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Although Kate is originally from Southwestern Ontario, she was transplanted into the Annapolis Valley four years ago and is now growing into her "Nova Scotian self". Kate did her Bachelor's Degree with a Diploma in Women's Studies at the University of Waterloo, Master's degree at York University, and is currently completing her Ph.D. through York University. Kate's intellectual background is quite eclectic: her academic interests range from the history of sexuality to contemporary popular culture and critical pedagogy. Specialty Areas: Sociology of the Family, Gender, Identity, and Sexuality, Feminist theory, Queer Theory, Critical pedagogy Research Interests: Kate's dissertation project grew out of an interest in exploring the intersections between gender, sexuality, and aging in the everyday lives of women. This project conceptualizes identity and sexuality as ongoing processes and is informed by an integration of classical sociological theories of the self with post-modern reformulations of identity to provide a more flexible and less static framework for understanding the interconnections between selves and social structures. Kate's research examines the ways in which the category 'lesbian' has been constructed in discourses on sexuality as well as in and through the lives of women who inhabit that category.
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