Scott Morgensen

Scott Morgensen is an Associate Professor at Queen's University's Department of Gender Studies, specializing in queer and feminist ethnography at the intersection of Indigenous studies, race/ethnic studies, and American studies. He co-founded the Queen's Feminist Ethnography Network (2017) and served as Graduate Chair (2012; 2015–19) during the Gender Studies PhD Program's development.

• PhD, MA in Anthropology (Women’s Studies concentration), UC Santa Cruz
• BA in Anthropology, UC Berkeley

His scholarship examines intersections between anthropology, ethnography, and queer/feminist politics. Key contributions include foundational work in queer Indigenous studies and Indigenous masculinity studies, as demonstrated in his book Spaces between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization (University of Minnesota Press, 2011). Current research explores histories of queer/feminist anthropology through interdisciplinary theories of modernity.

Recent publications focus on racial and colonial legacies in sexual social sciences, including a 2024 chapter in Unsettling Queer Anthropology and a 2024 Feminist Keywords entry on heteronormativity. His 2016 work addresses indigenous resurgence within gender studies and colonial contexts for queer imagining.

Scientific Recognition
• 2012 Ruth Benedict Prize – Honorable Mention (Association for Queer Anthropology)

As editorial board member of American Ethnologist and former editor roles at American Quarterly (2019–2023) and Journal of Critical Race Inquiry (2014–2017), he contributes to shaping interdisciplinary academic discourse.