معرفی
Agnes Malinowska serves as an Assistant Instructional Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at The College of the University of Chicago, with affiliate faculty appointments at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture. As an active member of Faculty Forward/SEIU Local 73, she advocates for contingent faculty rights within the university's academic labor framework.
Her academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago (2018)
- B.A. in Philosophy and History from the University of California, Berkeley
Professor Malinowska's research critically examines how organic life, technology, and nonhuman matter (including microorganisms and evolutionary processes) shape human social formations and power relations. Her work centers on biopolitical regulation of biological reproduction, sexuality—particularly for women and historically sexualized minorities—and the state's interception of natural processes through public health institutions. This interdisciplinary scholarship bridges gender theory, queer studies, and science and technology studies with environmental humanities and nonhuman ontologies.
As a dedicated Americanist literary scholar, she primarily analyzes late nineteenth to early twentieth-century cultural production while increasingly engaging contemporary issues. Her intellectual scope extends to science fiction, proletarian literature of the 1930s 'red decade,' and radical political movements, reflecting a commitment to understanding historical-material conditions of cultural production.
With continuous involvement in the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities (MAPH) since 2014 as both preceptor and professor, she mentors graduate students in courses like In a Queer Time and Place (Winter 2025) and Reproductive Citizens: Gender, Work, and the Body (Spring 2025). Through Faculty Forward/SEIU Local 73, she actively campaigns for equitable compensation and working conditions for non-tenure-track faculty, demonstrating institutional commitment beyond traditional academic roles.
