
Amin Ghaziani
Professor of Sociology
Co-Editor, Contexts, American Sociological Association
University of California, Santa Barbara and
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
I am a Professor of Sociology and co-editor of Contexts, the public-facing periodical of the American Sociological Association. I am on faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (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 centrepoint for intellectual thought and debate.

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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.
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…
Maclean’s
Queer nightlife spaces are rapidly disappearing. Want to know how to keep them alive? Check out my article in Maclean’s,…
