KJ Cerankowski (previously published as Karli June Cerankowski) is an American professor and author whose work focuses on gender and human sexuality with a focus on asexuality studies. They are an assistant professor of Comparative American Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Oberlin College. With Megan Milks, they co-edited Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives (Routledge, 2014).
KJ Cerankowski | |
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| Occupation | Professor, author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Ph.D., Modern Thought and Literature |
| Alma mater | Stanford University University of Southern California |
| Subject | Gender studies LGBT culture Queer studies |
| Notable works | Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives (2014) |
Education and career edit
Cerankowski received a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature at Stanford University in 2014;[1] they completed a dissertation entitled Illegible: asexualities in media, literature, and performance analyzing the cultural significance of asexuality as "a queer way of thinking about sexual subjectivity, desire, and intimacy."[2]
Cerankowski is an assistant professor of Comparative American Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Oberlin College.[3] Before joining the Oberlin faculty, they were a lecturer in the department of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stanford University and a fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research.[4]
Selected works edit
With Megan Milks, Cerankowski co-edited Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives (Routledge, 2014),[5] one of the earliest collections of essays on the study of asexuality.
Cerankowski's writings have been published in Feminist Studies[6] and WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly.[7]
Cerankowski published "Suture: Trauma and Trans Becoming" in November 2021
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Stark, Leah (24 February 2015). "Shedding light on asexuality". Medical Xpress. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Cerankowski, Karli June (July 2014). Illegible: asexualities in media, literature, and performance (Thesis). Stanford University. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "KJ Cerankowski | Oberlin College and Conservatory". Oberlin College and Conservatory. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Karli Cerankowski | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research". gender.stanford.edu. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Cerankowski, Karli June; Milks, Megan (2014). Asexualities : feminist and queer perspectives. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415714426.
- ^ Cerankowski, Karli June; Milks, Megan (2010). "New Orientations: Asexuality and Its Implications for Theory and Practice". Feminist Studies. 36 (3): 650–664. JSTOR 27919126.
- ^ Cerankowski, Karli June (15 June 2013). "Queer Dandy Style: The Cultural Politics of Tim Gunn's Asexuality". WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly. 41 (1): 226–244. doi:10.1353/wsq.2013.0059. ISSN 1934-1520. S2CID 84827574. Retrieved 5 June 2017.