Denise Brennan PhD - Prostitution

Name:	Denise Brennan, PhD
Title:	Associate Professor at Georgetown University
Position:	Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should prostitution be legal?"
Reasoning:	"For sex workers, sex trade is more than a means of survival. It is an advancement strategy that hinges on their successful performance of love. Many women seek to turn a sexual transaction into a long-term relationship that could lead to marriage, migration and a way out of poverty." Georgetown Press Release, Aug. 4, 2004
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	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:	Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgetown University, 1998-present Chair, Anthropology Program, Georgetown University, 2005 Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Foreign Service and the Women's Studies Program, Georgetown University, 1998 Member, American Anthropological Association Member, Latin American Studies Association
Education:	PhD, Anthropology, Yale University, 1998 MPhil, Anthropology, Yale University, 1994 MA, International Relations, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, 1991 BA, Modern European History, Smith College, 1986 Attended Sorbonne University, 1984-1985
Contact Info:	Phone: 202-687-7327 Fax: 202-687-7326 E-Mail: brennade@georgetown.edu Website: University profile
Select Publications:	What's Love Got to Do with It? Transnational Desires and Sex Tourism in the Dominican Republic, Duke University Press, 2004 "Women Work, Men Sponge and Everyone Gossips: Macho Men and Stigmatized/ing Women in A Sex Tourist Town," Anthropological Quarterly, 2004
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