Rushaan Kumar (he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Feminist and Gender Studies at Colorado College. He holds a PhD in Feminist Studies from the University of Minnesota and an MA in Literary and Cultural Studies from EFLU, India. He teaches and researches transnational gender and sexuality, critical trans/masculinity studies, postcolonial media, public culture, and queer social movements in India and the South Asian diaspora. His current book project, Apprehending Female Masculinity in India, is an examination of the simultaneous impact of globalization and the rise of Hindu supremacist nationalism on female- and trans-masculine people in India, specifically in and through media representation.