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From an early age, Jayne was fascinated with the past: what and whose stories were preserved? Why? What stories made it into history books and classrooms? She's also a long-time student of the curious role that struggles over sexual practices and morality play in human society.
She combines these interests in her current work as an interdisciplinary historian of commercial sexual economies and cultures. Her book project, Lusty Ladies: Sex Work and Sex-Positive Politics, 1970-2013, is a cultural history of sex worker social movements in the United States during the late 20th century. Her scholarly and activist endeavors have been supported by multiple fellowships and grants, including the Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies (2015) and Open Society Foundation-Sex Worker's Health and Rights Grant (2019). EDUCATION Ph.D. Feminist Studies, 2019 University of Minnesota To schedule a policy consultant, public lecture, or media interview, visit speaking page for more information.
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"How to End Violence Against Sex Workers," Gender Policy Report (December 2022)
"Toxic Positivity?: Rethinking Respectability, Revaluing Pleasure," South Atlantic Quarterly 120.3 (July 2021) “Whores in the Religious Marketplace: Sex-Positivity’s Roots in Commercial Sex Cultures,” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 40.2 (August 2019) “Life’s Too Short to Wear Comfortable Shoes: Femme-ininity and Sex Work,” in Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power ofStyle, eds. Shira Tarrant and Marjorie Jolles (SUNY Press, 2012) “The Price(s) of Pleasure in the Classroom: The Appalachian State University Controversy and its Relevance to Sex Workers,” Sexuality & Society, June 22, 2012 Kari Lerum, Penelope Saunders, Stephanie Wahab, Jayne Swift, “Reducing Violence Against Sex Workers: What are the Policy Options?” (February 2011). Human Rights for All: Concerned Advocates for the Rights of Sex Workers and People in the Sex Trade, Policy brief for U.S. State Department, Universal Periodic Review Process |