Matt Brim

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Matt Brim is an American queer studies professor serving as the executive director of CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center since 2023. He is a professor in the English department at College of Staten Island.

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Life

Brim earned a B.A. from Wabash College. [1] He completed a Ph.D. at Indiana University Bloomington. [1]

Brim teaches courses in LGBT literature, women's studies, queer studies, and feminism. [1] He is a queer studies professor in the English department at the College of Staten Island. [1] In 2023, he became the executive director of CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. [2]

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References

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  2. "Professor Matt Brim will lead CLAGS". CUNY Graduate Center. September 1, 2023. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
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    • Davis, Lindsay G. (2022). "Stretching and Strategizing: Refashioning Queer Studies from the Outside In". Women's Studies Quarterly. 50 (3/4): 282–285. ISSN   0732-1562. JSTOR   27201452.
    • Testa, Nino (2020). "Class Dismissed". The Women's Review of Books. 37 (3): 12–13. ISSN   0738-1433. JSTOR   26992928.