Biography
Angela Jones's research interests include African-American political thought and protest, race, gender, sexuality, sex work, technology studies, and queer methodologies and theory.
For more information about Dr. Jones's work, see drangelajones.com. You can find her on Twitter, at @drjonessoc
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Areas of Expertise (4)
Queer Theory
African-American Political Thought and Protest
Sex Work
Gender and Sexuality
Industry Expertise (1)
Education/Learning
Accomplishments (4)
FSC Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award (professional)
Award for book, African-American Civil Rights
Students First Grant (professional)
Farmingdale State College, Title III, Students First Grant, $2,500
LGBTQ Scholarship and Politics After Marriage: A Conference Proposal (professional)
LGBTQ Scholarship and Politics After Marriage: A Conference Proposal, Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, American Sociological Association and National Science Foundation: $4,000
Innovative Pedagogy Award (professional)
Farmingdale State College Center for Teaching and Learning, Innovative Pedagogy Award
Education (3)
New School for Social Research: Ph.D, Sociology 2010
New School for Social Research : M.A, Sociology 2006
Queens College, CUNY : B.A., Sociology 2005
Affiliations (3)
- Association of Black Sociologists
- American Sociological Association
- ASA LGBTQ Caucus
Links (3)
Event Appearances (3)
“People Need to Know We Exist:” Documenting the Workplace Experiences of Transmasculine and Non-binary Escorts and the Effects of Discursive Erasure
Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference
Stonewall After 50 Years
Invited Presidential Session, American Sociological Association Invited Presidential Session, American Sociological Association
Work Sucks: Challenging Alienation and Recapturing Dignity and Pleasure in Work—A Case Study of the Erotic Webcam Industry
Law and Society Annual Conference Law and Society Annual Conference
Sample Talks (5)
Sex Work in a Digital Era
2015 presentation at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Sex Work in a Digital Era
Regular Panel Session Presenter and Organizer, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, 2015
For Black Models Scroll Down: Web-Cam Modeling and the Racialization of Erotic Labor
American Sociological Association, annual meeting, 2014
Finding Queer Utopia
Keynote address—University of Georgia’s Arts and Letters Conference, Utopia in the Arts, 2014
Sex Work as Feminist Utopia
University of Georgia’s Arts and Letters Conference, Utopia in the Arts, 2014
Research Grants (1)
Explorations in Diversity and Academic Excellence
SUNY $10,000
2015-01-01
Explorations in Diversity and Academic Excellence
Published Articles (3)
Sex Work in a Digital Era
Sociology Compass
2015-01-01
In recent years, scholars have begun to investigate the role of digital technologies, namely the Internet, in facilitating growth in sexual commerce. Recent studies investigate the ways the Internet shapes the experiences of sex workers and how sex workers use the Internet to maximize profits and reduce risk exposure. Overall, scholars strategically frame sex work in a digital era in terms of affordances. In doing so, they can note the positive changes in the work experiences of these workers. However, I argue that this literature is altogether too optimistic, and in focusing primarily on the affordances of Internet-based sex work, these scholars neglect the new dangers that emerge online. In addition, by focusing only on the online practices of escorts, these scholars paint a homogenized portrait of digital sex work and neglect the diversity of labor performed by sex workers. This literature also neglects the diversity among sex workers themselves (e.g., race, ethnicity, class, gender, age, and ability). In order to address these limitations, I make nine specific suggestions for future lines of inquiry.
The Niagara Movement 1905-1910: A Revisionist Approach to the Social History of the Civil Rights Movement
The Journal of Historical Sociology, Vol. 23, issue 3
2010-01-01
The Niagara Movement 1905-1910: A Revisionist Approach to the Social History of the Civil Rights Movement
Queer Heterotopias: Homonormativity and the Future of Queerness
Interalia: a Journal of Queer Studies, Vol. 4
2009-01-01
Queer Heterotopias: Homonormativity and the Future of Queerness
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