About Me

Dr Sebastian Cordoba (he/him)

I am a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at London Metropolitan University and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at The City College of New York. I hold a PhD in Psychology from De Montfort University, where my doctoral research explored non-binary gender identities and language.

My work is interdisciplinary and multimodal, drawing from psychology, sociology, linguistics, and sociolinguistics to examine identity, language, and health among gender and sexual minority populations. I am the author of Non-binary Gender Identities: The Language of Becoming, a pioneering book in the study of gender diversity in psychology.

I co-founded and lead the Gender and Sexual Diversity Research Group at London Metropolitan University, a hub for intersectional, inclusive research and knowledge exchange. I also co-chair the UK Regional Network of the International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience (INQYR). Additionally, I am London Met’s LGBTQ+ Staff Network co-chair.

Research Interests

My research interests include language, gender, and sexuality; queer theory and assemblage theory; corpus linguistics; as well as creative research methods such as art-based, embodied, and computer-assisted approaches.

Recent projects

LGBTQ+ Latin American Migrants in London: Funded by London Metropolitan University (£3,500). First paper on trans and non-binary people published in the Journal of Homosexuality, and presented at national and international conferences.

Arsenal gaygooners Oral History Project: Funded by Research England (£8,800), culminating in a permanent exhibition at the Arsenal Museum and a forthcoming publications.

Queering the Curriculum in Higher Education: I am currently editing a forthcoming collection titled Queering the Curriculum in Higher Education: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Best Practices for Transformative Queer Pedagogy, to be published by Emerald Publishing in 2026.

Teaching

I teach and supervise students across undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels, leading modules such as Qualitative Research Methods, Creative Methods in Qualitative Research, Gender and Sexuality in Psychology, and Social Psychology.

Outside of academia, I enjoy languages, photography, gardening, drawing, travelling, music, running, cooking, cats, and social justice.