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 ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ, 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 (£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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