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Theresa N. Kenney

PhD Candidate in English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University

Theresa (she/her/siya) is an ABD PhD candidate in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. Her research focuses on asexual, aromantic, and platonic intimacies within queer Asian North America. Her work can be found in Feminist Formations and decomp journal. She has recently appeared in The Big Sex Talk (CBC Gem) as a guest expert on asexuality in Canada. She holds a SSHRC Bombardier Scholarship, is a former co-chair for the National Women's Studies Association's (NWSA) Asexuality Studies Interest Group, and is a current co-organizer of a diasporic solidarities themed conference in Canada.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD Candidate in English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University

Education

  • 2017 
    McMaster University, Master of Arts

Publications

  • 2020
    Thinking Asexually: Sapin-Sapin, Asexual Assemblages, and the Queer Possibilities of Platonic Relationalities, Feminist Formations

Professional Memberships

  • Association for Asian American Studies
  • National Women's Studies Association
  • Sexuality Studies Association / Association d'études de la sexualité
  • Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes