Deena Weinstein (born March 15, 1943) is a professor of sociology at DePaul University whose research focuses on popular culture.
She is particularly well known for her research on heavy metal music, as she has published two books on the genre: Heavy Metal: A Cultural Sociology (1991) and Heavy Metal: The Music and Its Culture (2009).
Because of her research on heavy metal, Weinstein was featured in the 2005 documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey and the later Metal Evolution.