistics (Psycholinguistics), University of Rochester
B.A., Philosophy, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio

Selected Publications

 

Books

How to Have Theory in an Epidemic: Cultural Chronicles of AIDS (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999).

A Feminist Dictionary, co-authored with Cheris Kramarae (Pandora Press, 1992).

Language, Gender, and Professional Writing: Theoretical Essays and Guidelines for Nonsexist Usage, co-authored with Francine Wattman Frank and others (Modern Language Association of America, 1988).

 

Edited Volumes

For Alma Mater: Theory and Practice in Feminist Scholarship, with Cheris Kramarae and Beth Stafford (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1985).

The Visible Woman: Imaging Technologies, Science, and Gender, with Lisa Cartwright and Constance Penley (New York: New York University Press, 1998).

Cultural Studies, with Lawrence Grossberg and Cary Nelson (New York: Routledge, 1992).