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Background
Dr. Frederick S. Roden is Associate Professor of English. He earned his PhD from New York University and is author of Same-Sex Desire in Victorian Religious Culture and editor of Palgrave Advances in Oscar Wilde Studies and Jewish/Christian/Queer: Crossroads and Identities. He is co-editor of Catholic Figures, Queer Narrativesand author of a commentary edition of the medieval theologian Julian of Norwich entitled Love's Trinity. His current projects include an edition/translation of an 1896 sexological work, Marc-Andre Raffalovich's Uranisme et Unisexualite.
Expertise
Dr. Roden's specializations include Victorian and medieval literature, gender studies and queer theory, and religious studies. He is the author of numerous book chapters, journal articles, and reviews in these fields, about which he lectures internationally. At UConn-Stamford he teaches for the Women's Studies Program and also offers courses in Holocaust Literature. He received the UConn AAUP award for Teaching Excellence. Past president of the GL/Q Caucus of the Modern Language Association, his research in lesbian/gay studies has been recognized for distinction at UConn and elsewhere.
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