Mary Stewart Martha J. Starr Distinguished Professor of Gender and Women's Studies 106F Manheim Hall 816.235.6164 (fax) 816.235.1117 e-mail

Education:
Ph.D., University of Nevada - Reno
M.A., Temple University

Dr. Mary Stewart, Professor of Sociology and Director of Women’s Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, is the Martha J. Starr Visiting Professor in Women’s & Gender Studies. Before joining the faculty at the UNR in 1989, Dr. Stewart spent 14 years at UMKC where she was both a former member of Department of Sociology and a founding member of the Women’s Studies program. In fact, it was Dr. Stewart who pioneered the development of our Program’s minor. Since then, Dr. Stewart has dramatically expanded the undergraduate program in Women’s Studies at UNR and also just established a new M.A. in Gender, Race, and Identity Studies. In addition to her administrative positions, Dr. Stewart is also a noted researcher. She is the author of Silicone Spills: Breast Implants on Trial and Ordinary Violence: Everyday Assaults Against Women. Prof. Stewart is currently completing her book-length project, Heck Road, a socio-biographical analysis of the changes in the lives of four generations of women over the last century as well as launching a video project exploring issues of gender and sexuality.