Gender and Sexuality Caucus

Representative: Doreen Thierauf
The Gender & Sexuality Caucus is a network of Victorian studies scholars with a vital interest in the study of gender and sexuality. Victorian studies was among the first fields to promote such scholarship, and we would like to continue this legacy by encouraging new conversations on the intersection of gender with sexuality, race, class, and disability.

We are committed not only to research and teaching, but also to activism and mentorship. We hope to promote greater equity with respect to gender and sexuality, including the development of strategies to prevent discrimination and harassment in the profession at large. We also want to offer an especially warm environment for graduate students and junior scholars, offering mentorship that focuses both on the field of gender and sexuality studies and to impact of gender on life in academia.

The Gender Caucus met for the first time at NAVSA 2016 in Phoenix and organized formally in Banff in 2017. Its mission expanded after the NAVSA 2019 meeting when its members decided to add sexuality to the caucus's core mission.

We hope to host panels, roundtables, lunch meetings, and other networking and mentoring opportunities at future conferences.