Adriane Bezusko Ph.D.

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Education:

BA, MA University of North Texas

PhD, Rice University

Dr. Bezusko is a scholar of contemporary American literature and culture with particular expertise in queer literature and poverty studies. Her current book project, Queer Geographies: Narratives of the Other America, contributes to the growing body of scholarship critiquing metronormativity and connects LGBTQ+ literature to working-class and working-poor narratives from The War on Poverty to the present. Her work has appeared in SOULS: A Critical Journal of Black Politics. Dr. Bezusko completed her PhD at Rice University and has held positions at the University of Texas at Austin and Tulane University. She has taught courses in carceral studies, literary theory, American literature, LGBTQ studies, women's studies, ELA instruction, and composition. She is committed to creating transformative learning experiences by helping students develop the critical tools and conceptual language to express their experiences in and of the world.