Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender

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​The LGBTQ Studies program posits sex and sexuality as central analytical categories within many different fields of inquiry. This emerging discipline scrutinizes the cultural production, dissemination, and vicissitudes of sexuality while attempting to decipher the meanings inscribed in the practices and discourses of sex. We may say that LGBTQ Studies does for sex and sexuality what women's studies does for gender. It has grown out of women's and gender studies, cultural studies, and the post-1969 discourse on the politics of sexuality both in the public sphere and the more limited arena of scholarly endeavor.

Faculty

Heather Montes Ireland, PhD
Acting Program Director
Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies

Affiliated Faculty

Barrie Jean Borich, MFA
Professor, English and Creative Writing

Gary Cestaro, PhD
Associate Professor, Modern Languages

Michael DeAngelis, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Dustin Goltz, PhD
Associate Professor, Communication

Bill Johnson González, PhD 
Associate Professor, English 

Kelly Kessler, PhD
Associate Professor, Communication

Allison McCracken, PhD
Associate Professor, American Studies

Donald L. Opitz, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Francesca Royster, PhD
Professor, English

Ann Russo, PhD
Professor, Women's and Gender Studies

Lourdes Torres, PhD
Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies

In Memoriam

Douglas Bruce, PhD (1963-2024)
Associate Professor, Health Science & Public Health