The Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) invites applications for the position of Visiting Professor. These positions are open to professors who wish to spend one or two academic terms in a university environment in order to carry out research on gender, sexuality or feminist studies. The Institute offers work space and support, an ongoing seminar program, contact with other professors within McGill and in neighbouring universities - all this located at the centre of a stimulating, bilingual, urban environment.
Kai Hang Cheang
Muriel Gold Visiting Professor, Fall 2026
Portland State University
Dr. Kai Hang Cheang (he/they) 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.
Past Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Professors
Tobias Wiggins, 2025-2026
Associate Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies
Athabasca University
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Nancy Kang, Fall 2024
Associate Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies and Canada Research Chair in Transnational Feminisms and Gender-Based Violence
University of Manitoba
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Jessalynn Keller, Fall 2023
Associate Professor, Department of Media, Communication, and Film
University of Calgary
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Agnès Berthelot-Raffard, Winter 2023
Professor of Health and Critical Disability Studies
School of Health Policy and Management at York University, Ontario
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Catherine M. Roach, Fall 2021
Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies
New College at The University of Alabama, Alabama
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Marnina Gonick, Winter 2021
Professor in Education/Women and Gender Studies
Mount St Vincent University, Nova Scotia
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Jean Baptista, 2019-2020
Professor in Museology and Social Anthropology
Federal University of Goias, Brazil
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Melinda Luisa de Jesús, Winter 2019
Professor in Diversity Studies
California College of the Arts, California
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Hee-Jung Serenity Joo, Winter 2018
Professor in English, Theatre, Film and Media
University of Manitoba, Manitoba
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Rachel Hurst, Fall 2016
Professor in Women's and Gender Studies
St. Francis Xavier Univeristy, Nova Scotia
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Brian Martin, 2015-2016
Professor in French and Comparative Literature
Williams College, Massachusetts
IGSF Muriel Gold Visiting Professor
Brenda Weber, Fall 2014
Professor in Gender Studies
Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana
IGSF Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Professor
Felicia Kornbluh, Winter 2014
Professor in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies & History
University of Vermont, New England
IGSF Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Professor
Stacy Gillis, 2012-2013
Professor in Modern and Contemporary Literature
Newcastle University, UK
IGSF Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Scholar
Karen Houle, 2011-2012
Associate Professor in Philosophy
University of Guelph, Ontario
IGSF Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Scholar
Sheenagh Pietrobruno, 2010-2011
Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey
IGSF Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Scholar
Naima Larbi Benlarabi, 2009-2010
English Studies, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
IGSF Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Scholar
2007-2009
Isabel Arredondo
Margaret Denike
Maryanne Dever
Tanya Fitzpatrick
Lisa Guenther
Ellen Waterman
