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Red Washburn is a Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York (CUNY). They also teach Women’s and Gender Studies at Brooklyn College and hold Affiliate Faculty status in Women’s and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. Additionally, Washburn serves as co-editor of Women's Studies Quarterly published by The Feminist Press.
Washburn's research interrogates the intersections of gender, incarceration, and cultural production through Gender Studies, Trans Studies, and Prison Writing frameworks. Their work repositions Irish women's prison narratives within social movements while pioneering analysis of nonbinary expression in literature and visual art. This interdisciplinary approach connects historical Irish political struggles with contemporary transatlantic movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, emphasizing carceral state critiques and intersectional justice.
Key scientific recognition includes:
- ACLS/Mellon fellowship for 'Nonbinary: Tr@ns-Forming Gender and Genre in Nonbin@ry Literature, Performance, and Visual Art'
Washburn maintains an active scholarly profile through Routledge-published monographs, articles in journals like Journal for the Study of Radicalism, and editorial leadership on WSQ's 'Nonbinary' special issue. Recent events include the April 2023 Book Salon on Irish Women's Prison Writing with Irish activists and October 2022's conversation on Paisley Currah's 'Sex is as Sex Does,' demonstrating sustained engagement with critical gender discourse and collaborative scholarship.
