University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Dissertations UMSL Graduate Works 10-6-2017 Gender Identity Work: Oppression and Agency as Described in Lifespan Narratives of Transgender and Other Gender Non- Conforming Identified eopleP in the U. S. Kathryn O'Brien
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/dissertation Part of the Gender Equity in Education Commons Recommended Citation O'Brien, Kathryn, "Gender Identity Work: Oppression and Agency as Described in Lifespan Narratives of Transgender and Other Gender Non-Conforming Identified People in the U. S." (2017). Dissertations. 718. https://irl.umsl.edu/dissertation/718 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the UMSL Graduate Works at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Running Head: INTERSECTIONS OF IDENTITY WORK Gender Identity Work: Oppression and Agency as Described in Lifespan Narratives of Transgender and Other Gender Non-Conforming Identified People in the U. S. Kathryn G. O’Brien, M.A.Ed., LCSW Graduate Certificate, Social Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2015 Graduate Certificate, Gender Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2012 M. A. Ed., Counseling, St. Louis University, 1984 A Dissertation Submitted to The Graduate School at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. in Education, with an emphasis in Teaching and Learning Processes December 16, 2017 Advisory Committee Brenda Light Bredemeier, Ph.D. Chairperson Wolfgang Althof, Ph.D. Susan Kashubeck-West, Ph.