Research Interests
African American Studies, Film/Visual Culture, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Theory & Criticism
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
Associate Professor, English
Associate Professor, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Associate Professor, African American Studies
Highlighted Publications
Somerville, S. B. (2026). Naturalization: A Queer Genealogy of US Citizenship, Race, and Sexuality. Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478062615
Somerville, S. B. (Ed.) (2020). The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies. (Cambridge Companions to Literature). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108699396
Somerville, S. B. (2000). Queering the Color Line: Race and the Invention of Homosexuality in American Culture. (Series Q). Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822378761
Recent Publications
Somerville, S. B. (2026). Naturalization: A Queer Genealogy of US Citizenship, Race, and Sexuality. Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478062615
Somerville, S. B. (2020). Citizenship. In K. P. Murphy, J. Ruiz, & D. Serlin (Eds.), The Routledge History of American Sexuality (pp. 104-117). (Routledge Histories). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315637259-11
Somerville, S. B. (2020). Introduction. In S. B. Somerville (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies (pp. 1-14). (Cambridge Companions to Literature). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108699396.002
Somerville, S. B. (Ed.) (2020). The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies. (Cambridge Companions to Literature). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108699396
Somerville, S. B. (2016). Scientific Racism and the Invention of the Homosexual Body. In A. L. Ferber, K. Holcomb, & T. Wentling (Eds.), Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: The New Basics (3 ed.). Oxford University Press.