Marta Meana (born December 1, 1957) is a Spanish-American psychologist deeply involved in publishing and promoting disease models of gender identity and expression, with a focus on sexualized taxonomies of transgender people.
Background
Meana was born in Madrid, Spain and attended McGill University, earning a Bachelor’s degrees in English Literature and Psychology, a Master’s degree in English Literature, and a Ph.D. in Psychology in 1996, writing a dissertation on dyspareunia. She had a post-doctoral research fellowship in women’s health at the University of Toronto.
Meana joined the psychology department at UNLV in 1997. In 2018 she was named interim President of University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Comments on Dreger (2008)
After years of following the developments surrounding the publication of TMWWBQ in real time, it was interesting to step back and read Dreger’s comprehensive reconstruction of events. The story that emerges is reminiscent of classical drama. It comes complete with a protagonist (Bailey), antagonists (Conway, James, McCloskey), characters caught in the crossfire (Kyeltika), and a balanced and half-detached chorus (Dreger) explaining to the audience (the rest of us) the lessons to be learned from the melee. Mercifully, this drama did not end up a tragedy, but it shares significant qualities with the latter. It features a well-meaning, though necessarily flawed, protagonist with the requisite amount of hubris and a group of antagonists whose sordid means nullify any possible empathy the audience may have had with their perceived injury. The chorus seems open-minded and fair, although perhaps a little naïve in her belief in the healing power of her narrative.
Men Trapped in Men’s Bodies (2013)
Meana was editor of Anne Lawrence‘s book on “autogynephilia” titled Men Trapped in Men’s Bodies.
References
UNLV Media Relations (June 4, 2018). Regents Name Marta Meana Acting UNLV President. https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/regents-name-marta-meana-acting-unlv-president