Welcome to Kai Hang Cheang, 2026 Muriel Gold Visiting Professor

The Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) is pleased to welcome Professor Kai Hang Cheang (he/they) as the Muriel Gold Visiting Professor for the Fall of 2026. They will be in Montreal until the end of December, 2026.

Dr. Kai Hang Cheang is Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and a founding member of the Pacific Islander and Asian American Studies minor at Portland State University. Dr. Cheang is the author of Sideways Developments: Queer and Trans Aesthetics of Global Hong Kong (University of Michigan Press, 2026) and has published in Feminist Formations, GLQ, and MELUS, among other leading journals in gender, queer, and literary studies. Dr. Cheang is currently working on a second book at the intersection of LGBTQ+ and women’s writing and film, critical refugee studies, and infrastructure.

Dr. Kai Hang Cheang will hold office hours Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:30 pm, September 24 to December 10, in Room 302 at the IGSF. Please email kai.cheang [at] mcgill.ca to schedule a meeting. All are welcome. Dr. Cheang especially welcomes graduate and undergraduate students interested in—or simply curious about—queer and trans theory, critical race studies, Asian North American studies, Sinophone Studies, as well as Anglophone literature and culture.