Research on Street-Based Sex Work and Other Vulnerable Populations
October 13 from 2:00-3:30
Location: Tech Center Room 111
The Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Social Work are co-sponsoring a roundtable about research on street-based sex work and with populations who themselves are generally excluded from weighing in on areas that impact them. The discussion will focus on the connection between research and policymaking and its potential for both benefit and harm, the appropriate role for researchers, students, and academics, and how to meaningfully include in research the voices of those impacted by policies and programs targeting sex workers. This discussion is relevant to research with other vulnerable populations and we will also discuss intersectionality as an important feature of research about street-based sex work.
An open Question and Answer session will follow the panel discussion. Students and faculty are welcome.
Panel members:
Corey Shdaimah, co-editor and Associate Professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore, Chrysanthi Leon, co-editor and Associate Professor at the University of Delaware, and Linda Muraresku, chapter author of Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work, (books will be available for sale).