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PAULA ENGLAND Pengland@Nyu.Edu 6-25-2021 PAULA ENGLAND [email protected] ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2021- Dean of Social Sciences, NYU Abu Dhabi (from September 2021) 2011- Professor of Sociology, New York University. With tenure. 2020- Affiliate, Center for Applied Social and Economic Research, NYU Shanghai. 2019- Chair, Department of Sociology, NYU 2016- Silver Professor of Arts and Sciences. 2011- Affiliated Faculty, NYU Abu Dhabi. 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 (with tenure) (1980-1988), and Full (1988-89) Professor of Sociology and Political Economy, University of Texas-Dallas. EDUCATION 1975 Ph.D. University of Chicago, Sociology 1972 M.A. University of Chicago, Social Sciences 1971 B.A. Whitman College, Sociology & Psychology Paula England 2 June 25, 2021 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Gender Inequality in the Family and the Labor Market; Changing Family Patterns; Sexualities; Contraception and Fertility; Interdisciplinary integration. AWARDS AND HONORS 2019 Robert M. Hauser Distinguished Scholar Award from American Sociological Association’s 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” 2015 Harriet Presser Award from Population Association of America for career research contributions in Gender and Demography 2013 Best paper 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 paper above 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, Stanford, CA 1999 American Sociological Association’s Jessie Bernard Award, for career contributions to scholarship on gender ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE 2021- Dean of Social Science, NYU Abu Dhabi (from September 1, 2021) 2019-21 Chair (2019-21), Department of Sociology, NYU 2012-19 Director or co-Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology, NYU 2014-15 President, American Sociological Association 2000-01 Director, Women’s Studies Program, U. Pennsylvania 2000-01 Director, Alice Paul Center for Research on Women and Gender, U. Pennsylvania Paula England 3 June 25, 2021 2007-09 Member, Board of Directors, Population Association of America 2007-08 Chair, American Sociological Association, Section on the Family 2003-07 Member, Board of Directors, Council on Contemporary Families 2002-04 Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology, Northwestern University 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 1997-00 Elected member, American Sociological Association Council 1998-99 Chair, American Sociological Association, Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work 1997-99 Member, Advisory Committee for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Science Foundation 1995-96 Chair, American Sociological Association, Section on Sex and Gender 1994-96 Editor, American Sociological Review 1988-89 Director of Graduate Studies, Program in Political Economy, Social Science School, U. Texas at Dallas. 1983-86 Elected President, Association of Women Faculty, U. Texas at Dallas. 1982-83 College Master, U. Texas at Dallas RESEARCH GRANTS 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) 2011-2013 Russell Sage Foundation research grant 85-11-03, “Penalties for Paid and Unpaid Care Work,” (Paula England, coPI, with Suzanne Bianchi, Michelle Budig, Joan Kahn). $47,741 (NYU portion)) 2009-2013 Member, Working Group on Care Work, Funded by Russell Sage Foundation 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) $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) $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. Paula England 4 June 25, 2021 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 do collaborative research on “The Family and the Economy.” Co-chair with Robert Pollak, 2003-2006. Total grants ~$5,000,000. 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." Co-PI with George Farkas. $70,000. 1989-1992 National Science Foundation grant. "Wage Trajectories in a Sex-Segregated Economy." Co-PI 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. 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 Reviewer and editor for selected papers (by virtue of NAS membership), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 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 Paula England 5 June 25, 2021 Sociology,1997-2001, Sociological Forum, 2006-2012; Rose Monograph Series, 1997- 2003, 2005-2008; Pathways, 2007-2010; Behavioral Science and Policy, 2011-2018; Socius 2018-. Invited Guest Editor, with Julie Nelson, special issue of Hypatia, on Love and Work, 2002 (volume 17,2). PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (Note: ASA is American Sociological Association; PAA is Population Association of America) 2018-21 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, NYU Abu Dhabi 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, a general interest journal 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 2011 Chair, Publications Committee, PAA (Member, 2009-11) 2008-09 Chair, ASA Committee on the Status of Women in Sociology (Member, 2008-10) 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 U. 2003-06 Member,
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