The Department is thrilled to welcome Dr. Joanna Neville as a full time faculty member. After serving as an adjunct in our department for several years, Dr. Neville now holds the position of Assistant Instructional Professor and has also taken on the roles of Undergraduate Coordinator and Experiential Learning Coordinator. Dr. Neville is originally from Miami. She is a triple Gator and holds a B.A. in English, an M.A. in Women’s Studies, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Florida. Dr. Neville’s research focuses on gender and sport as well as gender, family, and reproduction. She brings many years of experience teaching at both Santa Fe College and the University of Florida. Dr. Neville appreciates that Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies is inherently interdisciplinary. Given her own diverse training background, Dr. Neville draws from different fields of study to investigate and unravel productions of knowledge. She uses learning activities in class to demonstrate conceptual material in a hands-on manner and prioritizes the incorporation of new modalities and techniques into her instruction and assignment practices. Further, her holistic approach to teaching recognizes each student as a person with a busy life, and she is committed to students’ mental health and providing support when she is able.
Dr. Neville regularly teaches WST 2322: Introduction to Health Disparities online, reaching a wide variety of learners, including residential UF students, UF Online students, and high school students who are dually enrolled. She recently undertook a full update of the online, asynchronous class WST 3371: Women, Leadership and Diversity in the Global Environment; she worked with the Center for Online Instruction and Production on this course revamp and looks forward to offering it in Spring 2025. Dr. Neville’s face-to-face classes include WST 2612: Social Science Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality; WST 3015: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women’s Studies, and WST 4704: Discrimination and Health. As she takes on the role of Undergraduate Coordinator, Dr. Neville is happy to support students by answering any questions they might have about Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. In her spare time, Dr. Neville enjoys playing ultimate frisbee and thinking and talking about non-traditional healing modalities like acupuncture.
Amanda Bouquet joined our Department in June 2024 in the role of Administrative Specialist II, otherwise known as “all things office.” Amanda earned her B.A. from the University of Florida, majoring in International Studies with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. She also completed a minor in Spanish and a certificate in Holocaust Studies. Prior to joining us, Amanda worked for the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies at UF. She brings experience with budget management, web design and editing, and social media creation. When she’s not in the office, Amanda enjoys watching movies and you can find her around town using her Regal Unlimited movie pass. Impressively, she is fluent in three languages: English, Spanish, and Portuguese. So, if you haven’t met Amanda yet, please stop by the office to say hello, hola, or olá.