Leah DeVun

Leah DeVun is an associate professor at Rutgers University. DeVun's historical scholarship reflects an interest in queer and trans history, science, medicine, and technology, the history of religion, archives and collectives, and other related subjects. DeVun is the author of three books and edited volumes: The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance (2021); "Trans*historicities" (with Zeb Tortorici), a special issue of the journal TSQ (2018); and Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time (2009). DeVun's essays and reviews have appeared in Wired, Spot, Radical History Review, GLQ, WSQ (Women's Studies Quarterly), Osiris, ASAP/Journal, postmedieval, and Journal of the History of Sexuality, as well as in a number of books. DeVun's work has received coverage in publications such as the New York Times, Artforum, Huffington Post, People Magazine, Hyperallergic, Out, Art Papers, Feature Shoot, Redbook, Slate, Capricious, LA Weekly, Gallerist, Buzzfeed, Forbes, Refinery29, and Modern Painters, among others, and DeVun has participated in exhibitions, panels, and lectures series at numerous universities and arts venues. DeVun has received grants and residential fellowships from the National Science Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UCLA, the Huntington Library, and the Stanford Humanities Center, among others.