Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Position:
Pro to the question "Should prostitution be legal?"
Reasoning:
"If the laws are done right, decriminalization [of prostitution] is a better alternative because women can be their own boss. In a perfect world, there is no reason women can’t set up shop and run their own businesses the same way a therapist would."
Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, other relevant advanced degrees, and government officials with significant involvement in, or related to, prostitution issues.
Involvement and Affiliations:
Co-Founder, Sex and Body Industry Research (S.A.B.I.R.) Project
Council Member, Section on Political Sociology, American Sociological, Association, 2004-present
Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1987-present
Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1994-1995
Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Missouri, 1983-1986
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2001
President, Nevada Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 1996-2000
Founding Secretary, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, 1994-1995
Cowritten with Kathryn Hausbeck, PhD, The State of Sex: Nevada's Brothel Industry, 2008
Cowritten with Kathryn Hausbeck, PhD, "Violence and Legalized Brothel Prostitution in Nevada," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
Cowritten with Kathryn Hausbeck, PhD, “McDonaldization of the Sex Industries: The Business of Sex,” in George Ritzer, McDonaldization: The Reader, 2002
Cowritten with Kathryn Hausbeck, PhD, "State Sanctioned Sex: Negotiating Formal and Informal Regulations in Nevada Brothels," Sociological Perspectives, 2001
Cowritten with Kathryn Hausbeck, PhD, "Inside Nevada's Brothel System," in Ron Weitzer's Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry, 1999
