Susan Stryker

Susan Stryker
At Trans March San Francisco, June 2017
Born	Susan O'Neil Stryker 1961 (age 62–63)
Occupation	Professor author editor filmmaker historian
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma (BA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Subject	Gender studies LGBT culture LGBT rights in the United States Women's studies
Notable works	The Transgender Studies Reader (2006)
Notable awards	Lambda Literary Award[1] San Francisco / Northern California Emmy Award[2]
Website
www.susanstryker.net/home

Susan O'Neal Stryker (born 1961)^[3] is an American professor, historian, author, filmmaker, and theorist whose work focuses on gender and human sexuality. She is a professor of Gender and Women's Studies, former director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, and founder of the Transgender Studies Initiative at the University of Arizona, and is currently on leave while holding an appointment as Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Women's Leadership at Mills College. Stryker serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and the Advisory Board of the Digital Transgender Archive.^[4] Stryker, who is a transgender woman, is the author of several books about LGBT history and culture. She is a leading scholar of transgender history.^[5]