In my teaching, I apply transformative justice principles to creative interactive, project-based courses on transgender studies, gender and sexuality, critical race theory, queer and trans history, disability studies, and social movements.
Areas of Interest
- LGBTQIA2 history and activist movements
- Transgender studies
- Disability studies
- Transformative justice
- Arab feminism and transnational queer movements
Courses
- Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies
- Transgender Activism
- Introduction to Queer and Transgender Disability studies
- History of LGBTQ Activist Movements
- Lesbian Writers, Lesbian Lives
- Transgender Theory and Literature (graduate level)
Pedagogy
As an instructor, I foster the critical engagement of my students with social movements through feminist historical inquiry. The constant in all of my classes is my use of feminist pedagogy in order to draw the learner into the world with the goal of changing it. From digital exhibits to self-designed advocacy projects, my students complete creative and practical projects that reflect their experiences and generate knowledge that is valuable to local communities.
I am also committed to engaging students in learning outside of the classroom. In addition to mentoring student activists as faculty advisor for campus organizations, I use “drag king pedagogy” to make information more accessible as my drag persona “Dill Rye the Gender Guy.”
