[ID: Jo, a nonbinary Taiwanese American person, in a Black t-shirt and blue pants, seated on a metal staircase.] Photo Credit: Krystal Ruiz

[ID: Jo, a queer, trans nonbinary disabled Taiwanese American person, in a Black t-shirt and blue pants, seated on a metal staircase.]

Photo Credit: Krystal Ruiz

[ID: A dark blue/black backdrop of rippled water, reflecting a starry sky. From the top left corner to the bottom right, the stars grow gradually brighter. On the foreground, in white and orange text: Constellating Home: Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics, V. Jo Hsu. Design by Nathan Putens]

ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING TRANS FOLKS IN TEXAS:

Community Resource Guide prioritizing QTBIPOC in Austin/Central Texas, made by Rocky Lane: https://projectliferaft.carrd.co/

Vox Jo Hsu, MFA, PhD (they/them)

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin

I write about power, policies, and the stories that shape public life—especially how marginalized communities are written into (or out of) the conversation. I’m the author of Constellating Home: Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics, which received four national book awards. My public writing appears in outlets including The Huffington Post, The Emancipator, and The Progressive. I’ve led narrative strategy for global advocacy organizations and addressed audiences from college undergraduates to NIH researchers. I specialize in finding hidden connections—among communities, between crises—and work to center those who understand these patterns best.


For those without library access, if you have trouble locating a copy of something I’ve written, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

***Please excuse the dust as I work to update this page!

**** If any elements of this page are difficult for you to access, please contact me at vjohsu@austin.utexas.edu