Biography
Tammy Birk is an Associate Professor of English and has been director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program since 2009. She regularly teaches in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies foundational core as well as courses in experimental women’s writing, contemporary graphic narrative, gender and madness, and seminars in topics as varied as Disability Cultures and Human/Animal: Seminar in Critical Animal Studies. Her research interests are centered on critical cosmopolitanism and its radicalizing impact on global learning pedagogy. Birk also advises a number of student organizations, including the WGSS honorary and Otterbein’s feminist and queer-friendly zine, kate. Outside of work, Birk is involved in local political activity and activism, Buddhist meditation and study, pit bull rescue, and leading a monthly discussion series called ‘Seekers and Healers’ at Wild Goose Creative. She is the mother of one daughter.
Areas of Expertise (11)
Transgression
Gender and madness
Feminism & Gender Studies
Feminist praxis and dissent
Critical Cosmopolitan Pedagogy
Women's Studies
Gender & Sexuality Studies
Experimental Women’s Writing
Feminism
Graphic narrative and medicine
Critical Animal Studies
Accomplishments (1)
Citizen Faculty Award (professional)
2016-01-01
Citizen Faculty Award, 2016
Education (3)
The Ohio State University: Ph.D, English 2011
The Ohio State University: M.A., Feminist Theory 1993
Miami University: B.A., Philosophy, History & Political Science 1987
Affiliations (4)
- National Women’s Studies Association
- Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes
- Modern Language Association
- Comic Studies Society
Links (4)
Languages (1)
- English
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