Rhea Ashley Hoskin

I am an interdisciplinary feminist sociologist. My work focuses on Critical Femininities, Femme Theory, and femmephobia. Specifically, I examine perceptions of femininity and sources of prejudice or violence rooted in the devaluation or regulation of femininity. I am a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, an AMTD Global Talent Postdoctoral Fellow, and a former Ontario Women's Health Scholar. In 2019 I received the Governor General’s Gold Medal from Queen’s University. I am the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Femininities.

Selected publications. For a full list visit Ashley Hoskin's website.

Hoskin, R.A., Serafini, T., Scott, J., & Blair, K.

Hoskin, R.A., Serafini, T. & Gillespie, J.G. Femmephobia versus gender norms: Examining women’s responses to competing and contradictory gender messages. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 32(2), 191-207. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2023-0017

Hoskin, R.A. & Serafini, T. (2023). Critically feminizing family science: Using femme theory to generate novel approaches for the study of families and relationships. Family Theory and Review, 15(2), 292-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12499

Hoskin, R. A., Blair, K. L., & Holmberg, D. (2023). Femmephobia is a uniquely powerful predictor of anti-gay behavior. Archives of sexual behavior, 1-14

Hoskin, R. A., Serafini, T., Scott, J., & Blair, K. L. (2023). The femmephobia 101 workbook. Lulu Publishing

Taylor, A., & Hoskin, R. A. (2023). Fat femininities: on the convergence of fat studies and critical femininities. Fat Studies, 12(1), 72-85

Hoskin, R.A., & Blair, K.L. (Eds). (2022). Critical Femininities. Routledge.

Hoskin, R.A. (Ed.)(2021). Feminizing Theory: Making Space for Femme Theory. Routledge.

Hoskin, R.A. (2021). Can femme be theory? Exploring the epistemological and methodological possibilities of femme. Journal of Lesbian studies. 25(1), 1-17.

Hoskin, R.A. (2020). “Femininity? It’s the aesthetic of subordination”: Examining femmephobia, the gender binary, and experiences of oppression among sexual and gender minorities. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49(7), 2319-2339.

Hoskin, R.A. (2019). Femmephobia: The role of anti-femininity and gender policing in LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of discrimination. Sex Roles, 81, 686-703.

Sociology of gender, Critical Femininities, Femme Theory, gender-based violence, intersectional analyses, sexual and gender diversity, gender and power, violence, prejudice and discrimination, feminist theory, queer theory, social inequality, femininities, femme, femme identities, femmephobia, anti-femininity, relationships, fashion and aesthetics.

Selected Grants, Fellowships, and Awards. For a full list visit Ashley Hoskin's website.

SSHRC Insight Development Grant

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship

AMTD Global Talent Postdoctoral Award

Ontario Women’s Health Postdoctoral Award

Governor General’s Gold Medal

SSHRC Connection Grant

Nova Scotia COVID-19 Health Research Coalition Fund

Canadian Soroptimist Grants for Women

SSHRC CGS Doctoral Award

Selected Professional, Administrative, and Community Services. For full list see Ashley Hoskin's website.

Founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Femininities

Associate Editor, Psychology & Sexuality

Guest Editor,Sexualities

Guest Editor, Fat Studies

Guest Editor,Journal of Lesbian Studies

Co-Founder, LGBTQ Psychology Canada, a non-profit organization supporting LGBTQ scholarship.

Co-Founder & Co-chair, Preaching to the choir: An international LGBTQ conference

Treasurer, Section for Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues, Canadian Psychological Association

Secretary, Section for Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Issues, Canadian Psychological Association