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I.M. SULLIVAN

research INTERESTS

My research addresses the hermeneutical injustices endemic in contemporary queer and trans life. In particular, I draw from non-Euromodern philosophical traditions and interdisciplinary resources to address contemporary real-world issues at their philosophical roots, e.g., bisexual erasure as a product of both the cisheterosexual matrix as well as a legacy of the modern/colonial gender system. Below is a selection of published work and works in progress. I am happy to provide copies of published work by email upon request.


2023 Projects:
(1) 
A pair of articles creatively articulating Confucian philosophical resources for supporting trans and queer youth and for intervening in complex transgenerational trauma.

(2) A pair of articles developing critical methodologies for bringing classical Confucian and Daoist philosophies into dialogue with contemporary trans and queer philosophy.

(3) A critical comparison of Gloria Anzaldúa and Zhuangzi on the possibilities for trans nonbinary existence

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Publications:

(1)“The Need for More than Role Relations: Queer Lives, Social Group Identities, and Confucian Self-cultivation.” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 20, no. 2 (2021): 269-287.

(2)“Simone de Beauvoir and Confucian Role Ethics: Role-Relational Ambiguity and Confucian Mystification.” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 31, no. 3 (2016): 620-35.
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  • Introduction
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • CV and Contact