I am an interdisciplinary writer and scholar whose work bridges queer embodiment, mutual care, and art politics. With a doctorate in Transformative Studies and over 20 years of experience in the field of somatic therapy, my research explores how personal and collective change are lived through the body and reflected in care-work, art, and public life.
My published and forthcoming works span peer-reviewed journals, edited collections, and hybrid literary forms, including an autofiction story collection and research on eating disorders in North American culture.
Across these disciplines a line of inquiry I keep returning to is: if culture and nature were never separate, what happens when we start to feel that in our bodies? How does this entanglement shift the way one understands their origins and their place in the world?
micheal hooker, ph.d. 