Kathryn Bond Stockton

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Kathryn Bond Stockton is an American writer and academic. She works at the University of Utah, where she serves as the inaugural Dean of the School for Cultural and Social Transformation [1] and a Distinguished Professor of English. [2] Her primary research areas are "queer theory, theories of race and racialized gender, and twentieth-century literature and film." [2]

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Her books have twice been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies. [3] [4]

Personal life

Stockton has stated that, though she was assigned female at birth, she often does not consider herself a woman, and if she were born in a different era, she may identify as transgender. [5] In 2015, she had been in a "not lesbian" relationship with her girlfriend, who was also assigned female at birth, for 25 years. [5] In this relationship, Stockton has referred to herself as "a gayish queer" and to her girlfriend as a "straightish queer." [5]

Education

In 1979, Stockton received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut, where she majored in psychology and minored in philosophy. [2] Here, she joined Phi Beta Kappa.

She then received a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School in 1982, a Master of Arts from Brown University in 1984, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Brown University in 1989. [2]

Career

Stockton joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 1987 [1] [5] and became a Distinguished Professor in 2012, at which time she had been the program director for gender studies for a decade. [6] [5] In 2013, she was awarded the Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence, [7] the University of Utah's highest award, presented to "a faculty member who displays excellence in teaching, research and administrative efforts." [6] Since then, she as served as the Dean of the School for Cultural and Social Transformation [2] and the inaugural Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity. [7] [1]

Aside from her work at the University of Utah, Stockton has served as a core faculty member at Cornell University’s School of Criticism and Theory (2011). [2] She has also been a reviewer for the Danish Research Council, American Council of Learned Societies, and The Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, as well as an editorial board member for American Literature and Genders , and advisory board member for Critical Childhood & Youth Studies, Queer Studies in Media and Popular Culture, and West Virginia University Press. [2]

Awards and honors

Self

Aside from specific awards and honors, Stockton has received fellowships from Wesleyan University, Brown University, and the University of Utah (1990, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2012). [2] She has also received various prizes from Brown University, Yale Divinity School, and the University of Connecticut. [2]

Her teaching and scholarship has earned her numerous awards, including the University of Utah's Rosenblatt Prize for Excellent, [8] Ramona W. Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities, the National Organization for Women's Lifetime Achievement Award[ citation needed ] and the Modern Language Association's Crompton-Noll Prize. [9]

In 2015, she was honored with Equality Utah’s Allies Award. [10] [5]

Works

Awards for Stockton's written works
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2020Making Out Next Generation Indie Book Award for MemoirFinalist [11]
2010The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies Finalist [4]
2007Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful Shame Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies Finalist [3]

Publications

Book chapters and essays

Books edited

Books written

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