Overview
- Harvard confirmed the 2025–26 F.O. Matthiessen Visiting Associate Professorship for Kareem Khubchandani in the Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality program.
- Two listed courses are Queer Ethnography in fall 2025 and RuPaulitics: Drag, Race, and Desire in spring 2026, according to the university catalog.
- The catalog states students must attend drag shows and complete performance-based exercises as part of the coursework.
- Khubchandani is an associate professor at Tufts and the author of Decolonize Drag and Ishtyle, with a new book, Lessons in Drag, scheduled for release in October 2025.
- Coverage since Oct. 1 has gone viral with heavy right‑wing backlash and social‑media abuse, and some outlets note the news coincides with separate federal funding disputes involving President Trump, though no change to Harvard’s plan has been reported.