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Download Paula England's CV Paula England Page 1 January, 2020 CURRICULUM VITAE PAULA ENGLAND [email protected] PERSONAL Born in Rapid City, South Dakota. Attended grammar and high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2019- Chair, Department of Sociology, New York University 2011- Professor of Sociology, New York University. With tenure. Starting 2016, Silver Professor of Arts and Sciences. Also Affiliated Faculty, NYU Abu Dhabi since 2011. 2010-11 Visiting Professor of Sociology, New York University. 2004-11 Professor of Sociology, Stanford University. With tenure. Affiliate, Clayman Institute for Gender Research. 2002-2004 Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University. With tenure. Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research. 1999- 2001 Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. With tenure. Research Associate, Population Studies Center. 2000-2001 Director, Women’s Studies Program and the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Pennsylvania. 1990-1999 Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona. With tenure. Affiliate, Women's Studies. 1975-1989 Assistant (1975-1980), Associate (1980-1988), and Full (1988-89) Professor of Sociology and Political Economy, University of Texas-Dallas. Paula England Page 2 January, 2020 EDUCATION 1975 Ph.D. University of Chicago, Sociology 1972 M.A. University of Chicago, Social Sciences 1971 B.A. Whitman College, Sociology & Psychology RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Changing Family Patterns; Sexuality; Contraception; Care Work; Gender Inequality in the Family and the Labor Market; Interdisciplinary integration. AWARDS AND HONORS 2019 Robert M. Hauser Distinguished Scholar Award from ASA Inequality, Poverty and Mobility Section “to mark…the field’s most fundamental accomplishments” 2019 Feminist Mentoring Award, Sociologists for Women in Society 2018 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences 2018 Recognized by the Work and Family Research Network as an “Extraordinary Contributor to Work and Family Research” at 2018 conference 2015 Harriet Presser Award for research contributions in Gender and Demography from Population Association of America 2013 Best paper in award from American Sociological Association’s Section on Sociology of the Family for “She Left, He Left: How Employment and Satisfaction Affect Women’s and Men’s Decisions to Leave Marriages,” American Journal of Sociology 2012 Rosabeth Moss Kanter award for best paper on work/family issues, Purdue Family Research Center, for “She Left, He Left: How Employment and Satisfaction Affect Women’s and Men’s Decisions to Leave Marriages.” American Journal of Sociology 2010 Distinguished Research Career Award, American Sociological Association’s Section on Sociology of the Family 2009 Elected Francis Perkins Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science 2008 Selected by Sociologists for Women in Society as the Feminist Lecturer for 2009 2007 Honorary doctorate awarded by Whitman College 2005-06 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences 1999 American Sociological Association’s Jessie Bernard Award, for career contributions to scholarship on gender FUNDED PROJECTS Paula England Page 3 January, 2020 2011-2013 Russell Sage Foundation research grant, “Who Cares? Mothers, Daughters and the Intergenerational Reproduction of Female Care Work." (Paula England coPI, with Maria Charles, $60,000, funds went to U. California-Santa Barbara) 2011-2013 Russell Sage Foundation research grant 85-11-03, “Penalties for Paid and Unpaid Care Work,” (Paula England coPI, with coPIs Suzanne Bianchi, Michelle Budig, Joan Kahn). $47,741 (NYU portion). 2009-2013 Member, Working Group on Care Work, Funded by Russell Sage Foundation, (Nancy Folbre, Chair) 2005-2006 Russell Sage Foundation grant for Conference on “Unmarried Parents with Children.” (Paula England PI, with Kathryn Edin) $25,000. 2003-2005 National Institute of Child Health and Development (NIH) grant R01 HD043958- 01. “Determinants of Women and Men Initiating Divorce.” (Paula England, PI, with Paul Allison and Liana Sayer, coPIs) $250,000. 2003-2005 National Science Foundation grant. “Determinants of Husband-Initiated and Wife- Initiated Divorces.” (Paula England, PI; with Paul Allison and Liana Sayer, Consultants). $163,000. 2003-2004 Spencer Foundation grant. “Segregation in Doctoral Fields: Trends and Consequences.” $34,000. 2002-2005 National Science Foundation grant. “Gender Dynamics and Unmarried Fathers’ Involvement with Children.” (Kathryn Edin, PI; Paula England and Greg Duncan, coPIs) $300,000. 1999-2001 Russell Sage Foundation grant for conference and edited volume on Economic Sociology, with colleagues at Penn. $34,700. 1996-2006 MacArthur Foundation Research Network. Member, Co-Chair. Funding to a group of 12 interdisciplinary scholars to study “The Family and the Economy.” (Chaired by Robert Pollak and Nancy Folbre from 1996-2003, by Robert Pollak and Paula England 2003-2006.) 1995-1998 National Science Foundation grant. "Wage Trajectories in Sex- and Race- Segregated Jobs.". $97,000. Extension for $15,000, 1998-99. 1989-1992 Rockefeller Foundation grant. Gender Program. "Gender and Race in a Segmented Economy." With George Farkas. $70,000. 1989-1992 National Science Foundation grant. "Wage Trajectories in a Sex-Segregated Economy." With George Farkas. $107,000. 1991-1992 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates grants. $4,800 and 1996-97, $5,000. 1988-1990 Texas Advanced Research Program grant. "Occupational Sex Segregation and the Sex Gap in Pay." $46,000. 1987 American Sociological Association "Problems of the Discipline" award for conference on "Occupational Sex Segregation and Comparable Worth." With J. Baron, W. Bielby, T. Parcel, J. Jacobs, B. Reskin, P. Roos. $2,500. Paula England Page 4 January, 2020 1986 American Sociological Association "Problems of the Discipline" award for conference on "Integrating Sociology and Economics". With George Farkas and Margaret Barton. $2,500. 1981-1983 National Science Foundation grant. "The Sex Gap in Earnings." $40,000. EDITORIAL WORK Editor, American Sociological Review. 1994-1996. Section Editor for Gender Studies for the International Encyclopedia of the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Elsevier, 2001. Chose authors and topics, and reviewed 85 entries on gender covering all the social sciences. Book Series Co-editor, Studies in Social Inequality, Stanford University Press (with David Grusky). 2004- . Book Series Co-editor, Series on "Sociology and Economics: Controversies and Integration" (with George Farkas and Kevin Lang). 1988-2004. Aldine de Gruyter. Editorial Boards: American Sociological Review, 1989-91; American Journal of Sociology, 1982-84; Social Forces, 1985-88; Gender and Society, 1986-88,1990-93; 2000-02; 2004-11; Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 1987-89; Annual Review of Sociology,1997-2001, Sociological Forum, 2006-2012; Rose Monograph Series, 1997- 2003, 2005-2008; Pathways, 2007-2010; PNAS 2018-; Behavioral Science and Policy, 2011-, Socius 2018- Invited Guest Editor, with Julie Nelson, special issue of Hypatia, on Love and Work, 2002 (volume 17,2). Paula England Page 5 January, 2020 PROFESSIONAL OFFICES AND SERVICE (Note: ASA is American Sociological Association; PAA is Population Association of America) 2018- Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, NYU Abu Dhabi 2019-20 Co-Chair, Sociologists for Women in Society Committee to select winner of Feminist Mentoring Award 2018-19 Chair, PAA Committee to select winner of Harriet Presser Award 2014-17 Member, ASA Task Force on the Sociology Major 2015-16 Chair, ASA Working Group on the Future of Contexts 2014-15 President, American Sociological Association 2014-15 ASA Representative to Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) 2013- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 2009-11 Member, Publications Committee, PAA (Chair, 2011) 2009-10 Chair, PAA Committee to Select Winner of Harriet Presser Award 2008-10 Member, ASA Committee on the Status of Women in Sociology (Chair, 2008-09) 2008-10 Member, ASA Committee to select winner of Jessie Bernard Award 2007-09 Member, Board of Directors, PAA 2007-08 Chair, ASA Section on the Family 2005- Member, Advisory Board, Center for Study of Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University 2003-06 Member, Council, ASA Section on Economic Sociology 2003-2007 Member, Board of Directors, Council on Contemporary Families 2002-05 Member, Council, ASA Section on the Family 2002-03 Member, Executive Committee, Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University and University of Chicago 2001-04 Member, External Advisory Board, Center for Study of Inequality, Cornell 2000-01 Member, Program Committee, PAA 1998-99 Chair, Nominations Committee, ASA Section on Sex and Gender 1998-01 Member, External Advisory Board, Joint Center for Poverty Research, Chicago 1997-00 Elected member, ASA Council 1998-99 Chair, ASA Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work 1997-99 Member, Advisory Committee for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Science Foundation 1998 Member, NSF Panel for Science and Technology Center Proposals 1996-97 Chair, Committee to select recipient of Distinguished Scholarly Contribution Award, ASA Section on Sex and Gender 1995-96 Chair, ASA Section on Sex and Gender 1993-96 Member, ASA Committee on Publications Paula England Page 6 January, 2020 1993-95 Member, Executive Council, Society for Advancement of Socioeconomics 1995-96 Member, Committee
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