With the 2021 publication of The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, a timely question is, what is the state of trans studies now and in the future? This panel of leading scholars in the field — all contributors to the encyclopedia — discuss this topic. The panelists are listed below, followed by their entry in the encyclopedia. 

• Marquis Bey, assistant professor, African American studies and English, Northwestern University | Entry on “Black People“

• Aaron Devor, founder, The Transgender Archives; inaugural chair in transgender studies; and professor, sociology, University of Victoria | Entry on “Reed Erickson“

• Julian Kevon Glover, Assistant Professor, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University | Entry on “Laverne Cox“

• Kristen Renn, Professor, Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education, Michigan State University | Entry on “Career Development and Trajectories“

• Ann Travers, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University | Entry on “Pro Sports Athletes“

Emily Skidmore, associate professor of history at Texas Tech University, moderated the webinar, which was sponsored by the UMass Stonewall Center and Clark University’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program and co-sponsored by UMass Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies and the Five College Queer, Trans, and Sexuality Studies Certificate.