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Lauren Auger
Assistant Professor
Email: lauger3@uwo.ca
Office: Lawson Hall
Dr. Lauren Beth Auger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. She is an oral historian and had the privilege of interviewing eighteen war bride veterans for her doctoral work.
Research Interest/Specialization
Lauren's research interests are women, gender, sexuality, love, and war. She is particularly interested in the ways in which social understandings of gender and sexuality impact women’s involvement in war and public perceptions of women’s roles in wartime. She is also interested in how discourses regarding gender and sexuality influence how women remember their war service and how women see themselves as veterans.
Teaching
GSWS 1020E (fall), 2162B, 2220E (winter), 2283F
Dr. Lauren Beth Auger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. She is an oral historian and had the privilege of interviewing eighteen war bride veterans for her doctoral work.
Anmol Dutta
Lecturer
Email: adutta24@uwo.ca
Office: Lawson Hall
Anmol Dutta is a Lecturer in GSWS and Film Studies. Her doctoral dissertation (to be submitted in early 2027) is about cultural identity at the intersection of caste, gender, and religion in Indian originals on Netflix. She is a recipient of Western University’s Arts and Humanities Award for Excellence in Teaching (2026). Her work has been published as journal articles, refereed chapters, and invited book reviews with academic publishers such as Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, and Intellect Books. She also routinely contributes to various public fora such as CBC and The Conversation on censorial regimes, the politics of representation in popular culture, and Indian cinema/s.
Research Interest/Specialization
Media and Cultural Studies, Queer/Feminist cinemas, Postcolonial theory, South Asian popular culture, and Stand-up comedy and activism.
Teaching
GSWS 2168B
Anmol Dutta is a Lecturer in GSWS and Film Studies. Her doctoral dissertation (to be submitted in early 2027) is about cultural identity at the intersection of caste, gender, and religion in Indian originals on Netflix. She is a recipient of Western University’s Arts and Humanities Award for Excellence in Teaching (2026). Her work has been published as journal articles, refereed chapters, and invited book reviews with academic publishers such as Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, and Intellect Books. She also routinely contributes to various public fora such as CBC and The Conversation on censorial regimes, the politics of representation in popular culture, and Indian cinema/s.
Jacob Evoy
Assistant Professor
Email: jevoy2@uwo.ca
Office: Lawson Hall
Jacob (they/them) received their collaborative Ph.D. in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in 2024. They currently teach part-time in GSWS as well as in the History Department at the University of Northern British Columbia. Their research examines the identities and experiences that meet at the intersections of intergenerational trauma and queerness.
Research Interest/Specialization
Queer theory, queer history, Holocaust and genocide studies, intergenerational trauma, history of the AIDS epidemic, pop culture.
Teaching
GSWS 2164A
Jacob (they/them) received their collaborative Ph.D. in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in 2024. They currently teach part-time in GSWS as well as in the History Department at the University of Northern British Columbia. Their research examines the identities and experiences that meet at the intersections of intergenerational trauma and queerness.
Gary Lee Pelletier
Assistant Professor
Email: dpellet6@uwo.ca
Office: Lawson Hall
Dr. Gary Lee Pelletier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. He is a cultural studies and social justice researcher, educator, and writer, and is Co-Chair of the Sexuality Studies Association (https://ssaaes.org/).
Research Interest/Specialization
Sex/Sexuality, Gender, Popular Culture, Masculinities, Antiracism, Queer Theory, Feminist Theory, Diversity and Social Justice, Activist Communities and Cultures, & Solidarity.
Teaching
Teaching: GSWS 1021F, 2163A, 2205G
Dr. Gary Lee Pelletier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. He is a cultural studies and social justice researcher, educator, and writer, and is Co-Chair of the Sexuality Studies Association (https://ssaaes.org/).
Shambhavi Siddhi
Lecturer
Email: ssiddhi@uwo.ca
Shambhavi Siddhi is a PhD Candidate (ABD) at GSWS. Her work looks at the epistemic resistance of Kashmiri women against India’s femonationalism. She has a master's in French literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Teaching
GSWS 4242F
Shambhavi Siddhi is a PhD Candidate (ABD) at GSWS. Her work looks at the epistemic resistance of Kashmiri women against India’s femonationalism. She has a master's in French literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Katrina Younes
Assistant Professor
Email: kyounes@uwo.ca
Katrina Younes (she/her) holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in English. She has taught courses in Western's Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Department on topics including women and law, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and the #MeToo movement, Afrofuturism, and popular culture, as well as film, gender studies, and literature courses at Lakehead, OCAD, and Trent Universities. Her current research examines the intersection of SGBV and climate change through an eco-noir methodology. Her recent book, The Ecology of American Noir, is available through Routledge.
Teaching
GSWS 1022G, 2161A, 2161B, 2270B
Katrina Younes (she/her) holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in English. She has taught courses in Western's Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Department on topics including women and law, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and the #MeToo movement, Afrofuturism, and popular culture, as well as film, gender studies, and literature courses at Lakehead, OCAD, and Trent Universities. Her current research examines the intersection of SGBV and climate change through an eco-noir methodology. Her recent book, The Ecology of American Noir, is available through Routledge.