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    Joshua Warren

    Sociology and Criminology
    Graduate Student Instructor
    Contact Information
    Email:
    jwarre40@kent.edu

    Biography

    I have been involved in an international research project titled "Queer Pandemic: Resilience in Times of Crisis," for which I am assisted Dr. Molly Merryman and a research team in collecting and coding oral history interviews of LGBTQ+ folks in the United Kingdom. This project is an exhibit at Queer Britain, the UK's first LGBTQ+ history museum.
     
    My Master's thesis, "Keep Austin Queer: Performativity of Queer Space in Austin, Texas," examined how LGBTQ+ folks see themselves navigating queer identities and actions–and thus, how they "perform" and create queer space–throughout a liberal, progressive city that lacks designated "gayborhoods."
     
    While at Kent, I have continued exploring queer space and the everchanging aspects of space. In particular, I approach queer space through a carnal, more embodied and erotic lens, incorporating kink and fetish (e.g., Leather) communities, sex clubs/dungeons, chemsex/party and play (PnP), and other similar aspects. I utilize queer, visual, and oral history methods to fully capture experiences of queer space and communities. My dissertation challenges metronormativity by exploring spatial, gendered, and political aspects of Leatherfolk in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, through oral history interviews, object elicitation, and carnal ethnography.
     
    I currently sit on the board of directors for the International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA), and on the social media committee for Social Problems, the official journal of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP).
     

    Research Interests

    • Gender and sexualities
    • Queer space(s)
    • Gentrification
    • Inequalities
    • Queer theory
    • Carnal sociology and the body
    • Queer criminology
    • (Auto)ethnography
    • Visual and arts-based methods
    • Oral history

    Education

    M.A. in Sociology, Texas State University
    B.A. in Sociology, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

    Research Methods

    Qualitative Methods Oral History Visual Sociology Queer Methods Ethnography

    Affiliations

    • Member of the Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society

    Documents

    PDF icon Warren - teaching award CV.pdf
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