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- Emillion AdekoyaView Profile
PhD student, 2022-presentAreas of interest:Black feminism, Gender and Sexuality, Queer Politics, Critical Race theory, African studies, Asylum and Refugee Aesthetics, African lgbtq+ migration and mobility. - Peter BrunoView Profile
PhD student, 2023-presentAreas of interest:Critical Theory, Fascism, Media Studies, Psychoanalysis, Science Studies, Sexuality Studies - A.J CastleView Profile
PhD student, 2022-present Areas of interest:Disability Studies, Feminist Science and Technology Studies, Film and Media Studies, Video Games, Deconstruction, Embodiment, and Bioethics - Maura ConleyView Profile
PhD student, 2024-presentAreas of interest:Gender and sexuality, Feminist Praxis, Feminist Pedagogy, Critical Institutional Studies, Affect Theory, Embodiment, Digital Media Studies - Galia Cozzi BerrondoView Profile
PhD student, 2020-present Areas of interest:Transnational feminisms, Queer politics, Migration and mobility in Latin America, Queer and transgender studies, de/coloniality, Latinx imaginaries, Performance studies - Hayden CuttoneView Profile
PhD student, 2022-present Areas of interest:Feminist Literary and Cultural Studies, Affect Theory, Horror Studies, Monster Theory, Feminist Disability Studies and Crip Theory. - Emily FerranteView Profile
MA student, 2024-present Areas of interest:Queer and transgender theory; transnational feminism; media studies; disability studies; de/colonialism - Jose Flores-Sanchez View Profile
PhD student, 2019-present Areas of interest:Disability, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, migration, aesthetics, body and embodiment and settler-colonialism studies. - Kassel Franco GaribayView Profile
PhD student, 2023-presentAreas of interest:Friendship; feminist solidarities; queer and transgender theory; Latin American social movements; Mexican feminisms; affect theory; community and kinship; Latinx and Chicanx methodologies; decolonial theory and methodology; and lesbian feminist theory. - Mar Galvez SeminarioView Profile
PhD student, 2024-presentAreas of interest:Reproductive Justice, Queer and Trans of Color Critiques, Queer and Crip Theory, Disability Justice Theory, Media Studies, Memory Studies, and Gender Politics in Public Policy. - Lynette Kwaw-MensahView ProfilePhD student, 2025-present Areas of interest:
Black queer feminist thought, crip and queer temporalities, the body as archive, oral histories, disability justice, and African and African Diaspora studies. - Tasmia HaqueView Profile
PhD student, 2019-presentAreas of interest:Sexuality, feminism and queer theory, agency, trauma and mental health, critical race theory, transnational activism. - LaQuette Holmes View Profile
PhD student, 2023-presentAreas of interest:Critical Race Theory, Cultural Production Theory, ethnographic studies, anti-Blackness, misogynoir, and the racialized misrepresentation of the Black woman’s identity in popular romance fiction. - Jade KaiView Profile
PhD student, 2019-presentAreas of interest:Aesthetic medicine, Black and African American studies, body/embodiment, care work, decolonizing methodologies, kinship, queer and trans genders and sexualities. - Hnin Hnin OoView Profile
PhD student, 2024-presentAreas of interest:Burmese militarized sexual violence against women, reproductive justice/rights for women, activism, transnational feminisms and Burmese refugee/immigrant patterns to the United States. - Kara PernicanoView Profile
PhD student, 2022-presentAreas of interest:Trauma-Informed Approaches to Care Work; Disability Justice & Madness Studies; Queer & Crip Theories; Embodiment & Affect, Hybrid Aesthetics, Performance Studies & Comic Studies - Frankie PetronioView Profile
PhD student, 2019-presentAreas of interest:Trans studies; cultural studies; American studies; critical discourse analysis; parasociality; politics and social movements; political psychology; far-right studies. - Genie RuzickaView Profile
PhD student, 2020-presentAreas of interest:Critical Race Studies, the intersections between race, gender, and sexuality in pop culture, television studies, consent. - Desi Self View Profile
PhD student, 2019-presentAreas of interest:Surveillance Studies, Critical Studies of Race, Philosophy of Sex, and Radical Pedagogy - Sonbol BahramikamangarView Profile
PhD student, 2025-presentAreas of interest:Areas of interest: Kurdish and Iranian feminisms, gendered violence and resistance, diasporic identity, visual culture and storytelling, feminist media studies, trauma and representation, transnational feminism, memory and narrative, digital activism, and violence prevention. - Carlos VazquezView Profile
PhD student, 2017-present Areas of interest:Areas of interest: Critical Race Theory; Black and Latino Studies; Higher Education Studies; Disability Studies; Queer Theory; Transgender Studies; Masculinity Studies - Lizbeth ZunigaView Profile
PhD student, 2020-present Areas of interest:Critical Fat Studies; Fat Theory and the medicalization of fat bodies; Queer Theory; Critical Race Theory; Jotería Studies; Latinx/a and Xicanx/a Feminisms; Latinxs in Labor Systems, Disability/Crip Theory. - Jay Walter View Profile
MA Student, 2025-present Areas of interest:queer theory, asexuality, aromanticism, masculinity, and race. Jay hopes to eventually pursue a PhD and build a career in academia with the goal of fostering spaces for shared knowledge, dialogue, and research exchange.