Assistant Professor, Gender Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Center for the Research of Race and Ethnicity in Society
Research Interests Black feminisms, 20th and 21st century Black women’s writing and visual media, Black lesbian studies, Black speculative fiction, feminist and queer publishing, writing communities, popular culture.
Associate Professor, Gender Studies
Affiliate Faculty, African Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Maurer School of Law
Laura Foster is an Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Affiliate Faculty in African Studies and Maurer School of Law at Indiana University – Bloomington. She is also a Senior Researcher at the Intellectual Property (IP) Unit, University of Cape Town Faculty of Law. Her research explores questions of power and inequality at the nexus of law, science, technology, and the nonhuman.
Research Interests
feminist postcolonial science studies; feminist science studies; science and technology studies; feminist and critical race legal theory; transnational/postcolonial feminisms; feminist research methodologies; human rights and intellectual property law
Professor, Gender Studies
Professor, American Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, Gender Studies
Adjunct Professor, Anthropology
Adjunct Professor, Cultural Studies
Adjunct Professor, History
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Center for the Study of Global Change
Affiliate Faculty, International Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Latino Studies
Research Interests
intersection of cultural studies theories of power, subjectivity, and ideology with questions of political economy
Professor, Gender Studies
Professor, Anthropology
Research Interests
state, citizenship, and law; migration; intimacy; marriage; gender and sexuality; LGBT families; reproductive politics; kinship and parenting
Ruth N. Halls Professor, Gender Studies
Executive Director, The Kinsey Institute
Adjunct Professor, IU School of Medicine
Research Interests
intersections of biology and gender; biopsychosocial models of human behavior; romantic and sexual relationships; relationship and sexual attitudes and behaviors.
Distinguished Professor, Gender Studies
Senior Scientist, The Kinsey Institute
Visiting Professor, University of Southampton
Senior Research Fellow, Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP)
Research Interests
male condom use, hormonal contraceptives and women's sexuality, reproductive health, gender similarities and differences, women's sexual problems, sexual health among older adults
Associate Professor, Gender Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor, American Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, American Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor, History
Adjunct Associate Professor, Human Biology
Research Interests
history of gender and sexuality in United States; queer theory; feminist theory; LGBT studies
Assistant Professor, Gender Studies
Research Interests
transgender studies, sexology, black feminist thought, queer theory, critical theory, Victorian anthropology
Clinical Full Professor, Gender Studies
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Gender Studies
Research Interests
gender and reproductive technology; queering the family; gender and popular culture; reproductive justice; pregnancy/mothering in popular culture
Professor, Gender Studies
Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Editor, Journal of Folklore Research
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Research Interests
gender, sexuality, Afro-Caribbean spirituality, and Yoruba traditional religion in folklore, literature, and ethnography
Assistant Professor, Gender Studies
Research Interests
Black performance theory, visual culture, sound studies, media studies, Black masculinity, and HIV prevention.
Assistant Professor, Gender Studies
Assistant Professor, Latino Studies Program
Research Interests
Afro-Latina/o/x Studies, Afro-Caribbean Philosophy, Black Feminist Theory, Performance Theory, Critical Theory, Gender and Sexuality
Provost Professor, Gender Studies
Peg Zeglin Brand Chair, Gender Studies
Department Chair, Gender Studies
Senior Scientist, The Kinsey Institute
Senior Research Fellow, Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP)
Core Faculty Partner, Center for Sexual Health Promotion, IU School of Public Health - Bloomington
Research Interests
sexual behavior; sexuality, sexual identity, and gender relations; sex differentiation
Provost Professor, Gender Studies
Director, College Arts and Humanities Institute
Jean C. Robinson Scholar, Gender Studies
Affiliate Faculty, American Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Center for the Research of Race and Ethnicity in Society
Affiliate Faculty, Cultural Studies
Affiliate Faculty, English
Affiliate Faculty, The Kinsey Institute
Affiliate Faculty, The Media School
Research Interests
popular culture, film, television, and reality television; feminist theory and the body; celebrity and gender; the politics of representation; masculinity; nineteenth-century transatlantic literature; theories of identity; cultural citizenship; american religious culture
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