Angela Jones is Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. Jones's research interests include African American political thought and protest, sex work, race, gender, sexuality, feminist theory, Black feminisms, and queer methodologies and theory. Jones is an award-winning teacher and writer. Jones is a recent winner of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. Jones is currently working on a mainstream trade monograph under contract with the legacy feminist press Seal Press. It is tentatively entitled Sex Lives: Erotic Power and the Social Life of Sexuality. Jones is the author of *Camming: Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Industry* (NYU Press, 2020) and *African American Civil Rights: Early Activism and the Niagara Movement* (Praeger, 2011). They are a co-editor of Sex Work Today: Erotic Labor in the 21st Century (NYU Press, 2024). Jones is also a co-editor of the three-volume *After Marriage Equality* book series (Routledge, 2018). Jones has also edited two other anthologies: *The Modern African American Political Thought Reader: From David Walker to Barack Obama* (Routledge, 2012), and *A Critical Inquiry into Queer Utopias* (Palgrave, 2013). Jones is the author of *African American Activism and Political Engagement: An Encyclopedia of Empowerment,* published in 2023, and a forthcoming book, *Black Lives Matter: A Reference Handbook* both with Bloomsbury. They are also the author of scholarly articles, which have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as *Social Problems*, *Gender & Society; Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society; Sexualities; Disability Studies Quarterly; Porn Studies;* *International Journal of Gender, Sexuality, and Law;* *Culture, Health, and Sexuality; Sociology Compass; Fat Studies. An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society; Sexuality and Culture; Sociological Focus;* *The Journal of Historical Sociology;* and *Interalia: a Journal of Queer Studies.* Jones also writes for public audiences and has published articles in venues such as *Contexts (digital), The Conversation, the Nevada Independent, Peepshow Magazine, PopMatters*, and *Salon.*

Dr. Angela Jones

Angela Jones is an award-winning educator, researcher, and writer.

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sex work

African American protest

gender

sexuality

race

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice

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Sex Work in a Digital Era

Sociology Compass / Jul 01, 2015

Jones, A. (2015). Sex Work in a Digital Era. Sociology Compass, 9(7), 558–570. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12282

Camming

Feb 18, 2020

Jones, A. (2020). Camming: Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry. New York University Press. https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479842964.001.0001

“I Get Paid to Have Orgasms”: Adult Webcam Models’ Negotiation of Pleasure and Danger

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society / Sep 01, 2016

Jones, A. (2016). “I Get Paid to Have Orgasms”: Adult Webcam Models’ Negotiation of Pleasure and Danger. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 42(1), 227–256. https://doi.org/10.1086/686758

For Black Models Scroll Down: Webcam Modeling and the Racialization of Erotic Labor

Sexuality & Culture / May 15, 2015

Jones, A. (2015). For Black Models Scroll Down: Webcam Modeling and the Racialization of Erotic Labor. Sexuality & Culture, 19(4), 776–799. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-015-9291-4

Queer Heterotopias: Homonormativity and the Future of Queerness

interalia: a journal of queer studies / Jan 01, 2009

Jones, A. (2009). Queer Heterotopias: Homonormativity and the Future of Queerness. Interalia: A Journal of Queer Studies. Internet Archive. https://doi.org/10.51897/interalia/pqbf4543

A Critical Inquiry into Queer Utopias

Jan 01, 2013

Jones, A. (Ed.). (2013). A Critical Inquiry into Queer Utopias. Palgrave Macmillan US. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137311979

Sex is not a problem: The erasure of pleasure in sexual science research

Sexualities / Oct 18, 2018

Jones, A. (2018). Sex is not a problem: The erasure of pleasure in sexual science research. Sexualities, 22(4), 643–668. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460718760210

African American Civil Rights

Jan 01, 2011

Jones, A. (2011). African American Civil Rights: Early Activism and the Niagara Movement. ABC-CLIO, LLC. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798400607578

Where The Trans Men and Enbies At?: Cissexism, Sexual Threat, and the Study of Sex Work

Sociology Compass / Jan 07, 2020

Jones, A. (2020). Where The Trans Men and Enbies At?: Cissexism, Sexual Threat, and the Study of Sex Work. Sociology Compass, 14(2). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12750

The pleasures of fetishization: BBW erotic webcam performers, empowerment, and pleasure

Fat Studies / Dec 10, 2018

Jones, A. (2018). The pleasures of fetishization: BBW erotic webcam performers, empowerment, and pleasure. Fat Studies, 8(3), 279–298. https://doi.org/10.1080/21604851.2019.1551697

Queer Activism After Marriage Equality

May 15, 2018

DeFilippis, J. N., Yarbrough, M. W., & Jones, A. (Eds.). (2018). Queer Activism After Marriage Equality. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315151090

Cumming to a screen near you: transmasculine and non-binary people in the camming industry

Porn Studies / Jun 02, 2020

Jones, A. (2020). Cumming to a screen near you: transmasculine and non-binary people in the camming industry. Porn Studies, 8(2), 239–254. https://doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2020.1757498

“It’s Hard Out Here for a Unicorn”: Transmasculine and Nonbinary Escorts, Embodiment, and Inequalities in Cisgendered Workplaces

Gender & Society / Nov 19, 2020

Jones, A. (2020). “It’s Hard Out Here for a Unicorn”: Transmasculine and Nonbinary Escorts, Embodiment, and Inequalities in Cisgendered Workplaces. Gender & Society, 37(5), 665–698. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891243220965909

Queer Families and Relationships After Marriage Equality

Jul 04, 2018

Yarbrough, M. W., Jones, A., & DeFilippis, J. N. (Eds.). (2018). Queer Families and Relationships After Marriage Equality. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315151083

Lessons from the Niagara Movement: Prosopography and Discursive Protest

Sociological Focus / Oct 22, 2015

Jones, A. (2015). Lessons from the Niagara Movement: Prosopography and Discursive Protest. Sociological Focus, 49(1), 63–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2015.1066632

Cisgendered Workspaces: Outright and Categorical Exclusion in Cisgendered Organizations

Social Problems / Apr 26, 2023

Jones, A. (2023). Cisgendered Workspaces: Outright and Categorical Exclusion in Cisgendered Organizations. Social Problems. https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spad017

“I Can't Really Work Any ‘Normal’ Job:” Disability, Sexual Ableism, and Sex Work

Disability Studies Quarterly / Oct 31, 2022

Jones, A. (2022). “I Can’t Really Work Any ‘Normal’ Job:” Disability, Sexual Ableism, and Sex Work. Disability Studies Quarterly, 42(2). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v42i2.9094

FOSTA: A Transnational Disaster Especially for Marginalized Sex Workers

International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law / Jul 06, 2022

Jones, A. (2022). FOSTA: A Transnational Disaster Especially for Marginalized Sex Workers. International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law, 2(1), 73–99. https://doi.org/10.19164/ijgsl.v2i1.1256

The Niagara Movement, 1905–1910: A Revisionist Approach to the Social History of the Civil Rights Movement

Journal of Historical Sociology / Sep 01, 2010

JONES, A. (2010). The Niagara Movement, 1905–1910: A Revisionist Approach to the Social History of the Civil Rights Movement. Journal of Historical Sociology, 23(3), 453–500. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6443.2010.01380.x

African American Activism and Political Engagement

Jan 01, 2023

Jones, A. (Ed.). (2023). African American Activism and Political Engagement: An Encyclopedia of Empowerment. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798216170792

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The New School for Social Research

PhD, Sociology / January, 2010

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