Regina Kunzel is an American author, historian, and academic. She is the Larned Professor of History at Yale. Prior to joining the Yale faculty, she held the

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Chair at Princeton University, the Paul R. Frenzel Chair at the University of Minnesota, and the Fairleigh Dickinson Chair at Williams College. Her book ''Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality'' (University of Chicago Press, 2008) received the

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’s John Boswell Prize, the

Modern Language Association The Modern Language Association of America, often referred to as the Modern Language Association (MLA), is widely considered the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature. The MLA aims to "st ...

’s Alan Bray Memorial Book Award and the

Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies The Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, presented to scholarly work that address "issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity, and oriented toward academia ...

Early life and education

Regina Kunzel earned her Ph.D. in history from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

and her Bachelor of Arts degree from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

Career

Regina Kunzel began her career in the Department of History at

Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a col ...

. Her work explores histories of gender and sexuality, queer history, the history of psychiatry, and the history of incarceration. . She was a co-editor for the journal''

Gender & History ''Gender & History'' is an international academic journal. It is an important academic journal for articles relating to the history of femininity, masculinity, and gender relations. The current editors are Rosemary Elliot, Maud Bracke, James Simps ...

''. With Janice Irvine, she co-edits a book series on ''sexuality studies'' for Temple University Press.

Publications

Books

Kunzel, Regina, ''In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life'' (University of Chicago Press, 2024) * *

Journals

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References

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