Christina Carney

Christina Carney is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Women's & Gender Studies at the University of Missouri. Her research advances intersectional and interdisciplinary studies of race, sexuality, gender, ethnicity, and culture, with specialization in black feminisms, global black sexualities, sex work, critical trafficking, and carceral studies. Her forthcoming book examines how heritage tourism in Brazil engenders new sex economies in the African Diaspora.

Carney's research has been supported by competitive grants including from the University of Missouri Research Board, Institute for Citizens and Scholars, and US Fulbright Scholars Program. She serves on the editorial board of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on Gender and Identity, Historical Studies of Black Women, Black Sexual Politics, Introduction to Black Studies, and Black Feminism.

Her publications investigate racialized sexual economies, examining how Black women's sexual labor was foundational to urban development in San Diego and analyzing contemporary sexual policing in transnational contexts. Recent work focuses on racialized scripts of silence and COVID-related courtesy stigma among healthcare providers in India.