Profile
Asa Mendelsohn teaches gender/sexuality and media courses at Hunter College and facilitates filmmaking workshops through the Center for Urban Pedagogy. He is also training as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist, working primarily with trans and queer adolescents and adults. Asa’s earlier academic training was in cultural anthropology and visual arts. He has contributed to collaborative art and education projects while learning from anti-imperial and anti-fascist struggles in Chicago, Vienna, and San Diego. This work has been supported by a Fulbright Fellowship and an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant and presented internationally in museums, film festivals, and community spaces.