Alexandra Chasin Explained

Alexandra Chasin
Birth Name:	Alexandra Chasin
Birth Date:	1961
Birth Place:	Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation:	Professor, writer
Language:	English
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Brandeis University Stanford University Vermont College of Fine Arts
Notableworks:	Assassin of Youth: A Kaleidoscopis History of Harry Anslinger’s War on Drugs Kissed By Selling Out: The Gay and Lesbian Movement Goes to Market

Alexandra Chasin (born 1961) is an American experimental writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is also an associate professor of literary studies at The Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts.^[1]

Biography

Chasin was born in 1961, in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, where she received her bachelor's degree in European Cultural Studies in 1984. In 1993, Chasin earned her Ph.D in Modern Thoughts and Literature from Stanford University.^[2] She received her master's degree in fiction writing, in 2002, from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Chasin joined Boston College in 1993 where she served as assistant professor for six years. She taught American Studies and Women's Studies in the English Department at Boston College.^[3] In 1999, she was appointed as a visiting faculty in English at the University of Geneva.^[4] Chasin served as an instructor at Columbia University for one year from 2005 to 2006 where she taught Feminist theory as well as literary and cultural studies.^{[5] [6]} She joined Lang College in 2006 where she is currently working as an associate professor in literary studies.

Works

Chasin has published several books of fiction and non-fiction.^[7] Her first book Selling Out: The Gay and Lesbian Movement Goes to Market was published in the year 2000 by St. Martin's Press.^{[8] [9]} The book focuses on the gains and losses that have been attained by marketing of LGBT community.^{[10] [11]} Chasin published her second book, Kissed By in 2007.^{[12] [13]} The book was published by University of Alabama Press.^[14] In 2012, her third book Brief was published which also debuted as an app for the iPad.^{[15] [16]} Chasin's fourth book, Assassin of Youth: A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslinger's War on Drugs was published in the year 2016 by University of Chicago Press.^{[17] [18]} The book tracks the cultural currents that produced prohibitionist drug policy in the U.S.^{[19] [20]}

Chasin's writing has appeared in several print media such as Unsaid, Post Road, AGNI, Denver Quarterly and Chain. She has also written for online magazines including Exquisite Corpse, elimae, Diagram and Big Other. The film, Composer and I, was adapted from the original story written by Chasin.^[21] The film premiered at the Athens Film Festival in April 2012.^[22]

Chasin is an artistic director of Writing On It All, a public participatory writing project.^{[23] [24]}

Fellowships

• Leon Levy Center for Biology at City University of New York (2013)^[25]
• New York Foundation for the Arts - fiction (2012)^[26]

Notes and References

1. http://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty/?id=4d6a-6735-4e54-5134 Alexandra Chasin at The Lang College
2. https://web.stanford.edu/dept/MTL/cgi-bin/modthought/people/alexandra-chasin/ Alexandra Chasin
3. https://archive.org/stream/bostoncollegeund9495bost/bostoncollegeund9495bost_djvu.txt Undergraduate Catalog 1994–1995
4. http://thediagram.com/2_6/bios.html Chasin teaches U.S. culture and literature at the University of Geneva
5. http://www2.law.columbia.edu/faculty_franke/FTW.html Feminist Theory Workshop Spring 2006
6. http://www.theshortreview.com/authors/AlexandraChasin.htm Chasin went on to teach literary and cultural studies at Boston College, Yale University, the University of Geneva, and Columbia University
7. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/author/C/A/au20582767.html The University of Chicago Press Book, About the author
8. Alexandra Chasin. Selling Out: The Gay and Lesbian Movement Goes to Market. St. Martin's Press; 2000. .
9. http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/08/07/chick_fil_a_starbucks_and_gay_marriage_why_national_starbucks_appreciation_day_sets_a_bad_example_.html Chick-fil-A and The Gays: The Problem with Consumer Activism
10. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-21449-4 Selling Out: The Gay and Lesbian Movement Goes to Market Review
11. https://www.booklistonline.com/Selling-Out-The-Gay-and-Lesbian-Movement-Goes-to-Market-Alexandra-Chasin/pid=174727 Review at Booklist
12. https://lareviewofbooks.org/author-page/alexandra-chasin/ Alexandra Chasin is the author of Kissed By (FC2, 2007)
13. http://quarterlyconversation.com/kissed-by-by-alexandra-chasin-review Kissed By By Alexandra chasin reviewed by Ryan Call
14. http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Kissed-By,2778.aspx Kissed By published by University of Alabama Press
15. http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/dschneiderman/2013/06/writing-on-it-all-an-interview-with-alexandra-chasin-on-an-innovative-use-of-an-old-house-on-governors-island/ Brief debuted as an iPad app
16. http://jadedibispress.com/product/brief/ Brief at Jaded Ibis Press
17. https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/12/29/greater-boston-author-readings-jan/GFmawGcYlbYTP3EtOaoX5K/story.html Greater Boston author readings for Jan
18. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo20582764.html Assassin of Youth: A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslinger's War on Drugs.
19. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alexandra-chasin/assassin-of-youth/ ASSASSIN OF YOUTH A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslinger’s War on Drugs by Alexandra Chasin
20. http://www.bookverdict.com/details.xqy?uri=Product2016-07-01-2454004.xml&pub1=libraryjournal.com Assassin of Youth: A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslinger's War on Drugs (Review)
21. https://www.writinguniversity.org/archive-reference/alexandra-chasin-reading Composer and I is an adaptation of a short story of the same name published in Kissed By.
22. http://spetermandev.com/alexandrachasin/ Composer and I, Premiere: Athens Film Festival, April 2012
23. http://writingonitall.com/who-we-are/ Artistic Director Alexandra Chasin is Associate Professor of Literary Studies at Lang College
24. http://theartnewspaper.com/news/in-the-frame/coming-this-summer-to-new-york-legalized-graffiti/ Coming this summer to New York: legalised graffiti
25. https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Centers-and-Institutes/Leon-Levy-Center-for-Biography/Fellowships/Biography-Fellows/Former-Biography-Fellows Former Biography Fellows at Leon Levy Center for Biology
26. https://www.nyfa.org/Content/Show/Past%20Fellows New York Foundation for the Arts, Past Fellows