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Cynthia Burack

Cynthia Burack

Cynthia Burack

Professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

burack.1@osu.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Feminist Political Theory
  • Political Psychology
  • Sexuality Studies
  • SOGI Human Rights
  • Religion and Politics

I am a political theorist in the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. My research fields are political psychology, religion and politics, and sexuality studies. With Jyl J. Josephson, I edit a book series in Queer Politics and Cultures at State University of New York Press. My most recent book is How Trump and the Christian Right Saved LGBTI Human Rights: A Religious Freedom Mystery (SUNY Press, 2022).