Harper Keenan

Harper B. Keenan & Z Nicolazzo Harper B. Keenan is the Robert Quartermain Professor of Gender & Sexuality Research in Education at the University of British Columbia. A former New York City elementary school teacher, his work addresses how adults teach children about complex social issues. Z Nicolazzo is an associate professor of Trans* Studies in Education at the University of Arizona.

Abstract In recent years, a programme for young children called Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) has risen to simultaneous popularity and controversy. This article, written collaboratively by an education scholar and a drag queen involved in organizing DQSH, contextualizes the programme within the landscape of gender in education as well as within the world of drag, and argues that Drag Queen Story Hour provides a generative extension of queer pedagogy into the world of early childhood education.