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Our Mission

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The Tennessee Tech Women's Center encourages belonging on our campus for everyone. We provide education about issues relating to gender, something we all experience, and focus especially on content relating to women's lives. We advocate for everyone to be involved in our work; we all need to participate in making sure that everyone feels safe, visible, and included on campus. 

The Center coordinates with other university and community organizations to build an environment characterized by equity, freedom, and dignity for all people.

To accomplish this mission the Center:

  • Connects people, programs, and resources
  • Educates everyone about how gender impacts all our lives
  • Fosters self-advocacy for the greater good

 

Our Staff

Dr. Helen Hunt headshot

Director

Dr. Helen Hunt

Associate Professor of English
hhunt@tntech.edu
Phone: (931) 372-3818
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I specialize in early American literature, specifically early American and nineteenth century fiction. My research interests include gender & sexuality studies and queer theory. I teach classes on early American women's writing and material culture, feminist theory, life writing, and embodiment. 

My work appears in Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Early American Literature, and J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists and others. It has been supported by fellowships from the Library Company of Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Historical Society, the Mellon Foundation, and the American Antiquarian Society.

 

jordan

     Admin

      Jordan Dicey  

       Administrative Associate 4
       jldicey@tntech.edu 
       Phone: (931) 372-3364

 

 

 

I moved to Tennessee in 2014 to attend Tennessee Tech University focusing on Criminal Justice, and have lived in Cookeville ever since. Originally, I am from a small ski town in northern New Hampshire located within Mount Washington Valley. In my spare time you can find me working on my newest cross stitch, embroidery or crochet project! Any other time I have is spent with Dean and Walter, my two pit bull fur-babies! We are either playing frisbee or walking at Cane Creek Park. 

I am very proud to be involved with Tennessee Tech's Women's Center, and to be actively working towards achieving our mission of belonging for all. 

 

Our Student Staff

Jessica

Trinity (she/her)

 

 

 

 

 

Featured Alumni

full body shot of Nicki in front of a windowNicki Parish (she/her)

Nicki is a TNTECH graduate, majoring in English and Professional and Technical Communication and worked with the WMC Fall of 2021-Fall 2023. Her favorite part about working at the WMC was the people she has met and editing our semesterly journal, Attune.  

 

 

 

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