Deborah Gould

Deborah Gould is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, with affiliations in Feminist Studies, History of Consciousness, and Politics. She earned her PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2000 and completed a post-doctoral Harper-Schmidt Fellowship there (2000–2004). Her research focuses on political emotion, social movements, and feminist/queer theory.

• Affiliated Faculty: Feminist Studies, History of Consciousness, Politics

Her groundbreaking work includes the award-winning book Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP’s Fight Against AIDS (2009), which analyzed the role of emotion in activism. Currently, she is working on a second book, The Not-Yet of Politics, expanding her analysis of political affect.

Scientific Awards:
• Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Best Book Award (ASA Political Sociology Section, 2010)
• Ruth Benedict Book Prize (AAA, 2010)
• Lambda Literary Award finalist (LGBT Studies, 2010)

Gould was deeply involved in ACT UP/Chicago and co-founded the interdisciplinary collective Feel Tank Chicago, known for its International Parades of the Politically Depressed. Her scholarship bridges sociology, political science, and queer theory.