Paula England
| Paula England | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 December 1949 |
| Alma mater | Whitman College (BA, 1971); University of Chicago (MA, 1972; PhD in Sociology, 1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Laumann, David McFarland and James A. Davis |
| Notable awards | American Sociological Association Distinguished Career Award |
Paula S. England (born 4 December 1949),[1] is a sociologist and professor at New York University. Her research has covered the role of gender inequality in the labour market,[2] care work, contraception, and sexuality.[3]
Education
England got a BA in Sociology and Psychology from Whitman College in 1971, an MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago in 1972, before completing a PhD in 1975, also at the University of Chicago.
Career
In 2013, she was elected to be the president of the American Sociological Association starting in August 2014.[4]
Awards and fellowships
The American Sociological Association's Section on Sociology of the Family recognised her with a Distinguished Career Award and she was elected the Francis Perkin Fellow by the American Academy of Political and Social Science.[5]
Selected bibliography
Books
- England, Paula; Gardner, Teresa (1982). How advertisers portray men and women: the reality gap and its social consequences (special report). Dallas, Texas: Center for Research in Business and Social Policy, University of Texas. OCLC 10710764.
- England, Paula; Farkas, George (1986). Households, employment, and gender: a social, economic, and demographic view. New York: Aldine Publishing Co. ISBN 9780202303239.
- England, Paula (1992). Comparable worth: theories and evidence. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. ISBN 9780202303499.
- England, Paula (1993). Theory on gender/feminism on theory. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. ISBN 9780202304380.
- England, Paula; Farkas, George (1994). Industries, firms, and jobs: sociological and economic approaches (Expanded ed.). New York: Aldine de Gruyter. ISBN 9780202304809.
- England, Paula; Edin, Kathryn (2007). Unmarried couples with children. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. ISBN 9780871543172.
- England, Paula; Carlson, Marcia (2011). Social class and changing families in an unequal America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804770897.
Chapters in books
- Ferber, Marianne; Nelson, Julie A. (1993), "The separative self: androcentric bias in neoclassical assumptions", Beyond economic man feminist theory and economics, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 37–53, ISBN 9780226242088
Articles
- England, Paula (22 July 2011). "Why the rush for gender equality has stalled". The Conversation (The Conversation Trust UK).
Book series
- England, Paula (series editor); Farkas, George (series editor); Lang, Kevin (series editor). "Sociology and economics: controversy and integration". An Aldine de Gruyter Series of Texts and Monographs: De Gruyter.
References
- ↑ "England, Paula". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
data sheet (Paula S. England; b. 12/4/49)
- ↑ England, Paula (22 July 2011). "Why the rush for gender equality has stalled". The Conversation.
- ↑ England, Paula; Armstrong, Elizabeth A.; Hamilton, Laura (2010). "Is hooking up bad for young women?". Contexts (The Society Pages). Review of: Stepp, Laura (2007). Unhooked: how young women pursue sex, delay love and lose at both. New York: Riverhead Books. ISBN 9781594482847.
- ↑ "NYU Professor Elected President of the American Sociological Association". American Sociological Association. 24 July 2013.
- ↑ Profile on The Conversation
External links
- Profile page: Paula England New York University
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