Dr. JJ Wright (she/they) is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at MacEwan University on Treaty 6 territory in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) in Edmonton. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Social Justice Education at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and held a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. Dr. Wright is a community-engaged researcher who works with regional, provincial, and national organizations to address gender-based violence and other issues impacting 2SLGBTQ+ communities through anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and community-responsive education and policy. Their present research uses participatory visual arts-based methodologies to examine queer and trans joy as methods of imagining alternative futures that are less hateful and violent and more just, sustainable, and caring.