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Deborah Cohler is a Professor in the Department of Women & Gender Studies at San Francisco State University (SFSU), affiliated with the College of Liberal and Creative Arts. She has been at SFSU since 2002. Her research focuses on intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and nationalism, particularly in wartime contexts and military culture. Her work spans feminist theory, queer studies, and critical military studies, with a notable emphasis on representations of military spouses and the cultural politics of war, including the War on Terror and World War I. Cohler holds a PhD in English Literature from Brown University and a BA in Women’s Studies and English from Wesleyan University.
Her current research examines mass cultural and subcultural portrayals of military spouses in US culture post-2000, exploring how these narratives reflect neoliberal ideologies and gendered nationalisms. Key publications include her monograph Citizen, Invert, Queer: Lesbianism and War in Early Twentieth-Century Britain (2010), which traces shifts in lesbian representation through wartime and imperial contexts. Recent articles analyze media such as Army Wives (TV) and the memoirs of Chris Kyle and Taya Kyle, interrogating how militarism and domesticity intertwine with neoliberal citizenship.
Cohler’s work consistently bridges historical and contemporary analyses, addressing topics like eugenics, transnational feminism, and the cultural legacies of war. Her interdisciplinary approach engages literary studies, media criticism, and feminist geopolitics, offering critical insights into how gender and sexuality shape—and are shaped by—wider socio-political structures.
