LJ Slovin

Area of expertise
Queer and trans youth, ethnography, sexual health education, popular culture, qualitative methodologies

Biography

LJ Slovin (they/them) is an interdisciplinary scholar with a background in youth work and sexual health education. Their research focuses on queer and trans youth and the labour they perform to exist and thrive in schools. In their work with young people, Slovin is invested in rethinking risk narratives and instead cultivating a desire-based pedagogy that understands transness as a beautiful way to grow up and exist. They work across various fields, including physical health education, sexual health education, queer and trans theory, popular culture, and disability justice. They have a PhD in Curriculum and Pedagogy from the University of British Columbia, an MA in Sociology from the University of British Columbia, and a BA in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Wesleyan University. Slovin was a Vanier Scholar and recipient of the Pat Clifford Award and the 2021 Queer SIG Article of the Year Award at AERA.

Sample Publications

Slovin, L. (2024). Fierce, fabulous, and fluid : how trans high school students work at gender nonconformity. New York University Press.

Stiegler, S. and Slovin, L. (2024) Can the drag queen turn back time to give advice to her younger self? Journal of LGBT Youth, 21(3), 590-612.

Slovin, L. (2022). ‘What matters what makes us gay?’ Affective failure in a social justice classroom. Sex Education, 23(2), 220-227.

Slovin, L. (2020). What grade are you in? On being a non-binary researcher. Curriculum Inquiry, 50(3), 225–241.