Queering Education in the Deep South

Kamden Strunk is an Assistant Professor at Auburn University, where he teaches quantitative research methods. He is a scholar-activist focused on issues of social justice in education, LGBTQ issues and queer studies, and race in the education. Much of his research and writing focus on issues in the 'Deep South' region of the U.S. He is also a director of the Research Initiative on Social Justice and Equity (RISE).

• Introduction: Queering Education in the Deep South; Kamden K. Strunk.Part I. Teaching Queer Studies and LGBTQ Issues.Chapter 1. We're in the Freaking Bible Belt: A Narrative Analysis of the Complexities of Addressing LGBTQ Topics While Teaching in the Deep South; Stephanie Anne Shelton.Chapter 2. No Matter What Personal Feelings We Have: Exploring the Tension Between Preservice Teachers' Personal Ideologies About and Professional Responsibilities for LGBTQ Students; Carey E. Andrzejewski, Hannah Carson Baggett, and Rashida E. Askia.Chapter 3. Disturbing Identities and Messy Entanglements: Teaching Queer Theory in the American South; Heather Palmer.Part II. Queering Educational Policy and Practice.Chapter 4. Queering the University: The Evolution of LGBTQ Inclusivity at a University in the Deep South, 1950–2016; Brittney L. Beck, Jennifer Jones, Wolfgang Sigmund, and Peter Westmoreland.Chapter 5. Safe Schools Coalitions in the Deep South: Exploring Stories of Formation, Diversity, and Communication; Sarah R. Young, Nghi Phan, Evan Lowe, Ian Fields Stewart, and Christopher Rapisarda.Chapter 6. Stonewalled at Every Level: Exploring the Experiences of College Student Affairs Administrators Advocating for Change in the Deep South; Georgianna L. Martin and Christopher Broadhurst.Chapter 7. Making Sense of Contradictions in Deep South Schooling: Queer Potentialities and Possibilities; Andrea Beall and Kamden K. Strunk.Chapter 8. From Football to Lecture Hall: LGBTQ Perceptions of Campus Climate; Dexter Bracken, L. J. Winters, and Emalee J. W. Quickel.Part III. Queering Literature, Libraries, and Archives.Chapter 9. Archiving the Kings & Queen City: Creating a Queer Archive in Charlotte, North Carolina; Joshua Burford.Chapter 10. The LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana: A Community Organizing Success Story; Frank Perez.Chapter 11. It Takes Three to Tango: Reading, Teaching, and Challenging Queer Literature in the South; Khirsten Doolan and Allison Rittmayer.Conclusion; Kamden K. Strunk.Author Biographies.