EP 863 Does Gender Matter?

Guest Bio: Heath Fogg Davis, PhD

Heath Fogg Davis is Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University. He is the author of The Ethics of Transracial Adoption and Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?

As a professor of political science at Temple University, Davis teach courses on anti-discrimination law, democratic political theory, and the politics of race, gender, and sexuality. As a scholar, his research and publications probe the complex relationship between individual and collective identity in administrative and anti-discrimination law. As an activist, he collaborates with and advocates for marginalized communities including transgender and gender nonconforming people, women, people of color, LGBQ people, and low-income people.

All of his teaching, scholarship, and activism seeks institutional changes that can empower communities, alleviate structural violence, and build a more sustainable and just future.