Hannah Wohl
Associate Prof of Sociology at UCSB. Author of Bound by Creativity. Ethnographer of culture, markets, platforms. Currently writing about the porn industry.
- Join us for the Culture Section's inaugural Stuart Hall Award lecture by Dr. Ben Carrington, “‘The University is a Critical Institution, or it is Nothing’ - Stuart Hall, The Elephants’ Graveyard and the Sociology of Race.” Register here: emory.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- New pub! @MargotHanley and I coauthored this article on anthropomorphized artificial intelligence in @BigDataSoc. We show how engineers make technology that conveys what we call "shifting personhood" by selectively designing anthropomorphic qualities. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- My latest op-ed, "The Market’s Judgment on OnlyFans Has Nothing to Do With Money," was just published in @barronsonline. I argue that the stigmatization of porn and other "sin stocks" has led investors to undervalue economically profitable assets. www.barrons.com/articles/onl...
- I'm proud to be a member of ASA and grateful for Adia Harvey-Wingfield's leadership. A huge win for free speech and higher education. democracyforward.org/updates/foia...
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- New op-ed! I coauthored this in @Newsweek.com with Lindsey Cameron and @jticona.bsky.social on how the "no taxes on tips" provision actually increases surveillance over precarious workers and the dangers of sharing data across platforms. www.newsweek.com/hidden-dange...
- I'm delighted to share that my op-ed on the dangers of requiring age verification for porn sites--as the Supreme Court will soon be deciding on--was just published in @thehill: thehill.com/opinion/tech...
- Methods question: Are there ethical concerns with interviewing people who are under company NDA policies (assuming they are voluntarily sharing this info and the data is fully non-identifiable)?
- I'm delighted to share that Max Besbris and I won the 2025 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award from the ASA Consumers and Consumption Section for our article, "Relational Brokerage: Interaction and Valuation in Two Markets," published in Qualitative Sociology. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- My op-ed on how deepfake porn is a labor issue: www.fastcompany.com/91313293/dee...
- Northwestern Sociology is the best! Who else would invite me to colloquium on prospective student visiting day to talk about my porn research AND make me a book cake?! 🍰 ☺️
- Check out our new article in @us.theconversation.com!
