Robert Oscar Lopez

Robert Oscar Lopez
Born 1971
Alma mater Yale University
University of Buffalo
Occupation Academic
Employer California State University, Northridge

Robert Oscar Lopez (born 1971) is an American academic. He is Professor of Humanities at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]

Early life

Robert Oscar Lopez was raised by a lesbian couple.[2] He is of Puerto Rican descent.[3] Additionally, he is "the descendant of African slaves."[3]

Lopez graduated from Yale University in 1993, where he received a bachelor of arts degree.[4] He received a master's degree in classics from the University of Buffalo in 2007.[4] He holds a PhD from New York State University, Buffalo.[4][5]

Career

Lopez joined the faculty at California State University, Northridge in 2008.[4] He has been a tenured Associate Professor of English and Classics since 2013.[4] In July 2013, it was announced he would self-publish "Mean Gays" fiction books.[6]

In 2012 he published the essay "Growing up with two Moms", detailing his experiences growing up as son of a lesbian couple.[7] This resulted in an immediate backlash in blogs, with some calling it hate speech.[7]

Lopez was accused by two former students for creating a discriminatory environment.[7] In October 2015, the CSUN provost wrote a letter informing Lopez that he was accused of intimidating students.[2] Meanwhile, Lopez accused another administrator of comparing an event he had organized at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to a "KKK camp."[8]

Lopez has served as the President of the International Children's Rights Institute since 2014.[4] He has authored articles about his opposition to same-sex parenting.[2] He testified against same-sex marriage in Minnesota.[6] He wrote an amicus curiae brief for the Supreme Court in the Obergefell vs. Hodges case about same-sex marriage.[9][10]

==Personal Life He is not bisexual and is happily married to his wife.

Works

Books

  • Jephtha's Daughters. Innocent Casualties in the War of Family 'Equality', published 2015 by CreateSpace
  • The Colorful Conservative: American Conversations with the Ancients from Wheatley to Whitman, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2011.[4]

Articles

References

  1. ↑ https://swbts.edu/academics/faculty/college/robert-lopez/
  2. 1 2 3 Owens, Eric (November 9, 2015). "Taxpayer-Funded Diversity Bureaucrats Hound Professor, Compare Reagan Library To KKK CAMP". The Daily Caller. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Robert Oscar López (aka Bobby Lopez)". GLAAD. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Robert Oscar Lopez". CSUN College of Humanities. California State University, Northridge. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Robert Oscar Lopez, PhD". International Children's Rights Institute. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Maza, Carlos (July 24, 2013). "Robert Oscar Lopez Is Self-Publishing A Bizarre Series Of Gay Fiction Books". Equality Matters. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Flaherty, Colleen (November 24, 2015). "Whose Bias?". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  8. ↑ French, David (November 11, 2015). "Campus Kangaroo Court Convicts Conservative Professor". The National Review. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ Amicus Brief Robert Oscar Lopez and B.N. Klein
  10. ↑ Naab, Kathleen (April 28, 2015). "Those Raised by Same-Sex Couples Try to Show Another Side to Marriage Debate". National Catholic Register. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
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