Karen Morris

Karen Morris is a lesbian mother, cultural anthropologist, and co-founder (with Adam Greteman) of The LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Visual & Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Karen is interested in experimental, community-based collaborative research, pedagogy, and social justice work. Her current work explores intergenerational connection between LGBTQ+ people, with a focus on care, kinship, aging, and activism.

Karen loves baking, being in nature, and playing pranks on people. She and her partner, Christina, are the proud parents of two awesome teenagers.