Kinsey Institute Scholars of Sexology Fellowship

With support of the Scholars of Sexology Fellowship and inspired by the mission of the Sex Worker Syllabus project, I created an annotated bibliography of the sex worker-produced materials that can be found in the Kinsey Institute collections, focusing on the 1970’s through present day. My current research, orbiting around a central concept: it is important to hear about sex and sex work from the direct perspectives of professional sex workers.

The intention being to create a resource that scholars can use to include sex workers’ accounts in their research. Doing this work within the Kinsey Institute Archives will help encourage researchers across academic fields to consult and engage with sex workers and their experiences, an imperative practice in a world where misogyny and misinformation dominate the public narrative.

I also created a performative video lecture, discussing my experience while in the archive during the Fellowship that reflected on sex workers place within society and institutions.

Both the annotated bibliography and the performative video lecture were submitted into the Kinsey Institute Archive.