His writing has appeared in Social Text, Economy and Society, and Widener Law Review. He is co-editor, with Patricia Clough, of Beyond Biopolitics: Essays on the Governance of Life and Death (Duke University Press, 2011).Dean Spade is an associate professor at Seattle University School of Law and, from 2012–14, a visiting assistant professor of law at Columbia University. His book, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law (South End Press, 2011) was awarded Honorable Mention from the GLQ Caucus of the Modern Language Association and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.Find the rest of the Born in Flames issue here.