Samantha Majic

Samantha Majic
OccupationsPolitical scientist & Professor
Employer(s)John Jay College & CUNY Graduate Center
Academic background
Alma materCornell University & York University
ThesisProtest by other means? Sex workers, social movement evolution and the political possibilities of nonprofit service provision (2010)

Samantha Ann Majic is a political scientist and professor of political science and criminal justice at John Jay College in New York City, and a faculty member at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is known for her work in gender and American politics.

Education

Majic received her B.A. from University of Toronto in 2001. She has two master's degrees, one from Cornell University (2006) and a second from York University in Toronto, Canada (2003). She received her Ph.D from Cornell University in 2009 from the university's department of government.[1][2]

Work

Majic is known for her work on themes of women and gender justice, sex work, human trafficking, and social movements. She examined the impact of the St. James Infirmary in San Francisco, California to investigate gender ideologies in the United States.[3] She also works on the role of non-profit organisations in political activity and social change.[4]

Selected publications

  • Majic, Samantha (2013-12-19). Sex Work Politics: From Protest to Service Provision. Philadelphia, Pa: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-0902-0.[5]
  • Showden, Carisa Renae; Majic, Samantha, eds. (2014). Negotiating Sex Work: Unintended Consequences of Policy and Activism. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-4933-8.[6]
  • Showden, Carisa R.; Majic, Samantha (2018-06-29). Youth Who Trade Sex in the U.S. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-1620-9.[7]
  • Majic, Samantha (2023-05-16). Lights, Camera, Feminism?. Oakland, California: Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-38490-3.

References

  1. ^ "Samantha Majic CV" (PDF). John Jay College - City University of New York. May 2025.
  2. ^ "Samantha Majic - John Jay College of Criminal Justice". www.jjay.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  3. ^ Majic, Samantha (2014). "BEYOND "VICTIM-CRIMINALS": Sex Workers, Nonprofit Organizations, and Gender Ideologies". Gender and Society. 28 (3): 463–485. doi:10.1177/0891243214524623. ISSN 0891-2432. JSTOR 43669893.
  4. ^ Majic, Samantha (2011). "Serving Sex Workers and Promoting Democratic Engagement: Rethinking Nonprofits' Role in American Civic and Political Life". Perspectives on Politics. 9 (4): 821–839. doi:10.1017/S1537592711003951. ISSN 1537-5927. JSTOR 41623696.
  5. ^ Reviews of Sex Work Politics
  6. ^ Reviews of Negotiating Sex Work
  7. ^ Reviews of Youth Who Trade Sex in the US