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Bek Orr, Ph.D

(They/Them/Theirs)

Assistant Professor, Women & Gender Studies, Sociology

(585) 395-2018
rorr@brockport.edu
Office: Liberal Arts 122
Office Hours:

Mondays 1:00PM-3:00PM

Tuesdays 12:30-1:30PM

Thursdays 12:30-1:30PM

Bio

Bek Orr is a Brockport alum, having earned their Bachelor’s degree from the College in 2008. Bek earned their Masters and Doctorate in Sociology and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Women’s and Gender Studies from Syracuse University. Their research interests include LGBTQIA archives and communities, transgenerational exchange, and collective memory.

Education

• MA in Sociology, Syracuse University, May 2010
• PhD in Sociology with a certificate of Advanced Studies in Women and Gender Studies at Syracuse University.
  • Dissertation Title; Imagining Queer: LGBTQ Archives and the Construction of Queer Communities.

Areas of Specialty

Transgender Studies, Queer Archives, LGBTQ+ History, Digital Sociology, Sociology of Sex and Gender

Courses Taught

• WMS 101 Introduction to Women & Gender Studies
• SOC/WMS 340 Digital Sociology and Online Communities
• WMS/ANT 365 LGBTQ+ Cultures
• WMS 411 Feminist Research Methodologies
• WMS 409/509 Feminist Theory

• Recent Publications

  “The Supreme Court and Gender Justice” in Gender Justice: Women’s Rights and Equity. Forthcoming Fall 2023, Palgrave MacMillan.

  “Trans/Fat: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Becoming at the Intersection of Trans and Fat”, Journal of Fat Studies, November 11, 2022.

  “Introduction to Feminist Engagements with the Queer Archive”, Journal of Feminist Scholarship 19 (Fall): 1-6.