Not all routes through academia are straight lines, and, as a doctoral candidate in the Department of Gender Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, G Angel found that taking the scenic route can yield opportunities for research and personal growth that are priceless.
Entering IU’s Graduate School, G focused their research primarily on the intersections of rurality, queerness, and the rhetoric of monstrosity. Originally, their research focused on the idea of metronormativity, or the narrative that queer people have to move to cities to have good lives. They researched how those who identify as queer positioned and navigated themselves in rural locations, and how they faced dual depictions of monstrosity, for being both queer and living in rural areas.
G’s work has led them in interesting and unexpected directions as they’ve continued their doctoral studies and research.
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