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Too often headshots are snapshots of an imagined, enacted, idealistic moment. Here’s a headshot that captures a moment deep in crip time, where the body is in pain, deep in a moment of “your body will betray you.”

Education Snapshot:

  • Ph.D., History
  • M.A., English
  • M.A., History
  • B.A., History
  • A.A., General Studies
  • & 18 graduate hours, Education

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Last updated March 5, 2024

Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda is a feminist, queer, crip, neurodivergent interdisciplinary scholar, educator, guest speaker, and author with almost twenty years of experience exploring the intersections of history, historical memory, minorities, fiction, and pedagogy. Dr. Pegoda is a non-tenure track professor at the University of Houston, teaching courses on women’s studies, queer studies, crip studies, religious studies, and film studies. Dr. Pegoda is assisted by the world’s best team: Bella The Chihuahua and Molly Jolly and was assisted by the His Majesty Dr. Trevor Lovejoy The Cat from November 5, 2010, to March 2, 2024, when he unexpectedly died.

Reach Dr. Pegoda by email, ajpegoda(at)central(dot)uh(dot)edu.

Select recent publications

“Zoom, The Live Sessions and Engaging Pedagogies,” Inside Higher Ed, April 25, 2024

“‘Positionality’ Is Important, Too: Elevating Conversations about Intersectionality, Privilege, and Oppression,” An Injustice, December 15, 2023

“12 Notes about Fiction Through the Lens of Annie (1982),” Counter Arts, December 15, 2023

“COVID-19 and the Banality of Evil,” Merion West, December 4, 2022

“Society and Historical Memory: Six Common Ways People Relate to the Past,” History News Network, September 4, 2022

“It’s Time to Talk About ‘Student Time’,” Inside Higher Ed, December 1, 2021

See all online publications here.