Karma R. Chávez

Karma R. Chávez is Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas - Austin. She is author of Queer Migration
Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities (University of Illinois Press, 2013). Karma is also a member of the radical queer collective Against Equality, a former organizer for LGBT Books to Prisoners, and for four years, was a host of the radio program, "A Public Affair" on Madison's community radio station, 89.9 FM WORT. For years, Karma has worked closely with several community organizations on issues surrounding queer, racial, economic and immigrant justice.