The LGBTQ Studies Program offers a dynamic multidisciplinary minor that analyzes sexuality, sex, gender identity, and queer experience across many different fields of inquiry. The curriculum is grounded in queer, feminist, and intersectional theories to analyze power structures, inequality, and social justice through the consideration of non-normative genders and sexualities. LGBTQ Studies is an ever-evolving field that represents an important vantage point from which to investigate the social construction of gender and sexual identity, as well as the relationship between gender, sexuality, and culture.
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