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I am Professor and Chair of Sociology and Doctoral Faculty in the Environmental Science and Management. I am currently serving as the Editor of Contemporary Sociology, flagship journal of the American Sociological Association (ASA). I was elected as the Chair of the Sociology of Consumers and Consumption section of the ASA. My pronouns are she/her/hers. I served as the Book Review Editor of Gender & Society(2014-2018) and the Managing Editor of Men & Masculinities (2003-2005). My research focuses on work, gender and youth. My work has appeared in many sociology journals such as Sociological Forum, Contexts, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Theory& Society, NWSAJ and Education& Society and has been featured in many popular venues such as the Washington Post,The Guardian, Atlantic, CNN, MTV, Fortune, GQ m and Ms. magazine among many others.

My book, The Cost of Being a Girl (Temple University Press, 2018) focuses on how early work experiences lead to later gender inequalities in the market. In this research, supported by the W.E. Upjohn Foundation, I explore the inequalities in the youth labor force with an intersectional perspective and trace the origins of the wage gap to part-time teenage work. It has been praised by Publishers Weekly and London School of Economics Review and was featured in the Washington Post, the Guardian, MTV, CNN, Philadelphia Inquirer among many others.

In addition to research, I truly enjoy teaching. I am the winner of the Dean's Award in Scholarship (2018) the Dean's Award in Teaching (2008) and the Dean's Award in Teaching at SUNY Stony Brook in 2004.
Courses Offered:
SOCI 104 Sociology of the Family
SOCI 240 Statistics for Social Sciences
SOCI 301 Research Methods
SOCI 304 Work and Occupations
SOCI 400 Senior Project
SOCI 411 Selected Topics: Sociology of Youth
GSWS 102 Intro to Women and Gender Studies
SOCI/GSWS 208 Men& Masculinities
SOCI 569 Interviews and Focus Groups

Specialization

work and labor, gender,youth, inequality, quantitative methods, sustainability

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Office Hours

Fall

Wednesday

10:00 am - 12:00 am

Thursday

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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• NSF Project
• New Book: Gender Threat
• Gender Threat in Audio Book
• Research Feature in GQ
• Textbook-Second Edition

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