The department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGS) is composed of administrators, a Program Advisory Committee (PAC) and Teaching Faculty.

WGS Administrators oversee planning, programming, and day-to-day operations.

The WGS Program Advisory Committee (PAC) is made up of faculty and staff who consult on curricular matters, choose scholarship and award winners, and advise on vision and programming.

The WGS Teaching Faculty includes numerous faculty members (from several colleges at UAH) who teach classes designated as Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies courses.

 

Dr. Nicole Pacino

Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies Women’s,
Gender,
and Sexuality Studies Coordinator
Associate Professor, History Latin America

Contact

1310 Ben Graves Drive
Morton Hall
Room 278J
Huntsville, AL 35899
Campus Map

256.824.2568
nicole.pacino@uah.edu

Biography

Nicole Pacino is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. She has a B.A. in Conflict Studies from DePauw University. She also has an M.A. in Latin American Studies and a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is an historian of the Bolivian Revolution, with specialties in social and cultural history and the history of health, medicine, and disease.

Curriculum Vitae


Education

  • Ph.D., Latin American History, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • M.A., Latin American & Iberian Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • B.A., DePauw University

Expertise

  • Latin America
  • History of Science and Medicine
  • Race and Gender
  • Revolutions and Social Movements
  • Food Studies