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Assistant Professor of Sociology (Tenure Track), University of Missouri-Columbia

Christopher T. Conner is 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, Deviant Behavior, and Symbolic Interaction. His book Electronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry published with Rowman and Littlefield was released in 2023. He is currently studying QAnon and other forms of conspiracy theory, extremism, and anti-democratic ideas in hopes of finding ways to combat them.

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 2023