She works at the University of Utah, where she serves as the inaugural Dean of the School for Cultural and Social Transformation[1] and a Distinguished Professor of English.
"[5] In 1979, Stockton received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut, where she majored in psychology and minored in philosophy.
[2] Stockton joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 1987[1][5] and became a Distinguished Professor in 2012, at which time she had been the program director for gender studies for a decade.
"[6] Since then, she as served as the Dean of the School for Cultural and Social Transformation[2] and the inaugural Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity.
[2] She has also been a reviewer for the Danish Research Council, American Council of Learned Societies, and The Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, as well as an editorial board member for American Literature and Genders, and advisory board member for Critical Childhood & Youth Studies, Queer Studies in Media and Popular Culture, and West Virginia University Press.