The College of Arts and Sciences at Washington State University in Pullman announced that Pamela Thoma is the new director of the Program in Women’s Studies. The program, which had departmental status, is now housed in the English department.
Dr. Thoma joined the faculty at Washington State University in 2007. She is an expert in Asian American literary and cultural studies, feminist media studies, and women’s literature. Earlier, she taught at Takayama College in Japan, Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Thoma is the author of Asian American Women’s Literature: Feminizing Genres and Neoliberal Belonging (Temple University Press, 2013).
Dr. Thoma is a graduate of Ohio State University, where she majored in English literature. She earned a master’s degree in English literature from Colorado State University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Colorado.