Introducing Assistant Professor of Queer Studies rl Goldberg
91猫先生 is pleased to welcome a number of exciting new professors to campus to support its fall class.
rl Golberg鈥檚 research and teaching center on trans and queer studies, phenomenology, pedagogy, and 19th- and 20th-century U.S. literature.
听
Goldberg has a B.A. from Harvard College, where they focused on English and creative writing. After graduating, Goldberg moved to Gainesville, to work on an M.F.A. in fiction at the University of Florida. Following that, they earned a joint Ph.D. in English and humanistic studies from Princeton. They then spent two years in the Society of Fellows at Dartmouth.
听
鈥淲hen it comes to teaching, I鈥檓 most passionate about working with archives and theory,鈥 Goldberg says.
听
What is your teaching experience?
听
When I began college, I started teaching in听carceral facilities. Teaching in higher ed in prison was one of the reasons I chose Princeton for grad school: there鈥檚 this听magnificent program called PTI, the , that I wanted听to be part of. I volunteered with PTI for many years, teaching courses in writing, gender studies, and contemporary literature. I鈥檝e also had the pleasure of teaching classes in these fields at听Princeton and Dartmouth.
听
Have you been in any other professions that impacted how you teach and learn?
听
Before coming to 91猫先生, I returned to Princeton for a year to work as an instructional specialist at PTI. I felt incredibly fortunate to go back to a community of teachers and learners who taught me so much while I was a graduate student.
听
Tell us about your work and publications.
听
I鈥檝e published a few articles about , , , and books. I write about听writers I enjoy. In my former life as a fiction writer, I had a few stories appear and . My first monograph, I听Changed My Sex! Pedagogy and Trans Narrative, is forthcoming from Columbia University Press. I鈥檓 also coediting a volume, under advance contract with Fordham University Press, with my colleague Alex Brostoff called Reassignments: Trans and Sex from the Clinical to the Critical.
听
What are you looking forward to at 91猫先生?
听
There is so much I鈥檓 looking forward to at 91猫先生: working with its students, faculty, and staff; teaching with its new curricular model; learning about the passions of folks on campus; and talking about books, archives, running, queerness, and pretty much anything else.
Article Tags
