Rate My Professor Tania Levey

Tania G. Levey is a Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at York College, City University of New York, and Coordinator of the Sociology Program. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology and Certificate in Women's Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center, and her B.A. in Philosophy and Women's Studies from Rutgers University. As a social science expert, her academic interests center on gender, sexuality, sex work, stigma, social media, misogyny, technology, work, higher education, and research methods. Levey's scholarship has significantly influenced understandings of online harassment and emotional labor in marginalized occupations. Her book Sexual Harassment Online: Shaming and Silencing Women in the Digital Age (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2018) investigates how social media platforms enable the shaming and silencing of women, challenging hetero-feminine norms while reinforcing inequalities.

Levey's key publications include chapters such as "#MeToo and Social Media" in Institutional Sexual Abuse in the #MeToo Era, edited by Jason D. Spraitz and Kendra N. Bowen (Southern Illinois University Press, 2021), and "Dominating Pleasure: High Job Satisfaction Among Professional Dominatrixes" in Sex Work Now, edited by Bernadette Barton, Barb Brents, and Angela Jones (NYU Press, 2024). Peer-reviewed articles feature "‘The World Turned Upside Down’: Emotional Labour and the Professional Dominatrix" (Sexualities, 2015, with Dina Pinsky), "A Constellation of Stigmas: Intersectional Stigma Management and the Professional Dominatrix" (Deviant Behavior, 2014, with Dina Pinsky), "What Can You Do with That Degree? College Major and Occupational Status of College Graduates over Time" (Social Forces, 2010, with Josipa Roksa), "The Effect of Level of College Entry on Midcareer Occupational Attainments" (Community College Review, 2010), and "New Evidence on College Remediation" (Journal of Higher Education, 2006, with Paul Attewell, David Lavin, and Thurston Domina). She co-authored the book Passing the Torch: Does Higher Education for the Disadvantaged Pay Off Across the Generations? (Russell Sage Foundation, 2007), assessing intergenerational returns to higher education. Levey teaches Sociology of Gender and Sexuality, Social Research Methods, Philosophy and Sociology of Education, Guided Field Research, intersectional feminist theory, social justice movements, and race and gender in the sciences. Ongoing research addresses pleasure in sex work, race play in BDSM, and online sexual assault myths.