Clayton is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology and Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality with interests in questions related to gender and sexuality, politics, culture, and social movements in the Caribbean. His current work, focused on Jamaica, examines transnational LGBTQ advocacy networks and how they influence local advocacy work and, in turn, the lived experiences of LGBTQ Jamaicans. Prior to beginning his Ph.D., Clayton worked as a Research Associate at Duke University and a Research Aide to the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at Cornell University. He completed his B.A. in International and Area Studies with a minor in Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, where he was also a Mellon Mays Fellow.