BIOGRAPHY

Vic Overdorf is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Humanities Research Center and is affiliated with the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Rice University. Their research focuses on queer carceral histories, particularly how science shapes the carceral experiences of queer prisoners. They are currently working on a book project, Queer Alcatraz, which examines a population of queer prisoners at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and the institutional networks that facilitated their incarceration. Vic is also working on a second project examining the historic use of psychiatric solitary confinement as a carceral technology in the management of queer prisoners. In their free time, Vic enjoys kayaking, trapeze, and taking it easy.