Book
2013 Sex Tourism in Bahia: Ambiguous Entanglements. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, Series: National Women’s Studies Association/University of Illinois Press First Book Prize.
Journal Articles
2013 “Geographies of Blackness, Sex Work, and Exclusion in the Tourist Districts of Salvador, Brazil.” Gender, Place, Culture: A Feminist Journal of Geography. May.
2013 “Women’s Studies and Sexuality Studies at HBCUs: The Audre Lordre Project at Spelman College.” Forum: W/G/S Studies Women’s Studies and Sexuality Studies in Conversation. Feminist Studies 39, no. 2. October.
Book Chapters
2015 “Mucamas and Mulatas: Black Brazilian Feminisms, Representations, and Ethnography.” In Transatlantic Feminisms: Women and Gender Studies in Africa and the African Diaspora. Eds. Akosua Ampofo, Cheryl Rodriguez, Dzodzi Tsikata. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
2014 “Feminist Tensions: Race, Sex Work, and Women’s Activism in Bahia.” In Taking Risks: Feminist Stories of Social Justice Research in the Americas. Edited by Julie Shayne. Albany, NY: SUNY Press; Praxis: Theory in Action series.
2011 "Moral Panics and Racialized Sexuality: “Sex Tourism,” “Trafficking” and the Limits of Transnational Mobility in Bahia." In Policing Pleasure: Global Reflections on Sex Work and Public Policy. Edited by Patty Kelly and Susan Dewey. New York: New York University Press.
Entries and Book Reviews
2015 Biographical entries for “Ochy Curiel,” “Dandara dos Palmares,” “Mãe Hilda Jitolu,” and Laudelina Campos Melo.” Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography. Edited by Robert Repino. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Franklin W. Knight, Editors-in-Chief. New York: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.
2014 Review of Transnational Desires: Brazilian Erotic Dancers in New York. Suzana Maia. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2012. Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. Volume 19, Issue no. 2, July.
2012 "Sex Tourism," “Romance Tourism,” and “Prostitution/Sex Work” (3 entries). Encyclopedia of Globalization. Edited by George Ritzer. Wiley-Blackwell. In Print.
2012 Review of Revolutionizing Romance: Interracial Couples in Contemporary Cuba. Nadine Fernandez. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press 2010. Association for Feminist Anthropology online journal, December.
2012 Review of Gendered Citizenships: Transnational Perspectives on Knowledge Production, Political Activism, and Culture. Kia Caldwell, et. al., eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Association for Feminist Anthropology journal, Jan.
2011 Review of The Devil Behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic. By Steven Gregory. Berkeley: UC Press, 2007. Transforming Anthropology. 20 (1) April.
2011 Review of Economies of Desire: Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. By Amalia Cabezas. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Wagadu: Journal of Transnational Women and Gender Studies. Vol. 9 Spring.
Public Scholarship (Selected)
2014 “The Place of Afro-Brazilian Women in the World Cup.” Co-written with Melissa Creary. Huffington Post. Jun. 17.
2014 “Q&A with Sex Tourism in Bahia author Erica Lorraine Williams." University of Illinois Press website.
2013 “Madiba in Palestine.” Co-written with Robin D.G. Kelley. Counterpunch. Dec. 10.
2013 “Somebody Confiscated my FieldNotes: Reflections on Occupied Palestine.” The Feminist Wire. Jun. 24.
2012 “A Black Woman’s Self-Care Manifesto.” Part of the Black Academic Women’s Health series. The Feminist Wire. Nov. 5.
2010 “Blonde Beauties and Black Booties: Persisting Racial Hierarchies in Brazil.” Jun. 11.