Melissa Keehn, University of New Brunswick

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of New Brunswick profile.

Gender and sexuality education Social studies education Sex education Critical studies,Teacher education

Latest papers

"Yeah, I'm Gay": What Can Queer and Trans Young People Teach Us About Queer Joy Studies in Schools?
Journal of homosexuality · 2026 · first author
On summoning queer joy in early childhood education: Some findings from New Brunswick, Canada.
Journal of early childhood research : ECR · 2025 · senior author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

SEQuYN: The Sex Education Queer and Trans Youth Need in New Brunswick and Quebec
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$90,605
Reimagining Disability in a Digital World: How do disabled youth navigate, experience and express their sexuality in digital environments?
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$398,963

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

"Yeah, I'm Gay": What Can Queer and Trans Young People Teach Us About Queer Joy Studies in Schools?

Keehn M

Journal of homosexuality2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2025.2580485 PMID: 41165490

02

On summoning queer joy in early childhood education: Some findings from New Brunswick, Canada.

Burkholder C, Whitty P, Malins P, Keehn M

Journal of early childhood research : ECR20255 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/1476718x251318894 PMID: 40843093

SEQuYN: The Sex Education Queer and Trans Youth Need in New Brunswick and Quebec

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Keehn, Melissa

$90,605

Reimagining Disability in a Digital World: How do disabled youth navigate, experience and express their sexuality in digital environments?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McPherson, Amy C.

$398,963

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Education
About the Department

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Casey Burkholder

About the Department

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Pam Malins

Education

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Gender and sexuality education Dear Professor Keehn, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper ""Yeah, I'm Gay": What Can Queer and Trans Young People Teach Us About Queer Joy Studies in Schools?" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "SEQuYN: The Sex Education Queer and Trans Youth Need in New Brunswick and Quebec" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]