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Isabel Gonzales serves as a Rising Scholar Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at the University of Virginia, where her work critically examines the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality through racial/sexual mythmaking, critiques of mainstream LGBTQ+ politics, and digital spaces as refuges for multiply marginalized communities.
She earned her PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine, grounding her interdisciplinary approach in political theory and critical gender studies. Her research focuses on queer and trans communities of color, with particular attention to digital platforms like Tumblr as sites of survival and resistance during the marriage equality era.
Key projects include a book manuscript analyzing queer- and trans-of-color Tumblr communities, theoretical work on nonbinary identity through 'growing up gay on the internet,' explorations of kinship with queer-of-color ghosts, and collaborative studies on Filipinx diaspora experiences and hyper-referential digital cultures. Her scholarship bridges Critical Race Theory, Digital Humanities, and Transgender Studies to interrogate power structures and community-building in online spaces.
