On Community, Place, and Identity with Dr. Theo Greene

SoftSpoken: A Podcast by Marpheen Chann

We talk about queer placemaking and community in this podcast episode with special guest Dr. Theo Greene, associate professor of Sociology at Bowdoin College and author of an upcoming book titled Not in MY Gayborhood: Gay Neighborhoods and the Rise of the Vicarious Citizen, which explores the persistence of iconic gay neighborhoods in Washington, DC, through acts of ephemeral placemaking by nonresidential community actors (vicarious citizens). Outside the classroom, Greene enjoys extending his research for the Common Good. In addition to sitting on the Board of Advisors for “The Corner,” the Whitman-Walker Health Cultural Center, Greene also sits on the Board of Directors for the Frannie Peabody Center and the Equality Community Center.