Ann Russo

Ann Russo is an American researcher and educator based in Chicago, Illinois.[1] She is a professor of Women's and Gender Studies at DePaul University, where she also teaches courses in Critical Ethnic Studies, Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies, and LGBTQ Studies.[1][2][3] Her research focuses on social movement praxis, accountability within feminist organizing, queer theory, and transformative justice.[1][4] Russo previously served as director of the Women's Center and was a member of the advisory board for LGBTQ Studies at DePaul.[1][5] She was the first full-time faculty member in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, which was founded at DePaul University in 1985.[6]

Public speaking and presence

In 2020, Russo participated in a panel conversation with three other directors of women's and gender centers at Northwestern University's annual Women's Center symposium.[7] She presented on intersectionality, transnational feminisms, and pedagogy at the National Women's Studies Association Conference in 2023.[8] In 2024, Russo contributed to a session on identity politics in the classroom at DePaul's 29th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference.[9] In March 2025, she co-drafted and signed an open letter urging DePaul University's administration to resist executive orders affecting higher education, diversity, equity, inclusion initiatives, and immigrant populations.[10]

Awards and honors

Russo served on the planning committee for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in 2018, alongside Greek life coordinator Natalie Stone[11] and LGBTQA center coordinator Michael Riley.[11][12] The three were recognized with a Collaboration Award from the Division of Student Affairs for this project.[12] In 2019, she was inducted into the Society of Vincent de Paul, a Catholic organization supporting services for the poor,[13] at DePaul's academic convocation.[11]

Selected works

  • Author. 2019. Feminist Accountability: Disrupting Violence and Transforming Power. New York: New York University Press.[1]
  • Co-editor (with Sandra Jackson). 2002. Talking Back and Acting Out: Women Negotiating the Media Across Cultures. New York: Peter Lang.[14]
  • Author. 2001. Taking Back Our Lives: A Call to Action for the Feminist Movement. New York: Routledge.[1]
  • Co-author (with Cindy Jenefsky). 1998. Without Apology: Andrea Dworkin's Art and Politics. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.[1]
  • Co-author (with Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Lourdes Torres). 1991. Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.[15]
  • Author. "Ten Strategies for Building Community Accountability," in Alice Kim, Erica Meiners, Jill Petty, Audrey Petty, Beth Richie, Sarah Ross, eds.,  The Long Term: Resisting Life Sentences Working Toward Freedom (Haymarket 2018).[1]
  • Author. “Brokenheartedness and Accountability," Journal of Lesbian Studies Vol. 21, No. 3 (2017): 289-305.[1]
  • Author. “Stone Soup: Building Community, Creating Family - The Expansive Possibilities of Queer Love," with Francesca Royster, in Dustin Goltz and Jason Zingsheim, eds., Queer Praxis: Questions for LGBTQ Worldmaking (Peter Lang, 2015).[1]
  • Author. “Between Speech and Silence: Reflections on Accountability" in Silence and Power: Feminist Reflections at the Edges of Sound, edited by Sheena Malhotra and Aimee Carrillo Rowe. NY: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.[1]
  • Co-author (with Aimee Carrillo Rowe). “Anti-Racist Interventions in the Academy: Toward a Feminist Politics of Relation and Accountability," in Kimberly Vaz and Gary Lemons, eds., Feminist Solidarity at a Crossroads: Intersectional Women's Studies for Transracial Alliance. NY: Routledge, 2012.[1]
  • Author. “Stop the False Race-Gender Divide," co-authored with Melissa Spatz. In Who Should be First?, edited by Beverly Guy-Sheftall and Johnnetta Betsch Cole. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.[1]
  • Author. “Epilogue: The Future of Intersectionality: What's at Stake."  In Michele T. Berger and Kathleen Guidroz, eds., The Intersectional Approach: Transforming the Academy through Race, Class, and Gender. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2009: 309-18.[1]
  • Author. “Women's Studies: Cultivating Accountability as a Practice of Solidarity." In Alice Ginsberg (ed.), The Evolution of American Women's Studies: Reflections on Triumphs, Controversies and Change. New York: Palgrave, 2008.[1]
  • Co-author. Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence. With Melissa Spatz, Executive Director, Women and Girls CAN. Report for Women and Girls Collective Action Network, 2007.[1]
  • Author. “The Feminist Majority Foundation's Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid: The Intersections of Feminism and Imperialism in the United States," International Feminist Journal of Politics, Vol. 8, No. 4 (2006): 557-80.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Ann Russo | Faculty | Women's and Gender Studies | Academics | College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | DePaul University, Chicago". las.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  2. ↑ "Faculty | Critical Ethnic Studies | Academics | College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | DePaul University, Chicago". las.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  3. ↑ "Faculty | Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies | Academics | College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | DePaul University, Chicago". las.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  4. ↑ "Faculty Spotlight | About | Critical Ethnic Studies | Academics | College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | DePaul University, Chicago". las.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  5. ↑ "Faculty | LGBTQ Studies | Academics | College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | DePaul University, Chicago". las.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  6. ↑ "History, Growth and Development | About | Women's and Gender Studies | Academics | College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | DePaul University, Chicago". las.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  7. ↑ "Northwestern Women's Center presents May 15 symposium on gender, education and progress". news.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  8. ↑ "News and Notes | About | Women's and Gender Studies | Academics | College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | DePaul University, Chicago". las.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  9. ↑ "29th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference (2024) | Teaching & Learning Conference | Events | Teaching Commons | DePaul University, Chicago". resources.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  10. ↑ Staff, Undersigned Faculty & (2025-03-28). "Stand Up DePaul - an open letter from DePaul faculty and staff". The DePaulia. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  11. 1 2 3 "Campus and Community | Sections | DePaul University Newsline | DePaul University, Chicago". resources.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  12. 1 2 "DeBuzz | Sections | DePaul University Newsline | DePaul University, Chicago". resources.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  13. ↑ "About Us - SVDP USA". 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  14. ↑ Talking back and acting out : women negotiating the media across cultures. Internet Archive. New York : Peter Lang. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8204-5172-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  15. ↑ Mohanty, Chandra Talpade (1991). Third World women and the politics of feminism. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-33873-0.
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