David L. Eng, Richard L. Fisher Professor of English, studies 20th-century literature with a focus on American literature, Asian American studies, law, and psychoanalysis, while Melissa Sanchez, Associate Professor of English, researches 16th- and 17th-century British literature, including the works of William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser. Both apply queer theory to the study of literature and culture. So, how can it be used in analysis of a Shakespearean sonnet and contemporary immigration law, and what can we learn from its application? Eng and Sanchez illuminate how queer theory works in their research.