Greggor Mattson

Greggor Mattson, Ph.D., is an author and Professor of Sociology at Oberlin College and Conservatory where he teaches courses on sexuality, nightlife, and cities. He is the author of Who Needs Gay Bars? Bar-Hopping through America’s Endangered LGBTQ+ Places (Redwood 2023). His work on the topic has also appeared in Slate, Literary Hub, Business Insider, and The Daily Beast. Previously, he wrote The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform: Governing Loose Women (2016). He lives in small-town Ohio with a demon-sized chihuahua.