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Harvard Hires Kareem Khubchandani to Teach Queer Ethnography

10/2/2025

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Harvard University appointed Kareem Khubchandani (LaWhore Vagistan) as a visiting professor in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality department.
He will teach Queer Ethnography and RuPaulitics: Drag, Race, and Desire, combining performance with academic study.
Courses examine LGBTQ+ nightlife, activism, and RuPaul’s Drag Race, with students performing in drag shows; Khubchandani authored Decolonize Drag and the forthcoming Lessons in Drag.

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Harvard University appointed Kareem Khubchandani (LaWhore Vagistan) as a visiting professor in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality department.
He will teach Queer Ethnography and RuPaulitics: Drag, Race, and Desire, combining performance with academic study.
Courses examine LGBTQ+ nightlife, activism, and RuPaul’s Drag Race, with students performing in drag shows; Khubchandani authored Decolonize Drag and the forthcoming Lessons in Drag.