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Associate Professor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Kari<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

B.A. Sociology, Pacific Lutheran University
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: 425-352-3588
Email: lerum@uw.edu
Website: https:\/\/karilerum.weebly.com\/
Mailing Box: 358530, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011-1713<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I became a professor because I love to cultivate knowledge within communities which foster curiosity, high ethical standards for research and scholarship, and practices which honor the dignity of all. I am sociologist by training (PhD sociology University of Washington Seattle) and Adjunct Professor in Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies at UW Seattle. I am also a former co-chair of the Seattle LGBTQ commission, and a member of a Puget Sound coalition called Rights & Safety for People in the Sex Trade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I teach a range of courses in topics related to society & culture, feminist theory & film, death & dying, institutions & social change, research methods, sexual labor studies, and sexuality education. I approach each class, and each student, with a belief in the transformative potential of liberal arts education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent Courses Taught<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BIS 181 Introduction to Sociology\u00a0
BIS 219 Politics of Sexuality Education\u00a0
BISGWSS 303 Approaches to Feminist Inquiry\u00a0
BIS 365 Institutions & Social Change\u00a0
BIS 312 Approaches to Social Research\u00a0
BIS 341 Girls on Film\u00a0
BIS 490 (Senior Seminar): Death Rituals\u00a0
BIS 490 (Senior Seminar): Sex Work, Human Trafficking, & Social Justice\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research\/Scholarship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My research analyzes how sexual paradigms move through institutional and cultural domains and impact policies, theories, and cultural representations. My primary area of research focuses on sex work and the politics of anti-human trafficking policies. My secondary areas of scholarship span across feminist theory, critical autoethnography, critical death studies, and sexuality studies. My current research and scholarship include a community-based interview project with trans and non-binary individuals in the sex trade in the Seattle area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K. (2025). \u201cLayer it like Lasagne: Critical, Creative, & Courageous Autoethnography.\u201d Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1\u201316. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15505170.2025.2479202<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K. (2024). Sex Work and Criminalization. In A. Goldberg (Ed.), 足彩app哪个是正规的 Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ+ Studies, 2nd ed. Sage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K. (2024) Trafficking in the Sex Trades. In A. Goldberg (Ed.), 足彩app哪个是正规的 Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ+ Studies, 2nd ed. Sage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K. (2023) No One Cites Obituaries: Extricating from Sticky Grief. Journal of Autoethnography, 4, 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K. (2021) Teaching Death Rituals during States of Emergency: Centering Death Positivity, Decolonization, Grief, & Ritual. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 20, 1. DOI: 10.1080\/15505170.2021.1964114<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K., & Brents, B. (2016). Sociological Perspectives on Sex Work and Human Trafficking. Sociological Perspectives, 59,\u202f17-26. (Introduction to special issue edited by Lerum & Brents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K, & Dworkin, S. (2016). 足彩app哪个是正规的 power of (but not in?) Sexual Configurations 足彩app哪个是正规的ory. (Invited commentary). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45(3), 495-499.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K., & Dworkin, S. (2015). Sexual agency is not a problem of neoliberalism: Feminism, sexual justice, & the carceral turn. Sex Roles, 3(7-8), 319-331.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K. (2015). A FemmeNist ManiPedifesto. Cultural Studies \u00df \u00e0 Critical Methodologies, 15,\u202f156-162.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K. (2014, Winter). Human Wrongs vs. Human Rights. Contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K, McCurtis, K, Saunders, P., and Wahab, S. (2012). Using Human Rights to hold the US Accountable for its Anti-Sex-Trafficking Agenda: 足彩app哪个是正规的 Universal Periodic Review & New Directions for US Policy. Anti-Trafficking Review, 1, 80-103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lerum, K., & Dworkin, S. (2009). \u2018Bad Girls Rule\u2019: An Interdisciplinary Feminist Commentary on the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. Journal of Sex Research, 46(4).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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