Research Interests
Sexualities
Race, Class & Gender
Sociology of Deviance
Sociology of Emotions
Queer Theory
Education
M.A in Sociology, May 2023 – University of Memphis
- Thesis: “Queering Edgework: An Autoethnographic Account of Cruising for Sex”
- Thesis Advisor: Dr. Carol Rambo
B.A. in Sociology, May 2021 – California State University, Bakersfield
- Cum Laude
- Minor in Political Science
A.A. in Sociology, May 2018 – Bakersfield College
Awards and Honors
ASA Theory Section’s Edward Shils-James Coleman Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper – “Queering Edgework: An Autoethnographic Account of Cruising for Sex.”
Courses Taught
SOC 310: Sociology of Deviance
Highlighted Publications
Richardson, Jacob W. 2024. “Queering Edgework: An Autoethnographic Account of Cruising for Sex.” The Journal of Autoethnography 5(1): 95-114. https://doi.org/10.1525/joae.2024.5.1.95
Richardson, Jacob W. 2024. “Silence, Shame, and Disrupting Heteronormative Ethics in Sexualities Research: Autoethnographic Reflections of a Queer Researcher.” Deviant Behavior 45(3): 422-437. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2023.2249191
Richardson, Jacob W. 2022. “’It doesn’t include us’: Heterosexual Bias and Gay Men’s Struggle to See Themselves in Affirmative Consent Policies.” Sexuality, Gender & Policy 5(1):69-86. https://doi.org/10.1002/sgp2.12040
Recent Publications
Moussawi, Ghassan, Jacob W. Richardson, and Theodore Greene. 2025. "Beyond Positionalities: Moving Toward a Queer Embodied Approach to Researching LGBTQ+ Space and Placemaking." Sex & Sexualities. Online First (https://doi.org/10.1177/30333717251375993).