Teaching Desire: Gender Pedagogies and the Politics of Survival

This session ignites conversation about teaching feminist and queer studies amid moral panic, exploring how desire, rage, and care become radical tools—keeping classrooms alive, embodied, and defiantly political in the face of ideological chill.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, March 23, 2026

Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, University of Arkansas (rcalabretta@gmail.com ) Andrea Adolph, Penn State New Kensington (aea13@psu.edu )