Jessica Simpson
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PhD Topic
Negotiations of stigma and identity amongst university students working in different areas of the sex industry in the UK
Education
2015- Present: MPhil/PhD Sociology, City, University of London
Awards: Three-year SASS Doctoral Scholarship
MA Sociological Research, University of Essex
Awards: Fuller Scholarship
BA (Hons) Sociology, Leeds Beckett University
The Study
My thesis will look to explore how university students (in the socio-cultural and economic context of the UK), negotiate working in different areas of the sex industry in terms of identity and stigma management. While the focus will remain primarily on female students, one of the key aims of this research is to identify the role intersections of class, ethnicity, age and sexuality play in this context.
Supervisors
Dr Rachel Cohen
Professor Eugene McLaughlin
Research Interests
- Gender and class-based discrimination/inequality
- Exclusion and identity
- The sex industry and the informal economy
- Feminist research practice and methodologies