Laurie Fuller
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor and Program Advisor
Office:
LWH 2086
Phone:
(773) 442-4552
Email:
LS-Fuller@neiu.edu
Fax:
(773) 442-4900
Office Hours:
Varies by each semester
Country:
United States
Expertise
Feminist Theory and Pedagogy, LGBTQ Studies, Critical Whiteness Studies, Critical Race Studies
WGS 101: Women's Perspective and Values
WGS 201: Feminist Ideas
WGS 210: Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies
WGS 302: Feminist Theory
WGS 311: Lesbian and Queer Cultures
WGS 350: Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies
SOC 306: American Women: The Changing Image
Expertise
Feminist Theory and Pedagogy, LGBTQ Studies, Critical Whiteness Studies, Critical Race Studies
Research Interests
Social Construction of Whiteness, Feminist Pedagogy, Queer Theory and Practice, Anti Violence Work, Community Accountability and Transformative Justice
Education
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 1996
Dissertation: Disrupting Whiteness: Race, Queerness and Pedagogy
M.A., Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 1990
B.A., Women’s Studies and Mathematics, Oberlin College, May 1989
Minor, Feminist Studies and Cultural Studies
Selected Publications
"." Radical Pedagogy. Volume 13 Number 1; Winter 2016.
Bannister, S., M. Armato, L. Fuller, and N. Matthews. "Gendered Violence and Interruptions to Education." International Journal of Education and Social Science. Vol. 2 No. 2; February 2015.
Armato, Michael, Fuller, Laurie, Matthews, Nancy, and Meiners, Erica. “Pedagogical Engagements: Feminist Resistance to the Militarization of Education.” Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, , , 2013
“Teaching Peace in the Feminist Classroom: Starhawk’s The Fifth Sacred Thing.” Radical Teacher. Number 75, Spring 2006 pp. 28-35
Fuller, L. and Meiners, E. “Reflections: Empowering women, technology and (feminist) institutional change.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies special gender and information technology issue. Vol. 26, No. 1. Spring 2005
Fuller, L. and Meiners, E. “Empowering women? Engaging a technology grant for social change.” Journal of International Women's Studies special issue on women in science. Vol. 5, No. 4. May 2004
“If Only They Knew: Problematics of White Dyke Disclosures in Lecture,” JCT The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies. A juried journal. 12:3, (Winter 1996)
Additional Information
GRANTS
“Effects of violence on women’s retention at NEIU and assessment of related campus responses.” ŷϷ Illinois University Research Community Grant, $5,000. An ongoing research into the extent and impact of violence in the lives of NEIU students and university services’ effectiveness, begun fall 2007.
“Empowering Women For Life-Long Success Through Computer Expertise.” A four-year $160,000 Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), US Department of Education, grant to improve technology skills for women students at NEIU, begun Fall 1999
“Evaluating On-line Communication and Web-based Course Content for Increased Student Learning.” A one-year $3000 Faculty Research and Scholarly Project Grant, NEIU, begun Fall 1999