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William Cheng (Photo: Summer Street Photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

William Cheng, assistant professor of music at Dartmouth College, will deliver the 2017 Rainbow Lecture<\/a>, organized by the University\u2019s Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s Studies.<\/p>\n

In his lecture \u201cLocker Room Talk: Pussies, Guns, and Video Gaymers,\u201d Cheng will explore some of the challenges of conducting field research in online arenas such as multiplayer games and Internet threads. He\u2019ll address such questions as: \u201cWhen is it appropriate to come through loud and queer in the field? When is it expedient and necessary to call out harassment, even if such intervention stifles the very social dynamics and dialogues we\u2019re trying to investigate?\u201d<\/p>\n

Cheng notes that in most online multiplayer games, especially in the first-person-shooter genre, the voices one hears via live voice-chat are overwhelming male. \u201cThis means that female players who hesitate to speak up\u2014due to fears of incurring sexual harassment\u2014are frequently assumed to be male until or unless they \u2018come out\u2019 as otherwise,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

A prolific writer, Cheng often blends the critical with the personal. His most recent book Just Vibrations: The Purpose of Sounding Good<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>(University of Michigan Press, 2016) draws on a wide range of influences, including queer theory, disability studies, and affect theory. The book received the 2016 Philip Brett Award from the American Musicological Society and was named a 2016 Book of the Year by Times Higher Education. At Dartmouth, Cheng teaches music, media, and ethics, with a focus on sound, politics, and power.<\/p>\n

\u201cCheng\u2019s talk will address important questions and themes that are of growing interest to SBAI students\u2014masculinity, activism, queer theory, and, of course, video games and virtual worlds,\u201d says Tanya Bakhmetyeva, a lecturer at the institute. \u201cHis talk highlights our mission that focuses on understanding the roles of gender and sexuality in contemporary culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Lecture was inaugurated in 2012 by the institute to address LGBTQ+ topics\u00a0from an academic perspective. It is presented annually during the University\u2019s LGBTQI Awareness Month and is funded by Arts, Sciences & Engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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