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Ava Kim

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1205 W Nevada St
M/C 137
2022-2023 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Transgender Studies

Biography

Ava L.J. Kim is the 2022-2023 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Associate in Transgender Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In July of 2023, she will begin an appointment as Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at the University of California, Davis. Ava completed her PhD in English at the University of Pennsylvania and her BA in Creative Writing at Macalester College. Her work can be found in the journal, American Studies, and is forthcoming in TSQ