Research Expertise and Interest

gender studies, transgender studies, LGBTQ communities, survey research methods

Research Description

Danya Lagos is a sociologist who specializes in how gender is changing in the twenty-first century. They are particularly interested in the social demography of LGBTQ populations. Their work has been published in the American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Demography and the Annual Review of Sociology.

Lagos received their PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago in April of 2019. During the 2019-2020 academic year, they were an NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin’s Population Research Center.