Participant Info
- First Name
- Gerda
- Last Name
- Zinner
- Country
- United States
- State
- TN Tennessee
- gerda-zinner@utc.edu
- Affiliation
- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Academic Advising, Activism, Alabama History, American Cultural Politics, Gender, Higher Education, Historical Commemoration, HIV/AIDS, Intersectionality, Legal History, LGBTQ History, Queer History, Social Justice, Southern US, Student Organizing
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- Phone: 423-425-4389
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Gerda Zinner serves as the academic advisor for the division of the humanities at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Arts and Sciences. She holds an MA in History from Auburn University where she wrote on the history of queer student organizations and their struggle for institutional recognition in the state of Alabama. Some of her other interests include queer history in general, intersectionality, legal history, cultural politics of the United States since World War II, and historical commemoration. She is currently working on a research project examining the intersections of institutional policy, law, and queer student support. In addition to advising and research, Gerda also teaches in the UTC Department of History and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- Modern, 20th century, 21st century
- Expertise by Topic
- Gender, Higher Ed, Human Rights, Law, Public History, Sexuality
