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'''Sheila Cavanagh''' is a Canadian academic, playwright, and author. She is an [[Associate Professor|associate professor]] of Sociology and former Chair of the Sexuality Studies Program at [[York University]]<ref name="Atkinson">[http://people.laps.yorku.ca/people.nsf/researcherprofile?readform&shortname=sheila York University Faculty Profile]</ref> where she teaches an undergraduate course titled Sociology of Gender and a range of graduate courses in sexuality studies, feminist theory and queer theory. Cavanagh is best known for her work in (trans*)gender and sexuality with a concentration on [[Queer theory|queer,]] [[Cultural theory|cultural]], and [[Psychoanalytic theory|psychoanalytic]] theories.
'''Sheila Cavanagh''' is an Associate Professor of Sociology and former Chair of the Sexuality Studies Program at [[York University]].<ref name="Atkinson">[http://people.laps.yorku.ca/people.nsf/researcherprofile?readform&shortname=sheila York University Faculty Profile]</ref> Cavanagh is a former chair of the [[Canadian Sexuality Studies Association]] and co-editor (along with Malena Gustavson) of the ''Somatechnics'' journal.<ref>http://www.euppublishing.com/loi/soma</ref> Her research is in the area of gender and sexuality with a concentration on [[Queer theory|queer]], [[Cultural theory|cultural]], and [[Psychoanalytic theory|psychoanalytic]] theories. Cavanagh is Co-Investigator on the SSHRC funded study, Transgender and Performance Ethnography. She co-edited a collection with Angela Failler and Rachel A. J. Hurst titled ''Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis'' (2013) published by Palgrave Macmillan.<ref>Cavanagh, S. L., Failler, A. & Hurst, A. J. (2013). ''Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis''. New York: Palgrave Macmillan</ref> Her first sole-authored book titled ''Sexing the Teacher: School Sex Scandals and Queer Pedagogies'' (2007)<ref>Cavanagh, S. (2011). ''Sexing the teacher: School sex scandals and queer pedagogies.'' Vancouver BC:UBC Press.</ref> was given honorable mention by the Canadian Women’s Studies Association. Her second sole-authored book titled ''Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination'' (2010)<ref>Cavanagh, S. L. (2010). ''Queering bathrooms: Gender, sexuality, and the hygienic imagination.'' Toronto Ontario: University of Toronto Press.</ref> is a GLBT Indie Book Award finalist and recipient of the CWSA/ACEF Outstanding Scholarship Prize Honourable Mention (2012). Her performed ethnography titled Queer Bathroom Monologues (QBM) premiered at the [[Toronto Fringe Festival]] (2011) and was given the Audience Pick Award. The play was professionally staged at [[Buddies in Bad Times]] Theatre, Toronto, in June 2014 for [[WorldPride]] and has toured at conferences, colleges and universities in Canada and the United States. She has published in a wide range of international journals and given keynotes addresses at conferences in Sweden, Turkey and Canada. Cavanagh teaches an undergraduate course titled Sociology of Gender and a range of graduate courses in sexuality studies, feminist theory and queer theory. She is also interviewed in [[Rohan Spong]]'s documentaries ''T is for Teacher'' (2009) and ''Queer Science'' (2008).

== Career ==
Cavanagh received a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Education and Sociology at York University. She earned a master's from the University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education ([[Ontario Institute for Studies in Education|OISE]]) and a Ph.D in Sociology at York University in 1999. After graduating, Cavanagh was hired as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies at [[Western University (Canada)|Western University]].

Cavanagh is currently [[Associate Professor]] of Sociology and was formerly the Chair of the Sexuality Studies Program at [[York University]].<ref name="Atkinson" /> Cavanagh is a former chair of the [[Canadian Sexuality Studies Association]].

== Publications ==

=== Books ===
Cavanagh has written a number of books and articles in the area of gender and sexuality with an emphasis on [[queer theory]] and more recently, psychoanalysis. Her first book was titled [https://www.ubcpress.ca/sexing-the-teacher ''Sexing the Teacher: School Sex Scandals and Queer Pedagogies'' (]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ubcpress.ca/sexing-the-teacher|title=UBC Press {{!}} Sexing the Teacher - School Sex Scandals and Queer Pedagogies By Sheila Cavanagh|website=UBC Press|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-03}}</ref>[https://www.ubcpress.ca/sexing-the-teacher 2007)]<ref>Cavanagh, S. (2007). ''Sexing the teacher: School sex scandals and queer pedagogies.'' Vancouver BC:UBC Press.</ref>. Her second sole-authored book titled ''[https://books.google.ca/books/about/Queering_Bathrooms.html?id=Pyg0UD3eaEoC Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination]'' (2010<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ca/books/about/Queering_Bathrooms.html?id=Pyg0UD3eaEoC|title=Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination|last=Cavanagh|first=Sheila L.|date=2010-10-30|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9781442699977|language=en}}</ref>)<ref>Cavanagh, S. L. (2010). ''Queering bathrooms: Gender, sexuality, and the hygienic imagination.'' Toronto Ontario: University of Toronto Press.</ref> was a GLBT Indie Book Award finalist and recipient of the CWSA/ACEF Outstanding Scholarship Prize Honourable Mention (2012).

Cavanagh is also co-editor of a collection with Angela Failler and Rachel A. J. Hurst titled [https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780230365063 ''Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis'' (]2013<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780230365063|title=Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis {{!}} S. Cavanagh {{!}} Palgrave Macmillan|language=en}}</ref>)<ref>Cavanagh, S. L., Failler, A. & Hurst, A. J. (2013). ''Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis''. New York: Palgrave Macmillan</ref>

=== Plays ===
Cavanagh later adapted interview transcripts collected in the process of researching her second book, Queering Bathrooms into a play entitled, [https://vimeo.com/87865033 Queer Bathroom Monologues (QBM]), which premiered at the [[Toronto Fringe Festival]] (2011) and was given the Audience Pick Award. QBM was later staged at [[Buddies in Bad Times]] Theatre,Toronto, in June 2014 for [[WorldPride]] and has subsequently toured at conferences, colleges and universities in Canada and the United States.

=== Articles ===
Cavanagh, Holly Randell-Moon and Iris van der Tuin co-edit ''[https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/soma Somatechnics]'', a multi-disciplinary [[academic journal]] focusing on ethics, technology and the body. Cavanagh recently Guest Edited a Special Issue of ''[[TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly]]'', on the topic of transgender and psychoanalysis.

Cavanagh's scholarly articles have been published in ''[https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/sexualities Sexualities: Studies in Culture and Society], [[Body & Society|Body and Society]], and [http://www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/ European Journal of Psychoanalysis]'' among other journals. She is also regularly interviewed by popular media such as ''[[Toronto Star]], [[CBC News|CBC]],'' and ''[[The New Yorker]]'' on issues related to the rights and inclusion of [[Transgender|trans*]] people<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/human-rights-complaint-danforth-bar-1.4041693|title=Toronto woman launches rights complaint over washroom access {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/class-action/toronto-schools-open-gender-free-washrooms/|title=Toronto schools open gender-free washrooms|last=Ritchie|first=Kevin|date=2017-03-08|work=NOW Magazine|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2011/03/04/torontos_flush_with_unisex_washrooms.html|title=Toronto’s flush with unisex washrooms {{!}} The Star|work=thestar.com|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-politics-of-bathrooms|title=The Politics of Bathrooms|last=Rothman|first=Joshua|date=2016-05-14|work=The New Yorker|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref>. Cavanagh is interviewed in [[Rohan Spong]]'s documentaries, ''T is for Teacher'' (2009)<ref>{{Citation|last=Spong|first=Rohan|title=T Is for Teacher|date=2009-09-20|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1409711/|accessdate=2018-05-03}}</ref> and ''Queer Science'' (2008)<ref>{{Citation|last=Spong|first=Rohan|title=Queer Science|date=2009-03-28|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1419063/|accessdate=2018-05-03}}</ref>.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:09, 3 May 2018

Sheila Cavanagh
Cavanagh in March 2014

Sheila Cavanagh is a Canadian academic, playwright, and author. She is an associate professor of Sociology and former Chair of the Sexuality Studies Program at York University[1] where she teaches an undergraduate course titled Sociology of Gender and a range of graduate courses in sexuality studies, feminist theory and queer theory. Cavanagh is best known for her work in (trans*)gender and sexuality with a concentration on queer, cultural, and psychoanalytic theories.

Career

Cavanagh received a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Education and Sociology at York University. She earned a master's from the University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and a Ph.D in Sociology at York University in 1999. After graduating, Cavanagh was hired as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies at Western University.

Cavanagh is currently Associate Professor of Sociology and was formerly the Chair of the Sexuality Studies Program at York University.[1] Cavanagh is a former chair of the Canadian Sexuality Studies Association.

Publications

Books

Cavanagh has written a number of books and articles in the area of gender and sexuality with an emphasis on queer theory and more recently, psychoanalysis. Her first book was titled Sexing the Teacher: School Sex Scandals and Queer Pedagogies ([2]2007)[3]. Her second sole-authored book titled Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination (2010[4])[5] was a GLBT Indie Book Award finalist and recipient of the CWSA/ACEF Outstanding Scholarship Prize Honourable Mention (2012).

Cavanagh is also co-editor of a collection with Angela Failler and Rachel A. J. Hurst titled Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis (2013[6])[7]

Plays

Cavanagh later adapted interview transcripts collected in the process of researching her second book, Queering Bathrooms into a play entitled, Queer Bathroom Monologues (QBM), which premiered at the Toronto Fringe Festival (2011) and was given the Audience Pick Award. QBM was later staged at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre,Toronto, in June 2014 for WorldPride and has subsequently toured at conferences, colleges and universities in Canada and the United States.

Articles

Cavanagh, Holly Randell-Moon and Iris van der Tuin co-edit Somatechnics, a multi-disciplinary academic journal focusing on ethics, technology and the body. Cavanagh recently Guest Edited a Special Issue of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, on the topic of transgender and psychoanalysis.

Cavanagh's scholarly articles have been published in Sexualities: Studies in Culture and Society, Body and Society, and European Journal of Psychoanalysis among other journals. She is also regularly interviewed by popular media such as Toronto Star, CBC, and The New Yorker on issues related to the rights and inclusion of trans* people[8][9][10][11]. Cavanagh is interviewed in Rohan Spong's documentaries, T is for Teacher (2009)[12] and Queer Science (2008)[13].

References

  1. ^ a b York University Faculty Profile
  2. ^ "UBC Press | Sexing the Teacher - School Sex Scandals and Queer Pedagogies By Sheila Cavanagh". UBC Press. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. ^ Cavanagh, S. (2007). Sexing the teacher: School sex scandals and queer pedagogies. Vancouver BC:UBC Press.
  4. ^ Cavanagh, Sheila L. (2010-10-30). Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442699977.
  5. ^ Cavanagh, S. L. (2010). Queering bathrooms: Gender, sexuality, and the hygienic imagination. Toronto Ontario: University of Toronto Press.
  6. ^ Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis | S. Cavanagh | Palgrave Macmillan.
  7. ^ Cavanagh, S. L., Failler, A. & Hurst, A. J. (2013). Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
  8. ^ "Toronto woman launches rights complaint over washroom access | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  9. ^ Ritchie, Kevin (2017-03-08). "Toronto schools open gender-free washrooms". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  10. ^ "Toronto's flush with unisex washrooms | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  11. ^ Rothman, Joshua (2016-05-14). "The Politics of Bathrooms". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  12. ^ Spong, Rohan (2009-09-20), T Is for Teacher, retrieved 2018-05-03
  13. ^ Spong, Rohan (2009-03-28), Queer Science, retrieved 2018-05-03

External links

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