Maud Lavin


Maud K. Lavin is an American nonfiction writer and cultural historian. She is a professor of Visual and Critical Studies and Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
She is a recipient of a Senior Research Residency at Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, a Guggenheim fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant.
Her most recent book is Boys' Love, Cosplay, and Androgynous Idols: Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, co-edited with Ling Yang and Jing Jamie Zhao.

Publications