Landon H. Lauder
PhD Candidate in Sociology | Boston University
Martin P. Levine Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention
Part-Time Lecturer | Boston College
Amateur Street Photographer
I am a PhD candidate in Sociology at Boston University. My research interests include Community and Urban Sociology, the Sociology of Sexualities, Urban Theory, Queer Theory, and Qualitative Methodology. Particularly, I am interested in examining how place affects how we perform our identities, especially identities that challenge normativity. In my dissertation, I use both in-person and digital ethnography--in addition to in-depth interviews--to show how LGBTQIA+ people navigate increasingly expensive urban communities, turning to regional resources in order to forge social, political, romantic, and sexual ties.
My work can be found in leading international peer reviewed publications including an article in Ethnography and a forthcoming and co-authored book chapter on sexualities and place with Japonica Brown-Saracino, PhD in the Oxford Handbook of Urban Sociology. I currently have a revise and resubmit at City & Community that examines how homonormative values lead gay people towards or away from certain urban institutions and communities.
I have 12 semesters of collegiate teaching experience at three different universities, covering both introductory and advanced courses. I designed curricula for 6 courses, serving as the instructor of those courses. I currently am a Lecturer at Boston College, teaching "Urban Sociology" and "Sexuality and Society." Previously, I have designed courses for and taught at Suffolk University and Boston University. My courses emphasize critical writing and locally-based research skills and assignments. For a complete list of courses and sample syllabi, please see the "Teaching Samples" page or click here.
In addition to my teaching experience, I have served in various service roles. For four years, I was the Graduate Coordinator for the Urban Inequalities Workshop, an interdisciplinary academic workshop that brings together researchers and practitioners of urban issues from across the world to discuss cutting-edge research (sponsored by the Initiative On Cities). I am also a mentor to graduate and undergraduate students, in addition to being an Editorial Review Board Member of Armchair, a new and peer-reviewed undergraduate sociology journal. I was a co-organizer and presider for a panel at the global 2023 conference: Gentrification, What Can We Do About It? An International Dialogue.
In addition to my academic and professional work, I am also an amateur urban and street photographer and a father to Bix, my black cat of seven years.
My work can be found in leading international peer reviewed publications including an article in Ethnography and a forthcoming and co-authored book chapter on sexualities and place with Japonica Brown-Saracino, PhD in the Oxford Handbook of Urban Sociology. I currently have a revise and resubmit at City & Community that examines how homonormative values lead gay people towards or away from certain urban institutions and communities.
I have 12 semesters of collegiate teaching experience at three different universities, covering both introductory and advanced courses. I designed curricula for 6 courses, serving as the instructor of those courses. I currently am a Lecturer at Boston College, teaching "Urban Sociology" and "Sexuality and Society." Previously, I have designed courses for and taught at Suffolk University and Boston University. My courses emphasize critical writing and locally-based research skills and assignments. For a complete list of courses and sample syllabi, please see the "Teaching Samples" page or click here.
In addition to my teaching experience, I have served in various service roles. For four years, I was the Graduate Coordinator for the Urban Inequalities Workshop, an interdisciplinary academic workshop that brings together researchers and practitioners of urban issues from across the world to discuss cutting-edge research (sponsored by the Initiative On Cities). I am also a mentor to graduate and undergraduate students, in addition to being an Editorial Review Board Member of Armchair, a new and peer-reviewed undergraduate sociology journal. I was a co-organizer and presider for a panel at the global 2023 conference: Gentrification, What Can We Do About It? An International Dialogue.
In addition to my academic and professional work, I am also an amateur urban and street photographer and a father to Bix, my black cat of seven years.