R. Danielle Egan is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. She is the co-editor with Katherine Frank and Merri, L. Johnson of the anthology "Flesh for Fantasy: The Production and Consumption of Exotic Dance," Egan has published work in "Critical Sociology," "Body and Society," "Deviant Behavior" and "The Journal of Psychoanalysis, Society and Culture," In addition to her work on exotic dance, she has written on post 9/11 rhetoric, pedagogy, and popular culture.