Media Coverage

I am available for interviews on my research, activism, books, drag, and other topics related to transgender movements. please contact me. You can read recent coverage of my work below.

“Queer Archives in the Digital Age,” Journal of American History Podcast

“Disability and Neuroqueerness” I’m Feeling Queer Today! Podcast

“Ableism and Trans Rights, Past and Present,” Crip Crap Podcast

“Lessons from an underground women’s abortion service in the 1970s,” Washington Post

“Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson: Sex Worker Resistance,” Panelist with Dr. Charlene Fletcher and Ceyenne Doroshow, The Oldest Profession Podcast

“‘What message are we sending when we reward work with no humanity whatsoever?’” Matter News, July 2026

“Reigning Kings,” CBS News San Francisco, June 2025

“How trans people can win against Trump” Matter News, March 2025

Texas gender ideology firing brings concern to URI: ‘I’ve been afraid for as long as I’ve been teaching’ The Good Five Cent Cigar, September 2025

“Trump order targets trans women: NCAA announces compliance,” The Good Five Cent Cigar, February 2025

“This is Life and Death,” Ohio’s Trans Ban will Harm Queer Health, Experts Say,” Tribune New Service, February 2024

“URI’s first transgender professor speaks on Midwestern trans movement,” The Good Five Cent Cigar, November 2023

“URI’s Dr. Joy Ellison Talks Transgender Movements in Research and Classrooms,” The Bartholomewtown Podcast, October 2023

“URI Professor Explores Transgender Movements in Research and the Classroom,” Rhody Today, October 2023