Christopher T. Conner is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Missouri Columbia. He is co-editor of "The Gayborhood from Sexual Liberation to Cosmopolitan Spectacle and Forgotten Founders and Other Neglected Social Theorists," published with Lexington Books. His work has also been published in The Sociological Quarterly, Sexualities, Teaching Sociology, and Symbolic Interaction. His book Electronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry published with Rowman and Littlefield was released in 2023.
Experience
2022–present
Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia
2022–2022
Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA
2019–2022
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
2018–2019
Visiting Assistant Professor, Knox College
Education
2015
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Sociology - PhD
2010
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Sociology - MA
2008
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Sociology - BA
Publications
2022
How Sexual Racism and Other Discriminatory Behaviors are Rationalized in Online Dating Apps, Deviant Behavior
2021
The Gayborhood: From Sexual Liberation to Cosmopolitan Spectacle, Lexington Books
2021
Queer Expectations: An Empirical Critique of Rural LGBT+ Narratives, Sexualities
2021
The Perfect Storm: A Subcultural Analysis of the QAnon Movement, Critical Sociology
2020
Electronic Dance Music: From Spectacular Subculture to Culture Industry , Young Volume: 28 issue: 5, page(s): 445-464
2019
Forgotten Founders and Other Neglected Social Theorists, Lexington Books
2019
The gay gayze: Expressions of inequality on Grindr , The Sociological Quarterly 60 (3), 397-419
Grants and Contracts
2022
QAnon Interview Study
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
Midwest Sociological Society
Professional Memberships
Symbolic Interaction
American Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Midwest Sociological Society
Honours
Patricia Hill Collins Intersectionality Award (Honorable Mention); Kathy Charmez Early In Career Award