Alexandra Jacobs

Alex (she/her) is a third-year PhD student whose research considers how British imperial criminalization of non-normative genders and sexualities contributed to the joint historical construction of  gender, race, and "the human" in the service of imperial power and expansion. She is interested in queer and more-than-human resistance to empire, how empire responded to and attempted to control queer and more-than-human bodies and communities, and how empire's current manifestations continue to affect queer people and more-than-human worlds today. Prior to graduate school, Alex worked in housing search advocacy, international education program support, and service-learning. These experiences have shaped her belief in teaching and researching history as necessary forms of activism, resistance, and community development.