Dr Teela Sanders

Senior Lecturer in Sociology

After gaining a D.Phil from Oxford University, I took up a post at the School in 2003.
Before coming to Leeds, I was a social worker in child protection. My research interests have largely focused on various aspects of the British sex industry, represented in two monographs and a textbook.

I continue links with grassroots organisations where the crossroads of research output and change lies.

Research Interests

Sitting on the borders of criminology and sociology, I explore the inter-relationship between human sexuality and socio-legal structures. My focus has been on the intersections between gender, regulation and the state, focusing on the UK sex industry. I am currently undertaking an ESRC funded study on the regulation and integration of lap dancing into the night-time economy.

Teaching

My teaching interests lie in the fields of sex work, violence, 'deviant' behaviours, gender, sexuality, and qualitative research methods. Currently, I teach two level 3 courses. I teach postgraduate study skills and have published Getting Your PhD: A Practical Insider's Guide (2007, with Harriet Churchill). I also teach with the Open University.

PhD Supervision

I have supervised 7 PhD candidates to date and have been invited to external for 7 PhD examinations.

I am keen to supervise research students who have developed ideas in the following areas:

• Crime and gender
• Informal economies
• The sex industry
• Exclusion and identity

Key Publications

Books

Sanders, T., O’Neill, M and Pitcher, J (2009) Prostitution: Sex Work, Policy and Practice, Sage

Sanders, T.L.M. (2008) Paying for Pleasure: Men Who Buy Sex. Willan

Sanders, T.L.M. (2005) Sex work: a risky business. Willan

Journal Articles

Sanders, T (2009) Controlling the Anti-Sexual City: Sexual Citizenship and the Disciplining of Female Sex Workers. In Special issue ‘Urban safety, anti social Behaviour and the Night-time Economy’ Criminology and Criminal Justice 9 (4)

Sanders, T (2009) Kerbcrawler Rehabilitation Programmes: Curing the ‘Deviant’ Male and Reinforcing the ‘Respectable’ Moral Order Critical Social Policy 29 (1) 77-99

Sanders, T.L.M. (2008) Male Sexual Scripts: Intimacy, Sexuality and Pleasure in the Purchase of Commercial Sex. Sociology 42(1)

Sanders, T.L.M. (2007) Becoming an Ex-Sex Worker: Making Transitions out of a Deviant Career. Feminist Criminology, 2(1)

Sanders, T.L.M.; Campbell, R. (2007) Designing out vulnerability, building in respect: violence, safety and sex work policy. The British Journal of Sociology, 58(1)

Complete list of publications (Word Document, 48KB)