Norman Kent Denzin (born March 24, 1941) is an American professor of sociology.
He is an emeritus professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he was research professor of communications, College of Communications scholar, professor of sociology, professor of cinema studies, professor in the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory.
Denzin's academic interests include interpretive theory, performance studies, qualitative research methodology, and the study of media, culture and society.