Dr. Joshua Liashenko

Dr. Joshua Liashenko

Assistant Professor, Instructional Faculty
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Department of Sociology
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Education:
Vanguard University of Southern California, Bachelor of Arts
University of California, Riverside, Master of Arts
University of California, Riverside, Ph.D.

Biography

Joshua Liashenko is an Instructional Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Sociology Department and Director of LGBTQ Studies. He is a medical anthropologist by training and his work centers LGBTQ+ community health, transgender medicine, caregiving, and community-engaged research. Joshua’s completed research examined how the inclusion of trans and non-binary clinicians affects the provision of gender-affirming care among trans Southern California residents. This work ethnographically investigated how experience-informed care interacts with LGBTQ activism, institutional care dynamics, as well as cultural and medical discourse concerning health disparities experienced by trans and non-binary people. His current work examines trans health outcomes among participants in a guaranteed income pilot program in California’s Coachella Valley region.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Liashenko, Joshua. 2023. “Teaching Anthropological Theory: Reflections on Course Design and Pedagogy.” Contributed Content: Teaching Tools, Fieldsights, Society for Cultural Anthropology
Eschenbrenner, Celine and Joshua Liashenko. 2023. “Aviation, Infrastructure, and Temporality in Nepal: An Interview with Tina Harris.” Contributed Content” Supplementals, Fieldsights, Society for Cultural Anthropology