FEMINIST & QUEER STUDIES PROFE / SCHOLAR + COMMUNITY MEMORY WORKER & AMATEUR ARCHIVIST

Dr. Meagan Solomon is a Chicana Jewish lesbian scholar, educator, and memory worker based in Austin, Texas. She is Assistant Professor of Feminist Studies at Southwestern University, where her courses focus on Latina lesbian literature, women of color feminisms, and queer memory work. She holds a PhD in English with graduate certificates in Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies and Women and Gender Studies from TCU.

Her research is published in WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly, Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, Journal of Lesbian Studies, and more. She is currently developing an edited collection entitled Somos Lesbianas: Critical Reflections on Latina/e Lesbian Legacies and Futures, the first scholarly collection to focus on Latina/e lesbians in over twenty years.

Beyond her professional roles, she is a cat mom of two, a lover of art and astrology, and a founding member of Malflora Collective, a community project dedicated to preserving the everyday lives, memories, and legacies of Latina/e lesbians.

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