LoganO'LaughlinGWSS Alumni - Post-doctoral researcher, Duke UniversityPersonal WebsiteFields of Interest Animal Studies Ecocriticism Feminist Theory Food Political Economy Queer Studies Race and Ethnicity Reproduction Science and Technology Transgender Studies Critical Race TheoryPosthumanismEcofeminismFeminist Commodity ChainsBackground and ExperienceSummaryB.A. Sociology and French & Francophone Studies, Vassar College, 2011M.A. Feminist Studies, University of Washington, 2015Ph.D. Feminist Studies, University of Washington, 2018Logan's research interrogates contemporary anxieties about environmental toxins and their effects on sex, sexual development, and reproduction in North America. Their master's research interrogated popular representations of intersex fish and frogs exposed to toxins through the framing of queer temporality and anti-normativity. Logan’s doctoral research continues to explore representations of toxicity in popular culture, paying specific attention to the way that toxic spills co-articulate species with race, gender, and sex. They trace how humans recruit figures of toxin-exposed animals as discursive ambassadors for the longevity of white, heterosexual human families in moments of environmental crisis. Dissertation: Toxic animal encounters: queer environmental threats and racialized reproduction anxieties. Research Representative Research O'Laughlin, L., Ramamurthy, Priti, Swarr, Amanda, García, María Elena, Govindrajan, Radhika, & Mackenzie, Louisa. (2018). Toxic Animal Encounters: Queer Environmental Threats and Racialized Reproduction Anxieties, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. Adviser: Priti Ramamurthy Representative Projects Lauren O'Laughlin, MA and Jey Saung, MA, 2017-2018: Critical Approaches to Race and Equity, The Collaborative Learning and Interdisciplinary Pedagogy (CLIP) Fellows Program, UW Comparative History of Ideas Conferences 2017 NWSA Annual Conference: 40 Years After Combahee: Feminist Scholars and Activists Ingage the Movement for Black Lives, November 16-19, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland Courses Taught Winter 2017 GWSS 490 C: Special Topics In Women Studies Summer 2016 Full-term GWSS 290 A: Special Topics In Women Studies Winter 2016 GWSS 257 AA: Psychology Of Gender GWSS 257 AB: Psychology Of Gender GWSS 257 AG: Psychology Of Gender GWSS 257 AH: Psychology Of Gender Summer 2015 Full-term GWSS 255 A: Masculinities: Contestation, Circulation, And Transformation Spring 2015 GWSS 357 AA: Psychobiology Of Women GWSS 357 AB: Psychobiology Of Women Related News Related News Regina Yung Lee, Ph.D. and Logan O'Laughlin, Ph.D. review three books in the Summer 2018 volume of Signs (May 23, 2018) Logan O'Laughlin successfully defends dissertation "Toxic Animal Encounters: Queer Environmental Threats and Racialized Reproduction Anxieties" (May 21, 2018) Duke University awards a Post Doctoral Fellowship in Feminist Environmental Studies to Logan O'Laughlin (March 27, 2018) GWSS Faculty, Graduate Students, and Alumni show a strong presence at the 2017 NWSA (National Women's Studies Association) Conference. (November 17, 2017) Logan O'Laughlin, Ph.C. has won an AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship for 2017-18. (April 20, 2017) Share: Print PDF