Current Positions

• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies, Hosei University
• External Affiliate, Center for the Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington
• Adjunct Researcher, Institute of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Research, Waseda University

Contact Information

• Mailing Address:
  Hosei University
  2-17-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo 102-8160
  Japan

• Email:
  daiki.hiramori.43[at]hosei.ac.jp

Research Interests

• Quantitative Sociology
• Queer and Feminist Studies
• Sexuality and Gender Stratification
• Demography of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Education

September 2016- March 2022

Ph.D., Sociology
-University of Washington

• Ph.D. Dissertation: “Sexuality Stratification in Contemporary Japan: A Study in Sociology“
• Committee: Julie Brines (Chair), Jerald R. Herting (Member), Peter Catron (Member), Marieka M. Klawitter (Graduate School Representative; Evans School of Public Policy and Governance)
• Comprehensive Exam: Social Stratification (May 2018)
• Special Concentration: Social Statistics (June 2017)

September 2014-June 2018

Graduate Certificate in Feminist Studies
-University of Washington

September 2014-June 2016

M.A., Sociology
-University of Washington

• Master’s Thesis: “Social-Institutional Structures That Matter: An Exploratory Analysis of Sexual/Gender Minority Status and Income in Japan”

April 2009-March 2014

B.A., Sociology, Minor in Mathematics
-International Christian University

• Senior Thesis: “The Effect of Religion on Attitudes toward Same-Sex Sexual Relations: A U.S.-Japan Comparative Quantitative Analysis”

September 2012-June 2013

Exchange Student
-University of California, Irvine

Licenses

• Certified Advanced Social Researcher (Japanese Association for Social Research)