Jonathan Alexander is Chancellor’s Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine, where her currently serves as director of the Humanities Core Program and Equity Advisor for the School of Humanities.
Committed to interdisciplinary troublemaking, Jonathan Alexander works generally under the rubric of "writing studies" to explore the creation and uptake of "texts" as they perform different kinds of ideological work in specific contexts. His work has primarily focused on written and digital production in the extra-curriculum, such as self- and collectively-sponsored multimodal forms of composition, including "fan texts." More recently, he has turned his attention to many varied forms of life narrative as a rich mode of rhetorical and political engagement. The author or editor of numerous books, his most recent scholarly monograph is Writing and Desire: Queer Ways of Composing.
Alexander also writes memoir and creative nonfiction. His critical memoir, Creep: A Life, a Theory, and Apology, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in 2018. Stroke Book: The Diary of a Blindspot was published by Fordham University Press in October 2021, and the sequel to Creep, Bullied: The Story of an Abuse, was published in late 2021 as well. Dear Queer Self, a memoir-as-novel, appeared in March 2022 from Acre Books.
About the Equity Advisor role
The Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Dyonne Bergeron, through the Office of Inclusive Excellence appoints an equity advisor for each school, who, in collaboration with the Dean, participates in the recruitment process, organizes faculty career advising, and promotes equity and diversity within the School of Humanities.
The equity advisor also serves as advisor to the Dean on equity, diversity, and inclusive excellence. This role is a leadership position within the Dean’s Cabinet and focuses broadly on all aspects of equity, diversity, and inclusive excellence within the School of Humanities.