Montiniqu毛 McEachern
Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
As a Black lesbian feminist with experience as a mental health provider, Montiniquë McEachern (her/she/hers) focuses her work on intergenerational healing through creating and facilitating spaces rooted in Black women’s ways of theorizing through storytelling. Her interdisciplinary public scholarship uses Black feminism to dually focus on podcasting as a radical feminist media making space and on the mental, relational, and emotional health of queer women of color. McEachern earned her B.S. and M.Ed at Auburn University and her Ph.D. in couple and relational therapy at Syracuse University. She is an award winning educator, podcast host, and producer. She also serves as the chair of the National Women’s Studies Association Lesbian Caucus. Her primary areas of interest are queer of color well-being, digital feminisms, contemporary liberation struggles, and feminist-informed pedagogy.
Research Interests
Women of color feminism(s), women's sports, podcasting as a radical medium, digital pedagogy, digital feminism, hip hop feminism
Distinctions
- Best LGBT General Podcast 2023 Signal Awards
- People’s Choice Award 2023 Signal Awards
Selected Publications
- McEachern, M.D; Coolhart, D.A; Watson, D (2022). Illuminating Strengths: Multiracial Feminist Couple Therapy with Queer Women. In Harvey, R., Murphy, M. J., Bigner, J. J., & Wetchler, J. L. (Eds.) Handbook of LGBTQ-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy 2nd Edition (pp. 75-88). Routledge.
- McEachern, M.D. (2017). Respect My Ratchet: The Liberatory Consciousness of Ratchetness. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, 6(3), 78-89.
Public Scholarship
Professional Affiliations
National Women's Studies Association Lesbian Caucus Chair 2019-2021; 2024
Appointed to the Faculty
2024Educational Background
Ph.D., Syracuse University
M.Ed., Auburn University
B.A., Auburn University
