Research Interests
African American Studies, Film/Visual Culture, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Theory & Criticism
Highlighted Publications
Somerville, S. B. (2026). Naturalization: A Queer Genealogy of US Citizenship, Race, and Sexuality. Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478062615
Somerville, S. B. (Ed.) (2020). The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies. (Cambridge Companions to Literature). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108699396
Somerville, S. B. (2000). Queering the Color Line: Race and the Invention of Homosexuality in American Culture. (Series Q). Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822378761
Recent Publications
Somerville, S. B. (2026). Naturalization: A Queer Genealogy of US Citizenship, Race, and Sexuality. Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478062615
Somerville, S. B. (2020). Citizenship. In K. P. Murphy, J. Ruiz, & D. Serlin (Eds.), The Routledge History of American Sexuality (pp. 104-117). (Routledge Histories). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637259-11
Somerville, S. B. (2020). Introduction. In S. B. Somerville (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies (pp. 1-14). (Cambridge Companions to Literature). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108699396.002
Somerville, S. B. (Ed.) (2020). The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies. (Cambridge Companions to Literature). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108699396
Somerville, S. B. (2016). Scientific Racism and the Invention of the Homosexual Body. In A. L. Ferber, K. Holcomb, & T. Wentling (Eds.), Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: The New Basics (3 ed.). Oxford University Press.