Dr. Scott Branson

Scott Branson received their PhD in Comparative Literature from Emory University, and a Masters in Humanities and Social Thought from New York University. Their teaching and research focuses on feminist and queer theory, particularly Black feminism and the Black radical tradition, decolonial feminism, anarchism, and experimental world literature.

Scott’s translation of the queer theorist and gay liberation militant Guy Hocquenghem’s second book, Gay Liberation after May 68, was published in April 2022 through Duke University Press’s Theory Q Series. Scott wrote a critical introduction that situates Hocquenghem’s queer anarchism in relation to current liberation movements. Scott translated longtime prison abolitionist, anarchist, ex-prisoner, and psychologist, Jacques Lesage De La Haye’s The Abolition of Prison (AK Press, 2021). Their edited volume, Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies will be published by PM Press in October 2022, and their book, Practical Anarchism: A Daily Guide, will be published by Pluto Press in November 2022. Scott also writes poetry, makes art, plays music, and is a frequent co-host on the anarchist radio show/podcast The Final Straw Radio.

Recent 2021-2022 Faculty Publications:

- Translation of The Abolition of Prison by Jacques Lesage De La Haye with AK Press in 2021.

- Translation of Gay Liberation After May '68 by Guy Hocquenghem with Duke University Press in 2022.

 

Title: Lecturer
Department: Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies

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