Overview

• Harvard confirmed Khubchandani as the 2025–26 F.O. Matthiessen Visiting Associate Professor in its gender and sexuality studies program.
• The university catalog lists two courses he will teach, Queer Ethnography in the fall and RuPaulitics: Drag, Race, and Desire in the spring, with requirements that include attending drag shows and performance exercises.
• Khubchandani, an associate professor at Tufts University who performs as LaWhore Vagistan, often incorporates drag into lectures and public scholarship.
• He is the author of Decolonize Drag and Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife, with a new book, Lessons in Drag, slated for release in October 2025.
• News coverage this week reported swift backlash from right-leaning commentators and social media users, while some outlets linked the announcement to ongoing political scrutiny of Harvard’s funding and curriculum.