
Amin Ghaziani
Professor of Sociology
I am a sociology professor with expertise in urban sexualities, which examines the interplay between sexuality and urban life. I’m interested in how sexuality becomes embedded in the social and spatial organization of cities, and how cities provide the settings in which sexual identities, communities, and cultures emerge. Or perhaps more simply, how people create communities, cultures, and forms of belonging through the spaces of the city. I’ve published about activism, collective identities, neighborhoods, nightlife, and more recently, the episodic and event-based spaces where people gather at night.
I’ve taught at public and private institutions in several countries, including Northwestern, Princeton, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of California in Santa Barbara, and University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
In my research and teaching alike, I am devoted to elevating 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.






