Dr. David is an interdisciplinary feminist and queer studies scholar with a qualitative research focus on gender and globalization. He was a Fulbright Scholar in the Philippines, where he conducted ethnographic research for project that examines the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality.
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social inequality (race, class, gender, sexuality), cultural sociology, transgender studies, postcolonial studies, sociology of disasters, social movements, ethnography, qualitative methods
ENGL 3796 - Queer Theory
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
Surveys theoretical, critical, and historical writings in the context of lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gay literature. Examines relationships among aesthetic, cultural and political agendas, and literary and visual texts of the 20th century. Same as LGBT 3796.
LGBT 2000 - Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2021
Investigates the social and historical meanings of racial, gender, and sexual identities and their relationship to contemporary lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender communities. Same as WGST 2030.
LGBT 3796 - Queer Theory
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
Surveys theoretical, critical, and historical writings in the context of lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gay literature. Examines relationships among aesthetic, cultural and political agendas, and literary and visual texts of the 20th century. Same as ENGL 3796.
LGBT 3930 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies Internship
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Spring 2024
Matches selected students with supervised internships in university programs and advocacy groups, local businesses, human service or government agencies. Internships will focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer issues, such as anti-violence programs, educational outreach, and civil rights initiatives. Recommended prerequisite: LGBT 2000.
LGBT 4400 - Critical Inquiries in Transgender Studies
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2021
Examines theories, methods and debates in the emerging field of transgender studies. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, this course examines transgender identities, communities and political movements in different historical and cultural contexts. Focuses on crosscutting issues that shape transgender subjectivities, with special attention given to how transgender movements negotiate race, class, sexuality, labor, culture and nation. Same as LGBT 5400 and WGST 4400 and WGST 5400.
LGBT 5400 - Critical Inquiries in Transgender Studies
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Spring 2021
Examines theories, methods and debates in the emerging field of transgender studies. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, examines transgender identities, communities and political movements in different historical and cultural contexts. Focuses on crosscutting issues that shape transgender subjectivities, with special attention given to how transgender movements negotiate race, class, sexuality, labor, culture and nation. Same as LGBT 4400 and WGST 4400 and WGST 5400.
WGST 2030 - Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2021
Investigates the social and historical meanings of racial, gender, and sexual identities and their relationship to contemporary lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender communities. Same as LGBT 2000.
WGST 2600 - Introduction to Global Gender, Race and Sexuality Studies
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Spring 2018
Introduces students to the field of Women and Gender Studies. Examines gender issues globally from interdisciplinary, intersectional and transnational feminist perspectives across a range of global cultural contexts. Covers such topics as transnational feminism, colonialism and imperialism, indigenous feminisms, religion and politics, immigration and asylum, and climate change.
WGST 4400 - Critical Inquiries in Transgender Studies
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2021
Examines theories, methods and debates in the emerging field of transgender studies. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, this course examines transgender identities, communities and political movements in different historical and cultural contexts. Focuses on crosscutting issues that shape transgender subjectivities, with special attention given to how transgender movements negotiate race, class, sexuality, labor, culture and nation. Same as LGBT 5400 and LGBT 4400 and WGST 5400.
WGST 4950 - Honors Research
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2021
For qualified Women and Gender Studies majors working on the research phase of departmental honors. Department enforced prerequisite: overall GPA of 3.3.
WGST 4999 - Senior Honors Thesis
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Fall 2019
Qualified Women and Gender Studies majors may write an honors thesis, an in-depth research paper, on a topic of choice. Thesis hours available to majors only after successfully completing the research phase.
WGST 5400 - Critical Inquiries in Transgender Studies
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Spring 2019 / Spring 2021
Examines theories, methods and debates in the emerging field of transgender studies. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, examines transgender identities, communities and political movements in different historical and cultural contexts. Focuses on crosscutting issues that shape transgender subjectivities, with special attention given to how transgender movements negotiate race, class, sexuality, labor, culture and nation. Same as WGST 4400 and LGBT 4400 and LGBT 5400.
WGST 6796 - Queer Theories
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
Explores key concepts and debates in the field of queer theory with an interdisciplinary focus on crosscutting issues (aesthetic, cultural, legal, medical, political and social) that shape queer subjectivities, practices and relations.
