Valerie Jenness, PhD - Prostitution

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Valerie Jenness, PhD Biography

Title:

Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of California at Irvine

Position:

None Found to the question "Should Prostitution Be Legal?"

Reasoning:

No position found as of June 29, 2007

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:

Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the study of prostitution. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to prostitution issues.

Involvement and Affiliations:

Co-Editor, Contemporary Sociology, 2005-present
Professor, Sociology and Criminology, University of California at Irvine, 1997-present
Distinguished Article Award, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association, 2007
President, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2006-2007
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research, University of California at Irvine, 2006
Chair, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California at Irvine, 2001-2006
Faculty Fellow, University of California-Washington, D.C. Center Program, 2001
Lee-Founders Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2001
Distinguished Scholarship Award, Pacific Sociological Association, 2001
Alfred R. Lindesmith Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1998
Graduate Faculty, Washington State University, 1993-1997
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Washington State University, 1991-1997
Donald R. Cressey Award, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1994

Education:

PhD, Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1991
MA, Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1987
BS, Sociology, Central Washington University, 1985

Other:

None found