Queer & Transgender Studies in Religion Research Group
The Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion Research Group at UCR is an interdisciplinary collective of faculty, occasional postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students who are interested in pursuing queer and/or transgender studies in connection with the study of religion, broadly construed. We meet once a month during the academic year to discuss topics of shared interest. Faculty members in the research group also select each year’s Holstein Fellows, and some serve as mentors for the fellows as well. Membership in the research group is open to all graduate students, postdocs, lecturers, and ladder-rank faculty at UCR, and we are also building a network of affiliated scholars in Southern California. If you’re interested in joining us, please contact Melissa Wilcox at melissa.wilcox@ucr.edu.
Research Group members
Crystal Mun-Hye Baik, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies
Sherine Hafez, Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Tamara Ho, Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Wesley Y. Leonard, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies
Molly McGarry, Associate Professor of History
Andrea Smith, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies
Melissa M. Wilcox, Professor and Holstein Family and Community Chair of Religious Studies