Year: 2021
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Interview: Despite looming loss of the Stonewall, the Lehigh Valley’s last gay bar, such establishments still fill an important role in LGBT life
Interview with Peter Hall of The Morning Call
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Book contract for Who Needs Gay Bars?
I just signed a contract with Redwood Press for the book, announced here by my agent.
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Teaching with Disco Déjeuner
To support my nightlife class during the COVID-19 pandemic, Assistant Professor of Dance Al Evangelista and I hosted a midday speaker series Disco Déjeuner: Lunchtime Conversations on the Future of Nightlife. Speakers included multi-hyphenate artists, activists, academics, and entrepreneurs discussing the way forward. A list of the speakers and more information can be found here.
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Article: Responding to Wobbly Classrooms through Scaffolded, Peer-Led, Small-Group Presentations of Personal Learning Goals: The Beyond the Book Tool
This article in Teaching Sociology discusses a pedagogical technique I developed while teaching my SOCI/GSFS 203: Sociology of Sexuality. Teaching topics that implicate student identities, traumas, and/or activism is challenging because students often come with very personal attachments to curricular and extracurricular topics, such as in courses on sexualities, race, gender, and/or social movements. These…
Greggor Mattson 