Ali Alkhalifa (he/him or they/them) is the Education Program Specialist for the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department. He, alongside Jen Getson (she/her), is responsible for course & classroom scheduling, curriculum management, and programmatic liaison work for the WGSS Department. He is also a sitting member of the Undergraduate Studies Committee, as well as a project manager helping design and build the new ScarletCanvas online course titled the LGBTQ+ Healthcare Certificate.

Prior to working with the WGSS Department, Ali had the immense privilege of being advised by Dr. Linda Mizejewski, assisting him in the development of both a Senior Thesis (“Euphoria: High Highs and Low Lows”) and a Master’s Thesis entitled “RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Canceling Culture & the Digital Disposability of its Disrespectable, Non-Homonormative Subjects.” 

Outside of work and research, Ali loves to practice comedy, perform improv, bake desserts, play old school video games, and thrift for vintage clothing.

Zoom link for Office hours on M/W from 1-3 PM ET: https://osu.zoom.us/j/92415571294?pwd=a6NGpV4krjOSN7jY4qXqlrhd9KcWyX.1