Roscoe, Will

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ROSCOE, Will

ROSCOE, Will. American, b. 1955. Genres: Gay and lesbian issues, Cultural/Ethnic topics. Career: Will Roscoe Instructional Design, San Francisco, CA, educational design consultant, 1980-88; University of California Extensions, Berkeley and Santa Cruz, instructor in training development, 1989 and 1990; University of California, Santa Cruz, lecturer in anthropology, 1991; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, staff development and training specialist at university libraries, 1992-93; San Francisco State University, San Francisco, lecturer in anthropology, 1993-97; University of California, Berkeley, lecturer in Native American studies, 1994-97, visiting lecturer in American studies, 1995-96. Stanford University, affiliated scholar at Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 1991-95, Jing Lyman Lecturer, 1993; San Francisco State University, research associate at Center for Education and Research in Sexuality, 1992-; California Institute of Integral Studies, adjunct faculty in anthropology, 1997, 1999; gives public lectures and slide shows. Publications: (with H. Hay) A Blessing from Wovoka, 1988; The Zuni Man-Woman, 1991; Queer Spirits: A Gay Men's Myth Book, 1995; Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America, 1998. EDITOR: Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology, 1988; Hay, Radically Gay: Gay Liberation in the Words of Its Founder, 1996; (with S.O. Murray) Islamic Homosexualities, 1996; (with S.O. Murray) Boy-Wives and Female Husbands: Studies of African Homosexualities, 1998. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to scholarly journals and national magazines. Address: c/o Charlotte Sheedy, Sheedy Literary Agency, 65 Bleecker St., Fl 12, New York, NY 10012, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]