JASON EZELL

Jason Ezell (he / they) is an LGBTQ+ movement historian and academic librarian, now the Head of Research and Learning Services at Cornell University's Olin & Uris Libraries. Recent research interests include the role of affect in movement dynamics, archival research, and information activism. They have also taught university seminars on the history of US gay liberation and mentored LGBTQ+-related capstone and thesis projects.  His first book—released in October 2025—is For a Spell: Sissie Collectivism and Radical Witchery in the Southeast, a history of 1970s radical collectives and nonbinary gender expression in response to the rise of New Right terror.

Buy For a Spell HERE or HERE.