University of Arizona Helps Transgender Studies Take a Bold Leap Forward (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mitch-kellaway/university-of-arizona-transgender-studies_b_3854427.html)
Mitch Kellaway, The Huffington Post, 09/04/2013 5:01 pm
The University of Arizona, already home to one of the top graduate programs in women's and gender studies, has made a strong statement about the field of transgender studies: It's here to stay.
On Aug. 30, 2013, the institution quietly announced its intention to hire four tenure-track professors specifically dedicated to transgender studies within the next two years. In the same hiring call the institution stated its intention to establish a Center for Critical Studies of the Body and a graduate degree program in transgender studies. The university's LGBT Center already houses the editorial office of the groundbreaking Transgender Studies Quarterly (TSQ), forthcoming in 2014.
The modest reach of this news belies its significant promise: expanded understandings of transgender embodiment and lived experience outside the limiting medical-legal complex.