News

I have been elected to serve a 3-year term on the Council of the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association.

Click here for the official announcement.

My research on urban gay districts received extensive coverage in the New York Times.

Click here to read the feature story: “There Goes the Gayborhood”

I am delighted to announce the release of Sex Cultures, published by Polity Press. This is my fourth and most recently published book. In the project, I provide a unique cultural perspective on the study of sexuality. Unlike sex, which is a biological expression, the word sexuality highlights how the materiality of the body acquires cultural meaning as it encounters other bodies, institutions, regulations, symbols, societal norms, values, and worldviews. Think of it this way: sex + culture = sexuality.