Joshua Warren

I am currently a PhD candidate in Sociology at Kent State University, and a new Visiting Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. My research interests broadly lie in gender and sexualities, with some foci on queer spaces, inequalities, and carnality. I primarily work with qualitative and queer research methods, including oral history, autoethnography, and visual sociology. My doctoral dissertation utilizes oral history interviews and object elicitation to intersectionally explore Pittsburgh’s leather community, particularly the spatial, gendered, political/activist, and joyful aspects of the sexual subculture. My approach to teaching sociology is informed by my work with queerness and inequalities, and is situated within queer theory, feminism, anti-racism, and intersectionality.

I have been involved with multiple international research projects. “Queer Pandemic: Resilience in Times of Crisis” is a Zoom-recorded oral history project and an inaugural exhibit at Queer Britain, the United Kingdom’s first LGBTQ+ history museum. “Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum of Global Perspectives” is a large-scale project funded by Templeton Religion Trust and led by the University of Birmingham. I currently sit on the board of directors for the International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA) and on the social media committee for the Social Problems journal.