
Amin Ghaziani
Professor of Sociology
University of California, Santa Barbara and
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
I am a sociology professor at the UC Santa Barbara and UBC (on leave 2025-2026).
I earned my PhD from Northwestern, after which I was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship with the Princeton Society of Fellows.
Over the course of my career, I have used my research and teaching to elevate the status of sexuality as a center point for intellectual inquiry and exchange.

YOU CAN QUOTE ME.
I regularly provide commentary about my research to the media. Please email me for a quote about gay neighborhoods, queer nightlife, queer politics, sexual cultures, or anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
The Sociology of Queer Nightlife
Recently published in The Sociological Quarterly is a special issue that I have guest edited on queer nightlife. In my…
2025 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Long Live Queer Nightlife has been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2025 Lammy Award for Best Book in LGBTQ+…
Publishing in General Sociology Journals
As the flagship journal of the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS), I participated in a session at the 2025 ESS Annual…






