Aris Keshav

Aris Keshav received an M.A. in linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2021, supervised by Dr. Lal Zimman. Their research focused on language, social interaction, and transgender communities, as well as cultural ideologies of love and romance. Their M.A. thesis is "I love you: Normativity, Power, and Romance in Metalinguistic Commentary." Currently, Keshav is a poet and educator based in Montreal, Canada, you can see more of their work on Instagram at @ambiance.queer.