معرفی
Ian-Khara Ellasante serves as a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, teaching courses including Poetry and Resistance Beyond the Gender Binary, Transgender Studies, Queer Indigenous Studies, and Gender in American Indian Literature.
- Race, Ethnicity, and Feminist Thought
- Transgender Narratives
- Gender Traditions and Transformations in the Americas
Research centers on Transgender Studies and Queer Indigenous methodologies with emphases on decolonization, borderlands theory (Nepantla), and intersectional resistance. Work explores trans migration barriers, athletic inclusion, and Black birthing experiences through community-engaged art and narrative analysis.
Thesis advising includes "Nepantla as Home: Trans Women’s Migration from Latin America," "Sports Beyond the Binary: Transgender Athletes’ Participation Barriers," and "Art to Empower: Black Birthing Experiences." Course evaluations consistently note expanded student understanding of trans issues beyond Eurocentric frameworks and exceptionally inclusive classroom environments with intentional self-reflection components.
