Rhea Ashley Hoskin

Dr. Rhea Ashley Hoskin is an Ontario Women’s Health Scholar and an AMTD Global Talent postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo where she is cross appointed to the departments of Sociology & Legal Studies, and Sexuality, Marriage & Family Studies. Dr. Hoskin received her PhD from Queen’s University where she was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal for her work on Femme Theory. Her work focuses on Femme Theory, including femininities, femme identities, critical femininities and femmephobia. Dr. Hoskin’s work applies Femme Theory to understand psychosocial and cultural phenomenon, various forms of oppression, perceptions of femininity, aesthetics, and sources of prejudice rooted in the devaluation or regulation of femininity. She is co-author of Navigating Trans and Complex Gender Identities, and Feminizing Theory: Making Space for Femme Theory (forthcoming).