Our faculty models excellent research protocols and methodologies, writing books and articles that are recognized internationally as among the very best in the field. Their opinions are frequently featured in the media, too. Gender Studies research spans the social and natural sciences, humanities, business, and the arts, with publications and presentations in areas such as these:
Research Areas
Queer theory
Sexed bodies and health
American rural South
Eastern European history
Gender identity and sexuality studies
Embodiment and scientific practice
Mass media and popular culture
The state, national identity, and citizenship
Gendered knowledge formations
Social, institutional, and legal discourses of gender
Literary and artistic constructions of gender and sex
Cross-cultural, transnational, and historical perspective on sex and gender
Research faculty at the Kinsey Institute
Two of our core faculty, Justin Garcia and Stephanie Sanders, serve as research faculty at the Kinsey Institute. Since 1947, the Kinsey Institute has fostered and promoted a greater understanding of human sexuality, gender, and reproduction through research, outreach, education, and historical preservation.
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