[ID: Jo, a nonbinary Taiwanese American person, in a Black t-shirt and blue pants, seated on a metal staircase.] Photo Credit: Krystal Ruiz

[ID: Jo, a queer, trans nonbinary disabled Taiwanese American person, in a Black t-shirt and blue pants, seated on a metal staircase.]

Photo Credit: Krystal Ruiz

[ID: A dark blue/black backdrop of rippled water, reflecting a starry sky. From the top left corner to the bottom right, the stars grow gradually brighter. On the foreground, in white and orange text: Constellating Home: Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics, V. Jo Hsu. Design by Nathan Putens]

ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING TRANS FOLKS IN TEXAS:

Community Resource Guide prioritizing QTBIPOC in Austin/Central Texas, made by Rocky Lane: https://projectliferaft.carrd.co/

Vox Jo Hsu, MFA, PhD

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin

I study how stories shape public life— how they determine policy, inform beliefs, and constrain or expand our imagination. I’m the author of Constellating Home: Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics (recipient of four national book awards), and I've written for outlets such as The Huffington Post, The Boston Globe, and The Progressive. I’ve worked in narrative strategy for transnational advocacy organizations and addressed audiences from college undergraduates to NIH researchers. Throughout my work, I search for narrative threads that can connect seemingly separate struggles and once-divided communities.


For those without library access, if you have trouble locating a copy of something I’ve written, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

**** If any elements of this page are difficult for you to access, please contact me at vjohsu@austin.utexas.edu