The Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Associate Director, The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies
Office Location
Fisher-Bennett Hall, Suite 345
Room 342
Che Gossett is a Black non-binary writer and critical theorist specializing in queer/trans studies, aesthetic theory, abolitionist thought and black study. Prior to joining the staff at Penn, Che served as the Racial Justice Postdoctoral Fellow at the Initiative for a Just Society, Columbia Law School, and was also a visiting fellow at Harvard Law School, in the Animal Law and Policy Program.
Che received their doctorate in Women's and Gender Studies from Rutgers University, New Brunswick in May 2021. They received a BA in African American Studies from Morehouse College, an MAT in Social Studies from Brown University, an MA in History from the University of Pennsylvania, and were a 2019-2020 Helena Rubenstein Fellow in the Whitney Independent Study Program. Che received a Ruth Stephan Fellowship from Beinecke Library at Yale University for the summer of 2022, to research the papers of queer feminist filmmaker Barbara Hammer. Che has been a fellow at the Centre for Life Writing at Wolfson College, Oxford University, as well as the Centre for Visual Culture and Corpus Christi College at the University of Cambridge. Che is a 2024 Creative Capital Andy Warhol Writers Grant award recipient.