Shelton, Jama | MSW | PhD (Fellowship Leave)
Associate Professor
Phone: (212) 396-7548
Office: 449
Email: jshelton@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: (212) 396-7548
Office: 449
Email: jshelton@hunter.cuny.edu
Areas of Expertise:
Cis/heteronormativity & gender binarism
Social Work Education
Trans resilience and resistance
LGBTQ youth homelessness
Qualitative and arts-based research methods
Education:
Ph.D., The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
M.S.W., New York University, Silver School of Social Work
Courses:
Community Organizing I & II
Social Work, Social Policy, & Bodily Autonomy
Sexuality & Social Work (LGBTQ+ Policy)
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Cis/heteronormativity & gender binarism
Social Work Education
Trans resilience and resistance
LGBTQ youth homelessness
Qualitative and arts-based research methods
Education:
Ph.D., The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
M.S.W., New York University, Silver School of Social Work
Courses:
Community Organizing I & II
Social Work, Social Policy, & Bodily Autonomy
Sexuality & Social Work (LGBTQ+ Policy)
Download CV (PDF)
Scholarship
Shelton, J., Dodd, S.J., Borgan, J., San Emeterio, G., & Wilhelm, A. (2023). A descriptive account of the practicum experiences of trans and nonbinary social work students. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 50(1).
DeChants, J., Shelton, J., Anyon, Y. & Bender, K. (2022). “I just want to move forward”: Themes of resilience among LGBTQ young adults experiencing family rejection and housing insecurity. Children and Youth Services Review.
DeChants, J., Shelton, J., Anyon, Y., & Bender, K. (2022). “It kinda breaks my heart”: LGBTQ young adults’ responses to family rejection. Family Relations, 1-19.
Shelton, J. & Dodd, SJ. (2021). Binary thinking and the limiting of human potential. Public Integrity, 23(6), 624-635.
Shelton, J., Seelman, K., Kroehle, K., Clark, E., & Dodd, SJ. (2021). Digital technologies and the violent surveillance of nonbinary gender. Journal of Gender Based Violence.
Kroehle, K., Shelton, J., Clarke, E., & Seelman, K. (2020). Mainstreaming dissidence: Examining binary gender among social work’s grand challenges. Social Work, swaa037.
DeChants, J., Shelton, J., Anyon, Y. & Bender, K. (2022). “I just want to move forward”: Themes of resilience among LGBTQ young adults experiencing family rejection and housing insecurity. Children and Youth Services Review.
DeChants, J., Shelton, J., Anyon, Y., & Bender, K. (2022). “It kinda breaks my heart”: LGBTQ young adults’ responses to family rejection. Family Relations, 1-19.
Shelton, J. & Dodd, SJ. (2021). Binary thinking and the limiting of human potential. Public Integrity, 23(6), 624-635.
Shelton, J., Seelman, K., Kroehle, K., Clark, E., & Dodd, SJ. (2021). Digital technologies and the violent surveillance of nonbinary gender. Journal of Gender Based Violence.
Kroehle, K., Shelton, J., Clarke, E., & Seelman, K. (2020). Mainstreaming dissidence: Examining binary gender among social work’s grand challenges. Social Work, swaa037.
Research
Dr. Shelton's research examines cisgenderism in social services and social work education, as well as LGBTQ+ youth homelessness and structural inequities, focusing on identifying/addressing systemic barriers rooted in hetero/cisgenderism that constrain the successful transition into stable housing for trans/gender expansive youth and limit the efficacy of responses to homelessness.