Nelson M. Rodriguez, PhD

Nelson M. Rodriguez is an American theorist in the fields of queer and gender studies, Foucault studies, critical pedagogy and cultural studies, and education. Rodriguez is co-editor of the series Queer Studies and Education (Palgrave Macmillan) and Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education (Routledge/Taylor and Francis). His recent publications include: "Michel Foucault and Sexualities and Genders in Education: Friendship as Ascesis" (Palgrave Macmillan); "Queer Pedagogies: Theory, Praxis, Politics" (Springer Nature Switzerland); "Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education: An International Guide for the Twenty-First Century" (Palgrave Macmillan); "Educators Queering Academia: Critical Memoirs" (Peter Lang); "Queer Masculinities: A Critical Reader in Education" (Springer Netherlands); and "Queering Straight Teachers: Discourse and Identity in Education" (Peter Lang). Rodriguez’s forthcoming books include: "LGBTQ+ Studies in Education: Theoretical Interventions in Curriculum and Pedagogy" (Palgrave Macmillan); "Foucauldian Philosophy and Implications for Educational Research: Michel Foucault’s Lectures at the Collège de France" (Routledge); "Queer Studies and Education: An International Anthology" (Oxford University Press); and "Transnational Sexualities and Education" (Publisher TBA). Rodriguez is currently Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The College of New Jersey where he serves as Coordinator of the Sexuality and Queer Studies program. Email: nrodrigu@tcnj.edu.