The 13th Annual Sedgwick Lecture- 3.27.2025
The Thirteenth Annual Sedgwick Lecture in Gender & Sexuality Studies
March 27th, 5:00 PM, The Howard Thurman Center
with Professor Juana Rodriguez
Juana María Rodríguez is a cultural critic who writes about sexual cultures, racial politics, and the many tangled expressions of Latina identity. A Professor of Ethnic Studies and Performance Studies at UC Berkeley, she is the author of Puta Life: Seeing Latinas, Working Sex (Duke UP 2023); Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings (NYU Press 2014); and Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces (NYU Press, 2003). In 2023, Dr. Rodríguez was honored by The Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies’ with the prestigious Kessler Award, in recognition of her lifelong contributions to the field of LGBT Studies.
