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Samantha Majic, PhD
John Jay College of Criminal Justice - Associate Professor
John Jay College & CUNY Graduate Center - Faculty member
Email: smajic@jjay.cuny.edu
Education
PhD, Government, Cornell University
MA, Government, Cornell University
MA, Political Science, York University
BA, Political Science & Economics, University of Toronto
Research Interests
Civic engagement, Sex work, Gender and sexuality, Nonprofits, Social movements, Institutions, Norms, Policy
BIO

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.

Projects
Principal Investigator, Sex Workers and Online Platforms. Active
Principal Investigator, Investigating the Health and Safety Effects of Platform Closures. Completed
Publications

Recent

Majic S (2022).
It’s blue and it’s up to you! Policy narratives and anti-trafficking awareness in the United States
In Hirschmann NJ, Thomas DA (Eds.)
Citizenship on the edge: Sex/gender/race.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Book introduction.

Majic S (2021).
Migrant crossings: Witnessing human trafficking in the U.S.
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 50 (5), 408-410. doi: 10.1177/00943061211036051i.

Majic S (2021).
Publicizing the (in)visible? Celebrities, anti-human trafficking activism, and feminist ideologies
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 28 (1), 94-118. doi: 10.1093/sp/jxz040.

Majic S, Strolovitch D (2020).
Editors’ introduction: Mentoring and marginalization
PS: Political Science and Politics, 53 (4), 763-769. doi: 10.1017/S1049096520000773.

Majic S (2020).
Fighting the US youth sex trade: Gender, race, and politics. By Carrie N. Baker [Book review]
Perspectives on Politics, 18 (3), 944-945. doi: 10.1017/S1537592720001528.


Notable

Majic S (2013).
Sex work politics: From protest to service provision.
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Showden CR, Majic S (Eds.) (2014).
Negotiating sex work: Unintended consequences of policy and activism.
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

Selected Press