Part-Time Faculty

Lauren Auger

Instructor

Teaching: GSWS 2160A, 2275F, 2220E and 2283G Desiring Women; GSWS 2220E Feminist Theory and Practice Across the Disciplines; GSWS 3322F Advanced Topics in Feminist Theory and Practice in Social Sciences

Nikki Edwards

Instructor

Teaching: GSWS 2161B Women and Popular Culture, GSWS 2163A Sex Education

Jacob Evoy

Instructor

Research Interests / Specializations: Queer theory, queer history, Holocaust and genocide studies, intergenerational trauma, history of the AIDS epidemic, pop culture.
Teaching: GSWS 1023G, 2164A, 3163G
Biography: Jacob (they/them/their) is a Ph.D. candidate completing a collaborative degree in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies as well as Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction.. Jacob's dissertation is an examination of non-normative sexualities and intergenerational trauma. Their dissertation is entitled: "Queer(ing) Post-Holocaust Experiences: An Oral History of LGBTQ+ Children of Holocaust Survivors."

Jeremy Johnston

Instructor

Research Interests / Specializations: Critical Theory and Cultural Studies; Adolescence, Citizenship, and Neoliberalism; Mental Health and Disability Studies; Feminist Theory; Youth Studies; Gender, Race, Class, and Young Adult Literature.
Teaching: GSWS 2243F, 2264G
Biography: Jeremy (he/him) recently completed his PhD in the Department of English & Writing Studies at Western. His dissertation examines how contemporary YA novels detail instances of adolescent mental distress in gendered ways, ushering adolescents towards a model of young adulthood he terms productive citizenship.

Amy Keating

Instructor

Research Interests / Specializations: Queer theory, queer temporality, community, queer art and aesthetics, affect theory, phenomenology, performance
Teaching: GSWS 2167B
Biography: Amy is a PhD Candidate in the GSWS department. Their research explores how queer art and aesthetics can foster communities of queer joy and belonging

Christian Ylagan

Instructor

Teaching: GSWS 2205G
Biography: Christian Ylagan is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. His research looks at representations of queerness as monstrosity in Filipino literature and film in the aftermath of the country’s postcolonial experience. He has previously taught courses for GSWS, the Comparative Literature program, and English and Film Studies on topics such as postcolonial queer literature, critical masculinity studies, and the Disney Dream Factory. He currently serves as the Vice President of the Northeast MLA Graduate Student Caucus.

Katrina Younes

Instructor

Research Interests / Specializations: Katrina's research interests encompass contemporary American and Asian American literary and cultural studies. She is primarily interested in noir and gender and ecocriticism. She has a forthcoming chapter “Eco-noir in New York 2140” in a collected volume titled The Crossroads of Crime Writing (2023).
Biography: Katrina Younes is currently an ABD PhD candidate in Western’s Department of English and Writing Studies. She also holds a juris doctor degree from Western’s Faculty of Law.