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I am an experienced teacher, a qualitative researcher, a photographer, and a writer.  My research has focused on gender and sexualities in relation to life narratives, art, and literature.  Psychoanalytic, queer, and integrative feminisms inform my philosophies of teaching and research. I analyze the interplay between the form and content of novels, video games, comics, and films in my teaching and research.  The engagements readers and players have with these creations is part of this analysis.  

Jeffrey Daniel Lloyd, PhD

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