Frank Karioris

• Conference Organizer Assistant Professor of Sociology & General Education, American University of Central Asia
• Email: [karioris_f@auca.kg]

Frank G. Karioris is an Assistant Professor of Sociology & General Education at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He has a PhD in Comparative Gender Studies with a Specialization in Sociology & Social Anthropology from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. He has published on the topic of masculinities in various peer-reviewed journals including The Journal of Men’s Studies and Culture Unbound, and has published two co-edited volumes - most recently Masculinities Under Neoliberalism (with Nancy Lindisfarne and Andrea Cornwall, Zed Books 2016). His current work has explored issues related to heterosexual bareback sex; the male body; and men’s friendships.