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Kelly A. Finley

Senior Lecturer
704-293-9843

Kelly Finley is a senior lecturer and the undergraduate advisor for the Women’s & Gender Studies Program, which is one of the largest in the country. She also serves on the Ms. Magazine Committee of Scholars, working with journalists and scholars across the nation to create curriculum and policies that helps women, girls and gender-diverse people.

Kent L. Brintnall

Associate Professor, Religious Studies; Affiliate Faculty, Women's & Gender Studies

Kent L. Brintnall (B.A., Fort Hays State University; J.D., Northeastern University School of Law; M.A., Pacific School of Religion; Ph.D., Emory University) joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in fall 2008 after serving as the inaugural post-doctoral fellow in religion and sexuality and a lecturer in film studies at Emory University.

Malin Pereira

Professor of English and Executive Director, Honors College
704-687-7198

Malin Pereira became executive director of the Honors College in August 2012. Dr. Pereira earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her undergraduate majors were in English and Psychology; master’s and doctorate were in English, with a minor in Afro-American Studies.

Margaret M. Quinlan

Professor

Margaret M. Quinlan, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies and core faculty in the interdisciplinary health psychology Ph.D. program at the UNC Charlotte. She explores how communication creates, resists and transforms knowledge about bodies.

Rachel L. Austin

Lecturer of Sociology

Rachel Austin has been a lecturer/instructor at a variety of higher education institutions, including a state university, a private four-year college, technical colleges and local community colleges throughout Central and Western North Carolina and the upper Piedmont of South Carolina.

Robert Cramer

Associate Professor & Belk Distinguished Scholar of Health Research
704-687-6022

Robert J. Cramer, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences and Belk Distinguished Scholar in Health Research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Holding a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, his expertise includes suicide prevention, mental health, hate crimes, violence prevention, sexual and gender minority health, and theories of health and personality.

Robin M. James

Associate Professor
704-726-0930

Robin James, associate professor of Philosophy, is co-editor of The Journal of Popular Music Studies and the author of three books, “The Sonic Episteme: acoustic resonance, neoliberalism & biopolitics” (Duke University Press, 2019), “Resilience & Melancholy: pop music, feminism, and neoliberalism” (Zero, 2015) and “The Conjectural Body: gender, race and the philosophy of music” (L

Roger F. Suclupe

Clinical Assistant Professor/MSW Part Time Program Coordinator
704-687-7942

Roger F. Suclupe, MSW, LCSW, is a clinical assistant professor and MSW part-time program coordinator at UNC Charlotte’s School of Social Work. He earned his MSW from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and bachelor's degree in psychology from Appalachian State University.