Scott Herring

Scott Herring is Professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University. His scholarship focuses on LGBTQ studies, queer theory, and material culture through interdisciplinary approaches.

His research examines queer anti-urbanism, material deviance, critical age studies, and LGBTQ cultural production. He investigates how sexuality intersects with space, material objects, and temporalities across American cultural history.

Professor Herring has received significant recognition including the Lambda Literary Award and NEH Fellowship. His publications explore diverse topics from hoarding cultures to queer modernist aesthetics, demonstrating innovative approaches to LGBTQ cultural studies.