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Margaret Galvan
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Assoc Prof in visual rhetoric. Eisner-nominated In Visible Archives out with U Minnesota Press! 2021-22 Stanford Humanities Center faculty fellow researching LGBTQ cartoonists.
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At the International Lesbian Lives Conference - raising hell with @margaretgalvan.bsky.social, Rani Bishakh Som, @jennifercamper.bsky.social
, Diane DiMassa, and @sharonleedelacruz.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Andy Warhol Foundation has announced the winners of this year’s Arts Writers Grant, & it includes me! I am so honored to be part of this cohort & have support to write my next book on lgbtq+ cartoonists! You can learn more about everyone’s projects at artswriters.org. #visualarts #queercomics
December 2, 2024 at 5:08 PM
My department at the University of Florida is hiring two tenure-track positions this year:
Assistant Professor in Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
Assistant Professor in African American Literary and Media Studies: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor in Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies
explore.jobs.ufl.edu
October 17, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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Applications for the 2025-2027 cohort of Junior Fellows in the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School are now open—this can be a career-changing group; I’m happy to talk about it with folks interested rarebookschool.org/admissions-a...
SoFCB Junior Fellows Program | Rare Book School
This year, ten Junior Fellows will be selected to join Rare Book School's Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) through an open application process. After completing two...
rarebookschool.org
September 6, 2024 at 2:26 PM
A review of my book, In Visible Archives, is up in the latest issue of The American Archivist! It's a joy to be reviewed in such a storied publication and to receive a review where the author really gets what you're trying to do, down to the smallest of structural details! @uminnpress.bsky.social
August 8, 2024 at 3:45 PM
We are San Diego-bound! See y’all at the Eisner Awards on Friday night!!! My book, In Visible Archives, which celebrates the comics of Alison Bechdel, Roberta Gregory, and Lee Marrs, is up for Best Academic/Scholarly Work! (Winners in each category will be announced live at the awards.)
July 25, 2024 at 11:06 AM
If you missed the comics and LGBTQ+ history virtual events I did last month, fear not, for they are now available to watch online! Links and quick recaps below!
July 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Realized I never shared these updates:

1. I started a newsletter for the Queer Digital History Project as a way to keep folks abreast of new entries, happenings, etc. You can read the first issue and subscribe here: buttondown.email/qdhp/archive...
June Update
Welcome to the very first issue of the Queer Digital History Project newsletter, right in time for Pride! In this newsletter, we’ll share updates on current...
buttondown.email
June 24, 2024 at 5:58 PM
I’m participating in a conversation later today about teaching students how to use Wikipedia to help preserve LGBTQ+ history! Register here: tinyurl.com/WikiLGBTQ
June 17, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Join us tmrw, 6/6, online at noon (EST) for a convo on comics & censorship, centering around Fredric Wertham's infamous Seduction of the Innocent (1954). Thrilled to be chatting w/ @anuncivilphd.bsky.social, @qianawhitted.bsky.social, & Library of Congress folx!
Register here: tinyurl.com/wertham70
June 5, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Hey friends, my book has been hyped about its Eisner nomination for Best Scholarly/Academic Work & wants to remind you that the deadline to register to vote if you haven’t voted before is tomorrow, May 30, via this form: cci.tiny.us/2p8r8e6c. @uminnpress.bsky.social
May 29, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Some MAJOR news! My book, In Visible Archives, has been nominated for an EISNER for Best Academic/Scholarly Work! (The Eisners are the top awards in the comics industry & getting nominated is the equivalent to being nominated for an Oscar.) I’m over the moon! @uminnpress.bsky.social
May 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
The Routledge Handbook of Trans Literature is out! My chapter, “Comics as Trans Literature,” discusses the history of trans cartoonists in 20th century America. This is a rich volume you’re definitely going to want to check out!
May 14, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Can’t wait!!!
On Saturday, May 18th, 2024, we are beyond thrilled to be collaborating with our friends at Lion’s Tooth here in Milwaukee to bring Margaret Galvan, a 2017 QZAP scholar-in-resident, back to Milwaukee to talk about her new book In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s.
May 9, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Traveling this am to UNT to give a talk from my book In Visible Archives and do a teach-in about LGBTQ comics and archival research! Hyped for this doubleheader!!! @uminnpress.bsky.social #comics #archives #invisiblearchives
March 26, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Issue 14.3 of ImageTexT is out, which features interviews w/ queer cartoonists from the 80s-90s crafted by my brilliant undergrad students! So thrilled that you can now learn about the vital work of Hope Barrett, N. Leigh Dunlap, Rebecca Gordon, & Sina Shamsavari imagetextjournal.com/burtch-inter...
February 8, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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As scholar Margaret Galvan notes: “Fighting against expectations, Pryde extends the field of what powerful superheroines look and act like.” That she did so from a position of prominence, and that it worked so well, serves as testament to the character’s legacy. 10/10
February 1, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Thx to every1 who came to my book event at Third House Books. My ❤️’s so full—not only did we pack the house, but we sold out all the books on hand! It means a lot to share my work w/ my Gainesville community. If u still want a copy of the book, u can order thru Third House. @uminnpress.bsky.social
December 8, 2023 at 7:57 PM
The Graduate Comics Organization at the University of Florida invites proposals to our annual conference: "Ink & Imagination: Exploring Children's Comics," to be held Apr. 5-7, 2024.
Andre Frattino & Alison Halsall will be the keynote speakers.
Submit by Jan. 8; CFP: tinyurl.com/gco24
December 6, 2023 at 6:43 PM
For the GLBT Historical Society's recent newsletter, I shared about the archival research into trans and queer zines and comics that I did there in 2021-2022.
Link: www.glbthistory.org/newsletter-a...
November 29, 2023 at 6:59 PM
It’s a bit unreal seeing my book at ASA and on the University of Minnesota Press banner, as well! For the conference, University of Minnesota Press is offering a 40% off discount code (MNAMST23) that you can use through their website: z.umn.edu/amst23 @uminnpress.bsky.social #ASA2023
November 3, 2023 at 2:39 PM
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In a behind-the-scenes tour of the Internet Archive (@archive.org) I attended this month, founder @brewster.kahle.org explained how the IA preserves both digital and physical media. Here's my writeup, including photos from the evening. thenewstack.io/a-visit-to-t...
A Visit to the Physical Internet Archive
In a behind-the-scenes tour of the Internet Archive, founder Brewster Kahle explained how it preserves both digital and physical media.
thenewstack.io
October 26, 2023 at 2:34 PM