javay

Curriculum Vitae
Full Name
Javay Frye-Nekrasova
First Name
Javay
Last Name
Frye-Nekrasova
Affiliation
Graduate Employee
GTF
Title
Doctoral Student
Additional Title
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Office
312 Allen
City
Eugene
Departments
SOJC
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Interests
Sexuality & Media, Sex Work, Kink & BDSM
Profile Section
Education

University of Oregon

Ph.D Communication & Media Studies | Anticipated May 2027

 

California Institute of Integral Studies

Ph.D Human Sexuality | Anticipated May 2025

 

Widener University

M.Ed Human Sexuality | May 2021

 

James Madison University

B.A. Media Arts & Design, Digital Video & Cinema Concentration | May 2016

Minor in Creative Writing

B.S. Hospitality Management, Event Planning Concentration | May 2016

Minor in General Business

 

Biography

Javay Frye-Nekrasova (she | her) is an academic, sex educator, content creator and media personality. She is orginally from the east coast, the DMV (DC, Maryland, & Virgina). She obtained her undergraduate degrees at James Madison University and after finishing she moved to Los Angeles, CA where she worked in the entertainment industry. She started at a talent agency and eventually moved into production working on live-streaming shows, reality content, and digital streaming content. During her time in LA Javay started working at a sex shop and discovered her passion for all things sex and sex education. This new discovery is what prompted Javay to apply to grad school. She earned her Masters of Education in Human Sexuality at Widener University in Chester, PA in 2021.

While working on her Masters Javay moved back to the west coast to Bend, OR. In the fall of 2021, she started her first PhD in Human Sexuality at the California Institute of Integral Studies. While working on her degree she realized that she wanted to look at the intersections of sexuality and media. To better supplement her research she decided to pursue a second PhD and started in the Communication & Media Studies program here at the University of Oregon. Javay's areas of research include the intersections of sexuality and media, sex work, kink & BDSM, and pleasure. Outside of academia Javay's work focuses on comprehensive, inclusive, accessible sex education for all. She has a sex education YouTube series, In Bed With a Millennial, and also teaches via social media and in-person workshops at various sex shops.

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