Tre Wentling

Tre Wentling is an Assistant Professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. His research focuses on U.S. administrative policies regulating identification documents and analyses of data from the Transgender Social Life, Family and Health project. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Syracuse University, with certificates in Women’s & Gender Studies, and prior degrees from UCCS.

Education:

• Ph.D., Sociology & Advanced Studies Certificate in Women’s & Gender Studies, Syracuse University
• M.A., Sociology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• B.A., Sociology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Research Interests: Interdisciplinary studies in transgender and queer theory, identity politics, governance, and resistance. Recent work examines bureaucratic systems affecting marginalized communities through policies tied to identification documents.

Publications: Works appear in Journal of Homosexuality, Transgender Studies Quarterly, and Teaching Sociology, as well as the edited volume Outside the Gender Box: Trans and Non-Binary Gender People in Higher Education.

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