Robert Diaz

Biography

Dr. Robert Diaz is Assistant Professor of transnational feminisms, globalization, and sexuality studies at the Women and Gender Studies Institute.   His research, teaching, and community work focus on the intersections of Asian diasporic, postcolonial, and queer studies. Diaz pays particular attention to Filipino/a cultural practices as these are affected by, and affect, histories of empire. In Canada, Diaz has taught at OCAD University and Wilfrid Laurier University. In the United States, he has taught at Wayne State University, USC, UCLA, and Scripps College. In the Philippines, he has taught at De La Salle University.  His research has appeared in numerous academic journals, including Journal of Asian American Studies, Signs, GLQ, Women and Performance, and Plaridel, as well as foundational collections such as Philippine Palimpsests: Essays for the 21st Century (NYU Press) and Global Asian Popular Culture (NYU Press). Together with Marissa Largo and Fritz Pino, Diaz is also the co-editor of Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos and Canadian Imaginaries. This groundbreaking book brings together artists, scholars, and community members to discusses the contributions of LGBTQ Filipinos/as to Canadian culture and society. It is the inaugural work for the Critical Insurgencies Series at Northwestern University Press, edited by Jodi A Byrd and Michelle M. Wright.

Research Interest

 American Studies, Asian Studies, Canadian Studies, Diaspora studies, Filipino Studies, Globalization, Postcolonial studies, Queer studies, Transnational Feminisms