Marginalization, Stigma, and Methodology
Dr. Stewart's research and writing focus on people, populations, and ideas that are hypermarginalized and/or those who have have stigmatized identities including: college students engaged in sex work and erotic labor, fat students on campus/fatphobia and sizeism in postsecondary contexts, and identity-based student activism. He also engages conceptual and empirical work on antiblackness in non-black communities of color. His work centers critical disruptive onto-epistemological frameworks and theories to destabilize dominant ways of knowing and being; including Black/endarkened feminist, womanist, and afropessimist perspectives. You can visit the links below to learn more about some of my work:
Awards and Accolades
Dr. Stewart’s scholarship has often been referred to as cutting-edge and groundbreaking work. He was named a 2023 Emerging Scholar by ACPA College Student Educators International and a 2024 (EDU Ledger) Diverse Issues in Higer Education Emerging Scholar. He has received the Nevitt Sanford Award and the Burns B. Crookston Award both for reserach endeavors from ACPA’s Commission for Faculty and Gradaute Programs. In 2023 he was awarded Outstanding Book for his unparalleled text Sex Work on Campus by the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
Publications
His research and writing has appeared in Action Research, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Departures in Critical Qualitative Research and the Journal of College Student Development. Dr. Stewart is the co-author of Identity-Based Student Activism: Power and Oppression on College Campuses (2020, Routledge) and Fat on Campus (Myers Education Press, 2025); and author of Sex Work on Campus (2022, Routledge) and Sex Work on Campus Stories (2026, 433 Prospect Place).