Researcher

My Expertise

Drag performance cultures; Drag king history and contemporary practice; LGBTQI+ social scenes; Queer Theory

Chemsex; Sexualised drug use; Gay and bisexual men's drug use; Crystal methamphetamine

Blood borne virus (HIV, HCV, HBV) prevention; Community health; LGBTIQ+ Health

Ethnography; Qualitative research; Community engaged/peer led research; Co-design

Fields of Research (FoR)

Cultural studies, Public health, Sociology of health, Health promotion, Social determinants of health, Sexualities

Biography

Kerryn Drysdale is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH), a specialist research centre located in the Faculty of Arts, Design, and Architecture at UNSW Sydney. Through her disciplinary background in Cultural Studies, Kerryn endeavours to bring a critical cultural lens to everyday lived experiences as they pertain to public health concerns. 

Kerryn currently conducts research in two broad programmes of...view more