Chris Barcelos

Dr. Chris Barcelos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where they direct the Queer and Trans Studies Minor. As an interdisciplinary scholar-educator, their work examines intersections of sexuality, race, and power in youth health contexts.

EDUCATION:

• BA in Sociology and Gender Studies from Marlboro College
• MPPA and PhD in Public Health from University of Massachusetts Amherst
• CAGS in Advanced Feminist Studies from UMass Amherst

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Queer and Trans Health Equity
• Feminist Public Health Approaches
• Racialized Health Interventions
• Reproductive Justice Movements
• Digital Health Funding Dynamics
• Intersectional Youth Advocacy

SCIENTIFIC AWARDS:

• 2022 ASA Sociology of Sexualities Distinguished Book Award for Distributing Condoms and Hope

RECENT ARTICLE TRENDS:

• Focus on crowdfunding's role in transgender healthcare access (2023-2020)
• Developing queer safer sex pedagogies (2023-2019)
• Reproductive justice frameworks for youth organizing (2025-2020)
• Challenging colorblindness in sexual health programming (2018-2014)