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Varun Chaudhry is an Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University. They hold a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. Their research focuses on gender, race, sexuality, and class in U.S. nonprofit organizations and academia, emphasizing institutional critiques of racialized and gendered systems. Chaudhry’s work bridges ethnography, Black feminist thought, and queer of color critique, with publications in journals like GLQ, Signs, and Transgender Studies Quarterly.
They authored Transforming Inclusion: An Organizational Guide (2018) and conducted community-based research with organizations like the Trans Resilience Fund and Bread and Roses Community Fund. Chaudhry has received awards including the 2024 Career Enhancement Fellowship and the 2022-2023 Theodore and Jane Norman Fund Award.
- Research Interests: Transgender studies, Black feminist thought, queer of color critique, LGBTQ advocacy, ethnography, critical university studies.
- Grants & Consultancy: Collaborations with the Leeway Foundation and Trans Justice Funding Project; advisory roles for cultural organizations.
Chaudhry’s scholarship integrates public-facing writing with academic rigor, emphasizing transformative institutional change through intersectional frameworks.
