Joy Dixon

Joy Dixon is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. Her research intersects gender, sexuality, religion, science, and imperial history, with a focus on modern Britain. She is currently working on a book, Sexual Heresies: Religion, Science, and Sexuality in Modern Britain, examining the interplay between emerging sexological theories and religious experience.

• Education:
  • Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1993
  • M.A., University of Sussex, 1986
  • B.A. (Hons.), Queen's University at Kingston, 1985

Her publications span topics like queer masculinity, theosophy, and colonial syncretism, with notable works on Aleister Crowley and Edward Carpenter. She co-edited a special issue on Religion and Sexuality in Victorian Review (2011) and has contributed to journals such as Journal of the History of Sexuality and Gender and History.