Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kendal Broad Research Group
Led by Kendal Broad · Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
What we study
Dr. Broad is a sociologist who studies how social movements, protest and activism in the US build identities and meanings, especially around sexuality, race and gender, using qualitative and critical research methods.
What working here is like
- Surveys & interviews
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Project Young Adult Trans & Queer Activist Response to Florida Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation
The researcher conducted 13 in‑depth interviews with trans and queer activists aged 18‑25 across Florida, transcribed and coded them, and found that maintaining momentum, balancing school and activism, and building coalitions are especially hard in the current anti‑LGBTQ+ climate.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 309
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Recent papers, explained
- Minding the Whens, Whats, and Hows in Social Movement Oral History Interviews
2025 · Routledge eBooks
Explored how social movement oral histories capture past activism and meaning-making.
- Quelling Emotion: Emotion Work to Resist the Anti-TQLGB+ Emotion Culture of Fear in Florida
2025 · Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
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- The Incubation of the Task Force: Narrative Re-positioning for Being an AIDS Prevention Framing Institution Unspoiling Black Gay Identity
2025 · Journal of Homosexuality
Analyzes how a group redefined its identity to focus on Black gay HIV prevention.
- Stories of Antiracist Gay/Lesbian Gender Alliance: Articulating Intersectional Solidarity in the 1980s
2023 · Gender & Society
Shows how antiracist gay and lesbian groups in the 1980s built connections and solidarity through storytelling.
- Gay and Race Cognizant: Interstitial Storytelling and the Narrative Positioning of an Interracial Gay Organization in the 1980s1
2022 · Sociological Forum
Explains how an interracial gay group in the 1980s used storytelling to position themselves as neither racial fetishists nor colorblind.
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