Daniel Rivers

Daniel Rivers is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at The Ohio State University, located at 369 Dulles Hall, 230 Annie & John Glenn Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210. His research focuses on LGBTQ+ communities, Native American history, family dynamics, and U.S. social protest movements since 1877.

Education: PhD in History from Stanford University.

• Book: Radical Relations: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children in the United States since WWII (UNC Press, 2013)
• Articles on queer oral history and LGBTQ+ custody cases

Research Interests: Explores intersections of sexuality, family law, and social activism. Specializes in post-WWII LGBTQ+ family structures and legal struggles. Engages with Native American histories and gender/sexuality studies. Advocates for inclusive historiographical methods.

Awards & Fellowships:

• Social Science Research Council fellowship
• Mellon fellowship (Smith College)
• James Weldon Johnson Institute visiting fellowship
• Princeton University Council of the Humanities fellowship

Advising & Grants: No student advisees explicitly listed. Research supported through multiple institutional fellowships. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on projects addressing queer legal history and marginalized narratives.

Labs/Teams: Engages with oral history initiatives and cross-departmental social justice research groups.