Samantha Majic, Ph.D.

smajic@jjay.cuny.edu

City University of New York - John Jay College

Phone: 212-237-8439

Country: United States (New York)

About Me:

Samantha Majic holds a PhD in Government from Cornell University. Her research lies in gender and American politics, with specific interests in sex work, celebrities and politics, civic engagement, and normative change. She is the author of Sex Work Politics: From Protest to Service Provision (University of Pennsylvania Press), co-author (with Carisa Showden) of Youth Who Trade Sex in the US: Agency, Intersectionality, and Vulnerability (Temple University Press),and the co-editor (with Carisa Showden) of Negotiating Sex Work: Unintended Consequences of Policy and Activism (University of Minnesota Press). Her research has also appeared in numerous political science and gender studies journals. A Fellow of the American Association of University Women, Dr. Majic is also a member of the editorial boards for the journals Perspectives on Politics, PS: Political Science and Politics, and Critical Policy Studies.

Research Interests

Gender and Politics

Nonprofits

Public Policy

Political Participation

Research Methods & Research Design

Celebrities And Politics

Countries of Interest

United States