Alexis McKernan (she/her) is a first-year PhD student at the University of Oklahoma. Her research interests include 20th century United States Women's History and BGLTQ+ History. She earned her Bachelor's degrees in History and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and her Master's degrees in History and Museum Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma. Her Master’s thesis, “"I am not Mundane, I am Divine.”: A Historical Analysis of the Women’s Spirituality Movement in the United States from the 1970s to the 2020s,” explores women’s movements, lesbian culture, and transgender history through the context of spirituality.
Alexis’s previous work at the University of Central Oklahoma includes digitizing part of the Herland Archive periodical collection, which is accessible on SHAREOK. Apart from her academic work, she enjoys painting, video games, and hanging out with her dogs and husband.
