Biographical Sketch

Jess Butler is a doctoral candidate in sociology and gender studies. Her dissertation combines historical, textual, ethnographic, and interview methodologies to examine the relationship between college hook-up culture and post-feminist culture, demonstrating how both are connected to the perpetuation of gender and racial inequalities and the production of neoliberal subjects. She is also exploring the intersections of race, gender, and sexualities in post-feminist popular culture. Her main areas of specialization include the sociology of sex and gender, the sociology of culture, social and feminist theory, social inequality, and qualitative methods.