Eric Swank

Book

Fahs, Breanne, Mann, Annika, Swank, Eric and Stage, Sarah (eds.).  2018. Transforming Contagion: Anxieties, Modalities, Possibilities. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Journal Articles since 2016 (PDF of articles can be found at https://ericswank.weebly.com/.

Swank, Eric and Fahs, Breanne. 2024. “Sexual Identities and Political Solidarities among Cisgender Women. ” Journal of Lesbian Studies, 28, 1, 142-60.

Swank, Eric. 2023. “Sexual Identities and the Role of Marriage in Social Movement Activism.” Political Research Quarterly, 76, 4, 1632–1645.

Fahs, Breanne and Swank, Eric. 2023. “Who Counts as a Sexual Partner? Women’s Criteria for Defining and Sorting Through Their Sexual Histories.” Psychology & Sexuality, 14, 1, 190-202.

Atteberry-Ash, Brittanie, Swank, Eric, and  Williams, Jessica R. 2023. “Sexual Identities and Political Protesting among Social Work Students.” Journal of Policy Practice and Research, 4, 2, 117–135.

Swank, Eric. 2023. “Deeds, Not Words: Sexual Identities and Antiracist Actions and Consciousness among White Americans.” Journal of Homosexuality, 70, 13:  3149-3170.

Fahs, Breanne and Swank, Eric. 2022. “Friends or Foes? U.S. Women’s Perceptions of Racial Justice and the Black Lives Matter Protests During COVID-19.” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 43, 4: 446-462.

Swank, Eric, and Breanne Fahs. 2022. “Sexual Identities and Reactions to Black Lives Matter." Sexuality Research & Social Policy  19, 1954–1967.

Swank, Eric, and Fahs, Breanne. 2022. “I’ll Take the Check! A Longitudinal Replication Analysis of Gender Biases in Bill Placement from Restaurant Servers." Journal of Gender Studies, 31, 3: 377-389.

Swank, Eric. 2022. “Marriage and Political Engagements Across Sexual Identities. In The Social Science of Same-Sex Marriage: LGBT People and Their Relationships in the Era of Marriage Equality (Ed. Aaron Hoy), pp. 217-234, Routledge Press.

Swank, Eric.  2021. “The Gender Conservatism of Prolife Activists.” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. 42, 2:124-137.

​Fahs, Breanne and Swank, Eric. 2021. “Refusals, Reciprocity, and Sexual Labor: Women discuss Negotiations around Oral and Anal Sex.” Sexuality & Culture. 25: 217-234.

Fahs, Breanne and Swank, Eric. 2021. “Menstrual Knowledge and Understandings of Normal and Extreme Bleeding: College Students’ Overestimation of the Typical Amount of Menstrual Blood.” Women’s Reproductive Health. 8, 2: 115-136.

Fahs, Breanne and Swank, Eric. 2021. “Sexualities in Revolt: Teaching Activism, Manifesto Writing, and Anti-Assimilationist Politics to Upper-Division Undergraduates.” American Journal of Sexuality Education, 16, 3: 375-393.   

Swank, Eric, Atteberry-Ash, Brittanie, Coulombe, Simone, and Woodford, Michael. 2020.  “Sexual Identity and Protesting among College Students: Exploring Political Distinctiveness Mediation Factors.” Social Justice Research, 33: 352-378.

Fahs, Breanne, Swank, Eric, and Shambe, Ayanna 2020. “‘I Just Go With It’: Negotiating Sexual Desire Discrepancies for Women in Partnered Relationships.” Sex Roles, 83:226-239.

Fahs, Breanne and Swank, Eric. 2020. “Making Space for a (Rebellious) Undergraduate Feminist Research Group.” Equity & Excellence in Education. 53:1-2, 244-258.

Swank, Eric. 2019. “The Political Distinctiveness of Gays and Lesbians: Explaining Protest actions across Sexual Identities.” Politics, Groups & Identities, 7:1-20.

Swank, Eric and Fahs, Breanne. 2019. “Explaining the Sexuality Gap in Protest Participation.” Journal of Homosexuality, 66 324-348.

Swank, Eric. 2019. “Sexual Identities and Racial Attitudes among Black, Latinx, and White Individuals.” Journal of Bisexuality. 19: 305-33.

Swank, Eric. 2018 “Sexual Identities and Participation in Liberal  and Conservative Social Movements.” Social Science Research, 74:176-186.

Swank, Eric. 2018. “Who Voted for Hillary Clinton? Sexual Identities, Gender, and Family Influences.” Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 14: 21-42.

Swank, Eric and Fahs, Breanne. 2017. “College Students, Sexualities Identities, and Participation in Political Marches.” Sexuality Research & Social Policy, 14: 122-132.

Swank, Eric and Fahs, Breanne. 2017. "Understanding Feminist Activism among Women: Resources, Consciousness, and Social Networks." Socious: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 3: 1-9.

Fahs, Breanne and Swank, Eric. 2017. “Exploring Stigma of “Extreme” Weight Gain: The Terror of Fat Possible Selves in Women’s Responses to Hypothetically Gaining One Hundred Pounds.”Women’s Studies International Forum, 61: 1-8

Swank, Eric, and Fahs, Breanne. 2016. "Gay rights activism: collection action frames, networks, and protesting among gays, lesbians, and bisexuals." Journal of Civil Society 12, 430-447.



Swank, Eric, and Fahs, Breanne. 2016. "Resources, Masculinities, and Gender Differences Among Pro-life Activists." Sexuality & Culture, 20, 277-294.

Fahs, Breanne and Swank, Eric. 2016. “The Other Third Shift? Women’s Emotion Work in their Sexual Relationships.” Feminist Formations, 28, 46-69.