Key details
Dr Jessica Simpson
Lecturer in Sociology
Dr Jessica Simpson is a Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr Simpson obtained her PhD in Sociology from City, University of London in 2020, where she also taught as a Visiting Lecturer and was part of the Gender and Sexualities Research Centre’s management team. Her doctoral thesis was a longitudinal and comparative study following students working in the sex industry and mainstream employment through Higher Education and into the graduate labour market in the UK. Before joining 黄色片, Jessica also taught in the Sociology Department at the London School of Economics as a Guest Lecturer. |
Responsibilities within the university
- Lecturer in Sociology
- Undergraduate Tutor
Recognition
Member of the British Sociological Association (BSA)
Research / Scholarly interests
Jessica’s research interests lie in the reproduction of intersectional oppressions, specically in Higher Education and the labour markets; sex work, stigma and social exclusion; feminist and queer research methologies. Jessica welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students whose research broadly fit within these categories. |
Key funded projects
(2015-2019) Poles apart? A comparative analysis of female university students and graduates working in the UK stripping and hospitality industries – School of Arts and Social Sciences Studentship (SASS) City, University of London (拢66,720)
Media activity
Simpson, J (2021) ‘Women’s Safety: Sexual Harassment, Violence, and Unwanted Behaviour and Attention’, GSRC,Grove, J (2021) ‘Whorephobia’ blocking research into student sex work’: Sociologist Jessica Simpson says research on student erotic dancers was hampered by obstructive universities and students’ unions, Times Higher Education, |
Recent publications
Journal Articles Simpson, J. (2021) Whorephobia and reputation management in Higher Education: A reflexive account of researching cis-women’s experiences of stripping while at university, Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00751-2 Simpson, J. and Smith, C. (2020) Students, Sex Work and Negotiations of Stigma in the UK and Australia. Sexualities, 24(3):474-490. Simpson, J. (2020) Degrees on the Side: Student Employment and the Neoliberal University, Soundings, 76, 10.3898/SOUN.76.05.2020. Simpson, J. (2018) “I’m not a bloody slave, I get paid and if I don’t get paid then nothing happens”: Sarah’s experience of being a student sex worker. Work Employment and Society, 33(4): 709-718. Book Review Simpson, J. (2017) Mary Laing, Katy Pilcher and Nicola Smith, Queer Sex Work, Routledge: Abingdon, 2015. Sexualities, 20(4): 515-517. |
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