Karen Tongson

Karen Tongson

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1973 -

Occupation

Academic, Writer

Description

Professor of English, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and American Studies and Ethnicity at USC, and co-editor of the award-winning book series, Postmillennial Pop (with Henry Jenkins) at NYU Press. Author of 'Why Karen Carpenter Matters' (2019), and 'Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries' (2011). Co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Popular Music Studies. Co-host of the weekly podcast Pop Rocket. Named the winner of the 2019 Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction.

See Also

• Feminist Activists Who Identify as Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender
• LGBTQ Academics in Sexuality Studies

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.karentongson.org/
• https://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1008230
• https://fri.ucdavis.edu/resources/videos/what-feminist-research-karen-tongson

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