2025 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Ace Lehner

Saturday, March 08, 2025 @ 9:00am, Tuscany D

Queer and Trans Collaborations as Methods of Adaptation and Survival

Dr. Ace Lehner is an interdisciplinary visual culture scholar and photography-based artist specializing in critical engagement with identity and representation. Lehner's areas of expertise include trans and queer visual culture and theory, critical approaches to race and representation, modern and contemporary art history and visual culture, photography history and theory, and performance. Lehner holds a Ph.D. in History of Art and Visual Culture from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an MFA in Fine Art / MA in Visual Studies from California College of the Arts, and is currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Vermont.