My name is Stefan Vogler (he/him), and I am a sociologist of law, sexuality, gender, and knowledge. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an Affiliated Scholar with the American Bar Foundation and was previously a research scientist with NORC at the University of Chicago.

My research uses feminist and queer theoretical perspectives to examine how sexualized subjects encounter legal and state institutions and the consequences of such interactions. In both my research and teaching, I emphasize sexuality’s connections to other axes of social difference—such as race, gender, nationality, and citizenship status—as well as the mutual constitution of sexuality and other social categories.

My first book, Sorting Sexualities: Expertise and the Politics of Legal Classification is now available!

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