College of Humanities People
Tanya Erzen, Associate Professor
Department of Comparative Studies: http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/Sexuality Studies: http://sexualitystudies.osu.edu
Office Information
428 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: erzen.2@osu.edu
Phone: 614-247-7288
Fax: 614-292-6707
Personal URL(s):
and: http://www.tanyaerzen.com
428 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: erzen.2@osu.edu
Phone: 614-247-7288
Fax: 614-292-6707
Personal URL(s):
and: http://www.tanyaerzen.com
Education:
Ph.D. American Studies, New York University, 2002
General Background:
Teaching and Research Interests
American and comparative religion; religion, gender, and sexuality; ethnography; religion and media; religion and American politics, social movements and citizenship; cultural and social theory, evangelicalism, the Christian Right and conservative politics
Publications
Tanya Erzen's book, Straight to Jesus: Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-Gay Movement is an ethnographic study and cultural history of the ex-gay movement, an international network of religious ministries that attempt to change and convert gay men and lesbians to non-homosexual Christian lives through psychological, self-help, therapeutic and biblical approaches. The book, which focuses on the everyday lives of men and women at a residential ex-gay program in California over several years analyzes conservative Christian politics around sexual transformation and identification, evangelical conversion and testimony, and alternative forms of kinship.
