Amy Brainer

Dr. Brainer is associate professor and director of women’s & gender studies and coordinator of LGBTQ+ studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She is the author of Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan (2019, Rutgers), for which she received the Ruth Benedict Prize from the Association for Queer Anthropology. Her current research follows queer and trans individuals and couples as they navigate marriage-based immigration to the United States. At UM-Dearborn, she is faculty advisor to Pride and teaches courses on LGBTQ+ Religious Experience; Families, Sexualities, and Human Rights; and other topics.