Chauntelle Tibbals is a sociologist from the United States. Her scholarly focus includes studies in gender, sexualities, work and organizations, media and new media, popular culture, and qualitative research methods.

Early life

Tibbals was born in

Paramount, California Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 54,098, down from 55,266 at the 2000 census. Paramount is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area and is bord ...

, a suburb of Los Angeles, and grew up in and around the LA area.

Education

Tibbals completed her undergraduate studies at

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

(2000), received her master's degree from

CSUN California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. With a total enrollment of 38,551 students (as of Fall 2021), it has the second largest un ...

(2003), and obtained her Ph.D. from UT-Austin in Sociology, with a portfolio in Women's & Gender Studies (2010). She was a visiting scholar in

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

’s Department of Sociology during 2012–13.

Career

Tibbals' scholarly focus includes sociological studies in gender, sexualities, work and organizations, media and new media, popular culture, and qualitative research methods. Her research over the past decade centers on the sociocultural significance of adult content and adult content production, including issues related to law, free speech, and workplace organizational structures. Tibbals writes and speaks frequently about issues related to higher education, law, gender identity and expression, and sexualities. She was also a contributing writer to the

Routledge Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law ...

journal ''

Porn Studies ''Porn Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of pornography. It is published by Routledge and was established in 2014. The editors-in-chief are Feona Attwood (Middlesex University), John Mercer (Birmingham City ...

''. Tibbals is a regular contributor for online media outlet

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. She is regularly asked to comment on sex, tech, and culture on mainstream media sites, including

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, ABC-Univision,

Vice A vice is a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, criminal, rude, taboo, depraved, degrading, deviant or perverted in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character t ...

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...

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, and the '' Huffington Post''.

Bibliography

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Notes

* Spellman, Jim. (July 19, 2012) “Porn Stars Use Twitter to Go Mainstream”. CNN.com * Hess, Amanda. (August 16, 2013) “Millions of Americans Watch Porn. But for Academics, Studying It Remains a Challenge”. Slate.com * Mantle, Larry. (August 30, 2013) “Is Los Angeles Still a Porn Production Hub after Measure B Passed?”. SCPR.org * Menendez, Alicia. (November 8, 2013) “Technology: Ya Can’t Have Sex With It and Ya Can’t Have Sex Without It”. Fusion.net * Pappas, Stephanie. (March 21, 2014) “New Porn Studies Journal Launches”. LiveScience.com * Barth, Rachel. (March 29, 2014) “Porn is Finally About to Be Taken Seriously”. Vice.com * Sedor, Justin. (April 20, 2014) “Porn: Why We Make It, Why We Watch It”. Refinery29.com * Hayoun, Massoud. (April 29, 2014) “Porn Stars Battle Stigma with Sex Awareness Amid Bank Account Closures”. AlJazeera America * Michalopoulos, Deanna. (May 2014) “Why Is Objectification Bad?”. Bustle.com * Dickson, E.J. (May 3, 2014) “Porn Stars are Mad at Samuel L Jackson for Jokingly Endorsing Piracy”. DailyDot.com * Gwynn, Michele. (May 5, 2014) “Young Male Students and Predatory Female Teachers”. Examiner.com * Innovation Crush. (May 2014) “Sex Cells”. SideShowNetwork

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tibbals, Chauntelle Living people American sociologists American women sociologists California State University, Northridge alumni People from Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles alumni University of Southern California faculty University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni People from Paramount, California Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women