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Jill McCracken
Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Professor of Rhetoric - USF St. Pete
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Biography:
Dr. Jill McCracken is a scholar of gender and sexuality. Her research delves into how power, language, gender and sexuality are intertwined. She is committed to integrating diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging into all aspects of her teaching, research and service. Her academic interests include the rhetoric of marginalized communities, public policy, gender studies, reproductive technologies and civic engagement. Dr. McCracken teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in rhetoric, writing, and gender and sexuality studies.鈥�
Dr. McCracken completed a Fulbright Specialist Project in collaboration with the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective to investigate the presence of violence and trafficking in the sex industry in a country where prostitution is decriminalized. She has conducted trainings for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-supported organizations, public defenders, human trafficking coalitions, and non-profit organizations. Her work has been recognized through many awards and honors including the International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference Influential Scholar Award, USF Outstanding Faculty Award, Women in Research and Philanthropy USF Faculty Research Award, and Chancellor鈥檚 Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Service.
Her recent publications include:
McCracken, Jill. 鈥淓thics as Obligation: Reconciling Diverging Research Practices with Marginalized Communities.鈥� International Journal of Qualitative Methods. Vol 19. October 2020. .
McCracken, Jill, Ellis, Amanda, Greene, Melissa, and Trower, Charlese. 鈥淲omen in Community Sharing Wisdom: Creating Art and Our Lives in Jail.鈥� Women鈥檚 Ways of Making. Eds. Shirley Rose and Maureen Daly Goggin. Utah State University Press. 2021.
McCracken, Jill. 2019. Learning from Women In Jail: Creating Community-Based Participatory Action Research. Springerbriefs in Anthropology and Ethics Series.
Outlaw, Sharmus, McCracken, Jill, and Saunders, Penelope. 2016. 鈥淩esisting through Resilience: US Transgender and Sex Worker Led Community-Based Research.鈥� Research for Sex Work 15: Resistance and Resilience.
McCracken, Jill. 2013. Street Sex Workers鈥� Discourse: Realizing Material Change Through Agential Choice. Routledge Research in Gender and Society.
McCracken, Jill. 鈥�.鈥� Global Network of Sex Work Projects.鈥� January 2019.
McCracken, Jill. 鈥�.鈥� Global Network of Sex Work Projects.鈥� February 2019.
McCracken, Jill, Co-Author and Editor. . April 2018. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.