page_title: Jane Ward
hierarchical_section_title: Jane Ward
caption_attribution_description: English: Jane Ward giving a lecture at Skylight Bookstore in Los Angeles.
context_page_description: Jane Ward is an American scholar, feminist, and author. She is Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of California, Riverside. She currently holds the position of Vice Chair for the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies and Program Chair for LGBIT studies at the University of California, Riverside. Ward received her PhD in sociology from the University of California Santa Barbara in 2003.
  Ward is known for her book Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, a 2016 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. Ward's research has been featured in New York Magazine, The Guardian, Forbes, Salon, Newsweek, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, and Vice. Her 2008 book Respectably Queer: Diversity Culture in LGBT Activist Organizations was named a favorite book of 2008 by The Progressive magazine.
  She lives in Altadena, California with her partner Kat Ross. Ward's published work focuses on a broad range of topics, from feminist pornography, queer parenting, and the racial politics of same-sex marriage, to the social construction of heterosexuality and whiteness. She is the blogger for FeministPigs.
context_section_description: Jane Ward is an American scholar, feminist, and author. She is Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of California, Riverside. She currently holds the position of Vice Chair for the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies and Program Chair for LGBIT studies at the University of California, Riverside. Ward received her PhD in sociology from the University of California Santa Barbara in 2003. 
  Ward is known for her book Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men (NYU Press, 2015), a 2016 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. Ward's research has been featured in New York Magazine, The Guardian, Forbes, Salon, Newsweek, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, and Vice. Her 2008 book Respectably Queer: Diversity Culture in LGBT Activist Organizations was named a favorite book of 2008 by The Progressive magazine. 
  She lives in Altadena, California with her partner Kat Ross. Ward's published work focuses on a broad range of topics, from feminist pornography, queer parenting, and the racial politics of same-sex marriage, to the social construction of heterosexuality and whiteness. She is the blogger for FeministPigs. She is a cofounder, along with CJ Pascoe and Tey Meadow, of the blog SocialInqueery.com. Beyond her writing, she was a founding member of "The Miracle Whips" burlesque group in 2004. She also started the parenting collective "L.A. Genderqueer Parenting" in 2009. Both groups were based in Los Angeles.
caption: Jane Ward gives a lecture at Skylight Books in Los Angeles on September 8, 2015.
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