TEACHING
PEDAGOGICAL PHILOSPHY
The arc of my research deeply informs my teaching. Examining communities that have been marginalized under intersecting and overlapping systems of racial, gender, and cisheterosexual hegemony demands a similarly decolonial, feminist, and queer pedagogy. My goal as a teacher is to empower students of all backgrounds, create informed citizens, and inspire transformative political imaginations.
COURSES TAUGHT
GSS* 50B: Gender and Power
POLI SCI 124C, CHC/LAT 147, ASIANAM 132: Comparative Ethnic Politics
WGS** 3100: Intro to WGS Theory
WGS 3305: Issues in LGBTQ+ Studies
WGS 3559: Intersectionality
WGS 3559: Sex and Resistance on the Internet
WGS 3559: Engendering Asian Americas
WGS 3559: Queer Politics
WGS 4559: Gender & Its Discontents (Trans and Nonbinary Studies)
*Gender and Sexuality Studies at Irvine
** Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Virginia
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WGS 3100 (Intro to WGS Theory) Feedback
"This has been one of my favorite courses and I really appreciate the care put into it. It’s one of the few gender and sexuality course I’ve taken that as a trans woman felt really cared about the subject matter came from a place of deeper and understanding of issues in our community.”
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WGS 3305 (Issues in LGBTQ+ Studies) Feedback
"The topics of the course, with how the overarching topic of the class would be delved into, was absolutely nothing like I expected. I expected a baseline sort of class, simply covering the laundry list of issues within the community and what different identities consisted of, with a little bit of history thrown in. However, what the course actually was was so much better, opening up lines of thought I could never have imagined before, discussing the root problems and the soil those roots grew in. It is a class I have recommended to several people already, and think anyone mildly interested in the topic should take."
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WGS 3559 (Sex and Resistance on the Internet) Feedback
"Professor Gonzales is a treasure to have at this university. Although this course challenged my foundational understandings of gender, race, and sexuality, I feel so complete personally and academically through her lectures. I am so glad I had the opportunity to have her as a teacher and garner a better understanding of wgs studies from someone who passionate and invigorating."