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Melissa A. Milkie [email protected]
Department of Sociology; University of Toronto
725 Spadina Ave., Toronto ON M5S 2J4
(416) 946-5892
Curriculum Vitae
December 2018
EMPLOYMENT
Professor Department of Sociology, University of Toronto (July 2014-present)
Chair Graduate Department of Sociology, University of Toronto (Aug. 2015-present)
Professor Department of Sociology, University of Maryland (Aug. 2009-June 2014)
National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Professor for Inclusive
Excellence, Behavioral & Social Sciences (2013-14)
Faculty Associate, Maryland Population Research Center
Faculty Affiliate, Women’s Studies Ph.D. Program
Professor Emerita (July 2014-present)
Visiting Professor Department of Sociology, University of Toronto (2010-11)
Associate Professor Department of Sociology, University of Maryland (Aug. 2002-Aug. 2009)
Assistant Professor Department of Sociology, University of Maryland (Jan. 1996-Aug. 2002)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Sociology, Indiana University Nov. 1995
M.A. in Sociology, Indiana University Dec. 1990
B.A. in Psychology & Journalism, Indiana University, Cum Laude May 1987
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Mental Health/Health Gender Sociology of Families
Social Psychology Race and Ethnicity Work-Family Interface
Cultural Sociology Research Methods
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
Rohall, David E., Melissa A. Milkie and Jeffrey W. Lucas. 2014. Social Psychology: Sociological
Perspectives, 3rd edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Bianchi, Suzanne M., John P. Robinson and Melissa A. Milkie. 2006. Changing Rhythms of American
Family Life. ASA Rose Monographs. New York: Russell Sage.
**American Sociological Association Family Section -- Distinguished Book Award (2008)
**American Sociological Association Population Section -- Otis Dudley Duncan Book Award for
Significant Contributions to Social Demography (2007)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Milkie, Melissa A., Kei Nomaguchi and Scott Schieman. 2018. “Time Deficits with Children: The Link to
Parents’ Mental and Physical Health.” Society and Mental Health
Schieman, Scott, Leah Ruppanner and Melissa A. Milkie. 2018. “Who Helps with Homework? Parenting
Inequality and Relationship Quality among Employed Mothers and Fathers.” Journal of Family
and Economic Issues 39:49-65.
Nomaguchi, Kei M. and Melissa A. Milkie. 2017. “Sociological Perspectives on Parenting Stress: How
Social Structure and Culture Shape Parental Strain and the Well-Being of Parents and Children.”
Pp. 47-73 in Parental Stress and Early Child Development: Adaptive and Maladaptive
Outcomes,” edited by Kirby Deater-Deckard and Robin Panneton. New York: Springer.
Milkie, Melissa A., Joanna R. Pepin and Kathleen E. Denny. 2016. “What Kind of War? ‘Mommy Wars’
Discourse in U.S. and Canadian News, 1989-2013.” Sociological Inquiry 86:51-78.
Nomaguchi, Kei, Melissa A. Milkie and Kathleen E. Denny. 2016. “Quantity of Maternal Time and Child
and Adolescent Development.” Journal of Marriage and Family 78:270-75.
Milkie, Melissa A, Kei Nomaguchi and Kathleen E. Denny. 2015. “Does the Amount of Time Mothers
Spend with Children and Adolescents Matter?” Journal of Marriage and Family 77:355-72.
Nomaguchi, Kei M., and Melissa A. Milkie. 2015. “Gender, Accuracy about Partners’ Work-Family
Conflict, and Relationship Quality. Pp. 159-76 in Gender and the Work-Family Experience: An
Intersection of Two Domains, edited by Maura J. Mills. New York: Springer.
Denny, Kathleen E., Shanna Brewton-Tiayon, Lucia Lykke, and Melissa A. Milkie. 2014. “Admonished,
then Excused: Portrayals of Fathers’ Low Levels of Involvement with Children across the 20th and
21st Centuries.” Fathering 12:221-41.
Milkie, Melissa A. and Catharine H. Warner. 2014. “Status Safeguarding: Mothers’ Work to Secure
Children’s Place in the Status Hierarchy.” Pp. 66 – 85 in Intensive Mothering: The Cultural
Contradictions of Modern Motherhood, edited by Linda Ennis. Bradford, ON: Demeter Press.
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PUBLICATIONS, con’t.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters, con’t.
Milkie, Melissa A., Catharine H. Warner, and Rashawn Ray. 2014. “Current Theorizing and New
Directions in the Social Psychology of Social Class Inequalities.” Pp. 547-73 in Handbook of the
Social Psychology of Inequality, edited by Jane McLeod, Edward Lawler and Michael Schwalbe.
New York: Springer.
Young, Marisa, Scott Schieman, and Melissa A. Milkie. 2014. “Spouses’ Work-to-Family Conflict, Family
Stressors and Mental Health Outcomes among Dual-Earner Mothers and Fathers.” Society and
Mental Health 4:1-20.
Milkie, Melissa A. and Kathleen E. Denny. 2014. “Changes in the Cultural Model of Father Involvement:
Descriptions of Benefits to Fathers, Children and Mothers in Parents’ Magazine, 1926 – 2006.”
Journal of Family Issues 35:223-53.
Warner, Catharine H. and Melissa A. Milkie. 2013. “Cultivating Gendered Talents? The Intersection of
Race, Class and Gender in the Concerted Cultivation of U.S. Elementary School Students.” Pp. 1-
28 in Notions of Family: Intersectional Perspectives, Vol. 17 of Advances in Gender Research,
edited by Marla H. Kohlman, Dana B. Krieg and Bette J. Dickerson. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
Ridolfo, Heather, Valerie Chepp, and Melissa A. Milkie. 2013. “Race and Girls’ Self-Evaluations: How
Mothering Matters.” Sex Roles. 68:496-509.
Bianchi, Suzanne M., Liana C. Sayer, Melissa A. Milkie, and John P. Robinson. 2012. “Housework: Who
Did, Does, or Will Do It and How Much Does It Matter?” Social Forces 91:55-63
Milkie, Melissa A. and Catharine H. Warner. 2011. “Classroom Learning Environments and the Mental
Health of First Grade Children.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 52:4-22. *Selected for
highlighting on the ASA website, an ASA press release, and a JHSB Policy Brief*
Milkie, Melissa A., Dawn R. Norris and Alex Bierman. 2011. “The Long Arm of Offspring: Adult
Children’s Troubles as Teenagers and Elderly Parents’ Mental Health.” Research on Aging
33:327-55.
Milkie, Melissa A. 2011. “Social and Cultural Resources for and Constraints on New Mothers’
Marriages.” Invited Comment on Dew and Wilcox’s “Marital Satisfaction among New Mothers.”
Journal of Marriage and Family 73:18-22.
Milkie, Melissa A, Sarah M. Kendig, Kei M. Nomaguchi, and Kathleen E. Denny. 2010. “Time with
Children, Children’s Well-Being, and Work-Family Balance among Employed Parents.” Journal
of Marriage and Family 72:1329-43.
Bianchi, Suzanne M. and Melissa A. Milkie. 2010. “Work and Family Research in the First Decade of the
21st Century.” Journal of Marriage and Family (Decade-in-Review) 72:705-25.
Milkie, Melissa A. 2010. “The Stress Process: Some Family-Level Considerations.” Pp. 93-108 in
Advances in the Conceptualization of the Stress Process: Essays in Honor of Leonard I. Pearlin,
edited by William R. Avison, Carol S. Aneshensel, Scott Schieman, and Blair Wheaton. New
York: Springer.
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PUBLICATIONS, con’t.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters, con’t
Milkie, Melissa A., Sara Raley and Suzanne M. Bianchi. 2009. “Taking on the Second Shift: Time
Allocations and Time Pressures of U.S. Parents of Preschoolers.” Social Forces 88:487-518.
Schieman, Scott, Melissa A. Milkie, and Paul Glavin. 2009. “When Work Interferes with Life: The Social
Distribution of Work-Nonwork Interference and the Influence of Work-Related Demands and
Resources. American Sociological Review 74:966-88.
Milkie, Melissa A., Alex Bierman and Scott Schieman. 2008. “How Adult Children Influence Older
Parents’ Mental Health: Integrating Stress Process and Life Course Perspectives.” Social
Psychology Quarterly 71:86-105. *Selected for highlighting on the ASA website and in the
premiere edition of the SNAPS feature of SPQ*
Bierman, Alex and Melissa A. Milkie. 2008. “Intergenerational Stress Proliferation Between Adult
Children and Parents: Contingencies by Functional Timing and Parent’s Gender.” Pp. 343-67 in
Advances in Life Course Research: Stress Processes Across the Life Course, edited by Heather
Turner and Scott Schieman. Oxford: Elsevier JAI Press.
Pearlin, Leonard I., Kim B. Nguyen, Scott Schieman, and Melissa A. Milkie. 2007. “The Life Course
Origins of Mastery.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48:164-79.
Nomaguchi, Kei M. and Melissa A. Milkie. 2006. “Maternal Employment in Childhood and Adults’
Retrospective Reports of Parenting Practices.” Journal of Marriage and Family 68:573-94.
Bierman, Alex, Elena Fazio and Melissa A. Milkie. 2006. “A Multifaceted Approach to the Mental Health
Advantage of the Married: Assessing How Explanations Vary by Outcome Measure and
Unmarried Group.” Journal of Family Issues 27:554-82.
Schieman, Scott, Tetyana Pudrovska and Melissa A. Milkie. 2005. “The Sense of Divine Control and the
Self-Concept: A Study of Race Differences in Late-Life.” Research on Aging 27:165-96.
Nomaguchi, Kei M., Melissa A. Milkie and Suzanne M. Bianchi. 2005. “Time Strains and Psychological
Well-Being: Do Dual-Earner Mothers and Fathers Differ?” Journal of Family Issues 26:756-92.
Milkie, Melissa A., Marybeth J. Mattingly, Kei M. Nomaguchi, Suzanne M. Bianchi and John P.
Robinson. 2004. “The Time Squeeze: Parental Statuses and Parents’ Feelings about Time with
Children.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66:739-61.
Peltola, Pia, Melissa A. Milkie and Stanley Presser. 2004. “The ‘Feminist’ Mystique: Feminist Identity in
Three Generations of Women.” Gender & Society 18:122-44.
Nomaguchi, Kei M. and Melissa A. Milkie. 2003. “Costs and Rewards of Children: The Effects of
Becoming a Parent on Adults’ Lives.” Journal of Marriage and Family 65:356-74.
Reprinted in 2005: Pp. 140-164 in Readings in Family Theory, edited by Thomas R. Chibucos,
Randall W. Leite, and David L. Weis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
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PUBLICATIONS, con’t.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters, con’t
Milkie, Melissa A. 2002. “Contested Images of Femininity: An Analysis of Cultural Gatekeepers’
Struggles with the ‘Real Girl’ Critique.” Gender & Society 16:839-59.
Milkie, Melissa A., Suzanne M. Bianchi, Marybeth J. Mattingly and John P. Robinson. 2002. “Gendered
Division of Childrearing: Ideals, Realities, and the Relationship to Parental Well-Being.” Sex
Roles 47:21-38.
Brady, David, Carol Hostetter, Melissa A. Milkie and Bernice A. Pescosolido. 2001. “The Structure and
Substance of Preparing Sociologists: The Nature of Qualifying Examinations in Graduate
Education.” Teaching Sociology 29:265-85.
Bianchi, Suzanne M., Melissa A. Milkie, Liana C. Sayer and John P. Robinson. 2000. “Is Anyone Doing
the Housework? Trends in the Gender Division of Household Labor.” Social Forces 79:191-228.
Reprinted in 2002: Pp. 175-86 in Workplace/Women’s Place, second edition, edited by Paula J.
Dubeck and Dana Dunn. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Co.
Milkie, Melissa A. and Pia Peltola. 1999. “Playing All the Roles: Gender and the Work-Family Balancing
Act.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 61:476-90.
Milkie, Melissa A. 1999. “Social Comparisons, Reflected Appraisals and Mass Media: The Impact of
Pervasive Beauty Images on Black and White Girls’ Self-Concepts.” Social Psychology Quarterly
62:190-210.
Reprinted in 2013, 2009, 2007, and 2001: in Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in
Sociology, 4th, 3rd, 2nd & 1st editions, edited by Peter Adler & Patricia Adler. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth.
Reprinted in 2007 and 2004: Pp. 46-62 in Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology
and Microsociology, 5th & 4th editions, edited by Spencer E. Cahill. Los Angeles: Roxbury.
Robinson, John P. and Melissa A. Milkie. 1998. “Back to the Basics: Trends in and Role Determinants of
Women’s Attitudes Toward Housework.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 60:205-18.
Pescosolido, Bernice A., Elizabeth Grauerholz and Melissa A. Milkie. 1997. “Culture and Conflict: The
Portrayal of Blacks in U.S. Children’s Picture Books Through the Mid- and Late-20th Century.”
American Sociological Review 62:443-64.
Reprinted in 2012: Reading Social Research: Studies in Inequalities and Deviance, edited by J. C.
Dixon and R. A. Singleton, Jr.; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Reprinted in 2007 in Content Analysis (Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods series),
edited by Roberto Franzosi. London: Sage.
Milkie, Melissa A., Robin W. Simon and Brian Powell. 1997. “Through the Eyes of Children: Youths’
Perceptions and Evaluations of Maternal and Paternal Roles.” Social Psychology Quarterly
60:218-37.
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PUBLICATIONS, con’t.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters, con’t.
Pescosolido, Bernice A. and Melissa A. Milkie. 1995. “The Status of Teacher Training in U.S. and
Canadian Sociology Departments.” Teaching Sociology 23:341-52.
Milkie, Melissa A. 1994. “A Social World Approach to Cultural Studies: Mass Media and Gender in the
Adolescent Peer Group.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 23:354-80.
Book Reviews and other Publications
Milkie, Melissa A. 2011. “The Promises and Problems of Parenting in a Gendered World.” Book reviews
of: When Couples Become Parents: The Creation of Gender in the Transition to Parenthood, by
Bonnie Fox, and Against the Grain: Couples, Gender, and the Reframing of Parenting, by Gillian
Ranson. Canadian Journal of Sociology 36:95-102.
Milkie, Melissa A., Kathleen E. Denny, Sarah M. Kendig and Scott Schieman. 2010. “Measurement of the
Work-Family Interface.” Sloan Work and Family Encyclopedia, edited by Stephen Sweet and Judi
Casey. Sloan Work and Family Research Network Online.
Milkie, Melissa A. 2007. “The Impact of Pervasive Beauty Images on Black and White Girls’ Self
Concepts.” Originally in Social Psychology Quarterly. Reprinted 2003-2007 in Crossroads:
Readings in Social Problems; 2003-2006 & in Intersections: Readings in Sociology. Pearson
Custom Publishing.
Milkie, Melissa A. 2000. Book review of White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular
Culture, by Chrys Ingraham. Gender & Society 14:824-25.
Robinson, John P. and Melissa A. Milkie. 1997. “Dances with Dustbunnies: Housecleaning in America.”
American Demographics 19:37-40,59.
Pescosolido, Bernice A. and Melissa A. Milkie. 1994. “Preparing Graduate Students for Teaching in U.S.
and Canadian Sociology Departments.” Footnotes 22,4:6.
Milkie, Melissa A. 1994. Book review of The Production of Reality by Jodi O’Brien and Peter Kollock.
Teaching Sociology 22:270-71.
MANUSCRIPTS FORTHCOMING, UNDER REVIEW AND IN PROGRESS
Milkie, Melissa A., Neda Maghbouleh and Ito Peng. Forthcoming. “Stress in Newcomer Settlement:
Syrian Mothers’ Strains and Buffers during early Integration.” Pp. xx-xx in A National Project:
Canada’s Syrian Refugee Resettlement Experience, edited by Leah Hamilton, Luisa Veronis, and
Margaret Walton-Roberts. Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press.
Maghbouleh, Neda, Laila Omar, Melissa A. Milkie and Ito Peng. Forthcoming. “Listening in Arabic:
Feminist Research with Syrian Refugee Mothers.” Meridians: Feminism, Race, Trans-nationalism
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Young, Marisa, Scott Schieman, Melissa A. Milkie and Ruth Repenzzi. “Regional Effects on the Health
Consequences of Work-to-Family Conflict for Canadian Mothers and Fathers.” Under review.
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MANUSCRIPTS FORTHCOMING, UNDER REVIEW AND IN PROGRESS, con’t
Nomaguchi, Kei and Melissa A. Milkie. 2020. “Parenting, Childlessness and Well-Being.” In progress for
2020 Decade-in-Review issue, Journal of Marriage and Family.
Nomaguchi, Kei M. and Melissa A. Milkie. “Changes in Qualities Valued in Children in the United States
1986-2016.” In progress.
Milkie, Melissa A., Dana Wray and Irene Boeckmann. “Teenagers’ Togetherness with Parents?: Contours
of the Gap in the Description of ‘Time With’” In progress.
Milkie, Melissa A. and Dana Wray. “Mothers’ Education Level and Time with Children: In What Spheres
are There Inequalities?” In progress.
Nomaguchi, Kei, Melissa A. Milkie, Justina Beard and Cassandra Thompson. “Time Deficits with
Children and Spouses among U.S. Employed Parents, 1992-2008.” In progress.
Milkie, Melissa A. “Medicalizing for Whom? Social Status and Medical Evaluation of Children’s
Emotional and Behavioral Problems.” In progress.
Louie, Patricia and Melissa A. Milkie. “Medicating for Success?: Race, Hopes and Fears for Children’s
Futures and Parents’ Willingness to Medicate Offspring.” In progress.
RESEARCH GRANTS
“Settlement, Integration, and Stress: A 5-year Longitudinal Study of Syrian Newcomer Mothers and Teens
in the GTA.” Neda Maghbouleh, Principal Investigator. Melissa A. Milkie and Ito Peng, Co-
Investigators. Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), $349,364. (Project
period 3/18 to 3/23).
“Parenting Stress in Refugee Settlement: Assessing Parenting Strains and Buffers among Syrian Refugee
Parents during early Integration into Canada.” Ito Peng, Principal Investigator. Melissa A. Milkie*
and Neda Maghbouleh,* Co-Investigators. SSHRC, $24,541. (Project Period 8/16 to 7/17).*PI in
practice; status technically not possible due to need for prior SSHRC grant for this call.
“Transforming the Campus Climate: Research on the Social and Cultural Roots of Sexual Violence.” Erik
Schneiderhan, Principal Investigator; Anna Korteweg, Co-Investigator. Collaborators include
Jayne Baker, Hae Yoon Choo, Phillip Goodman, Kelly Hannah-Moffatt, Shamus Khan, Neda
Maghbouleh, Melissa Milkie, Paula Maurutto, David Pettinicio. SSHRC Insight Development
Grant, $61,979. (Project Period 6/16 to 5/18).
“Demands and Resources in Work and Family Life, Waves 3-5.” Scott Schieman, Principal Investigator.
William R. Avison, Alex Bierman, Melissa A. Milkie, Lisa Strohstein, and Jean Wallace, Co-
Investigators. Canadian Institute of Health Research, $850,000. (Project Period 4/14 to 4/19).
“The Meaning and Evaluation of Fathers in the Professional Workplace.” Melissa A. Milkie, Principal
Investigator and Kathleen E. Denny. Co-Investigator National Science Foundation Doctoral
Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. SES-1332633. $11,055. (Project Period 9/13–12/14).
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RESEARCH GRANTS (con’t)
“Consequences of Children’s Time Use and Health: Race Gender, and Socioeconomic Statuses.” Melissa
A. Milkie, Principal Investigator. Research and Support Award (RASA; formerly GRB),
University of Maryland, $10,000. (Project Period 1/11-5/11).
“Consequences of Childhood and Adolescent Time Use for Health: Incorporating Race, Gender and SES
Status Processes and School Context.” Melissa A. Milkie, Principal Investigator. Maryland
Population Research Center Seed Grant program, $15,000 (Project Period: 1/10-5/10).
“Demands and Resources in Work and Family Life and their Implications for Stress and Health among
Canadians.” Scott Schieman, Principal Investigator. William R. Avison, Alex Bierman, Melissa A.
Milkie, Lisa Strohstein, and Jean Wallace, Co-Investigators. Canadian Institute of Health
Research, $800,000. (Project Period 4/10 to 4/14).
“Social Statuses, Schools and Children’s Problems.” Melissa A. Milkie, Principal Investigator. National
Institutes of Health 11/1/06, $141,000 (Project Period 7/07-6/09).
“Children’s Mental Health: The School Context as a Source of Problem Behavior and the School’s Role in
Responding to Children’s Problems.” Melissa A. Milkie, Principal Investigator. General Research
Board Award (GRB), University of Maryland, $9,250. (Project Period 8/06-12/06).
“Status Inequality, Stress, and Health Among Older People.” Leonard I. Pearlin, Principal Investigator;
Scott Schieman, Joan Kahn, and Melissa A. Milkie, Co-Investigators. National Institute on Aging,
$1.2 million. (Project Period 9/00-8/08).
“Multiple Dimensions of the Father Role: Changes and Continuities of Cultural Images Through the 20th
Century.” Melissa A. Milkie, Principal Investigator. General Research Board Award, University of
Maryland, $6,250. (Project Period 6/98-8/98).
“The Social Psychological Impact of Gender Images in Media: A Multi-Level Analysis of Girls, Peer
Networks and Media Organizations.” Grant-In-Aid of Research for Doctoral Students, Research
and University Graduate School, Indiana University, ~$750. (Project Period Spring, 1994).
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HONORS AND AWARDS
Named as a Top 50 “Extraordinary Contributors to the Field of Work and Family Research,” based on
eight modalities of excellence, Jeffrey Hill and colleagues, Work-Family Researchers Network, 2018.
National Center for Family & Marriage Research, Bowling Green, Pilot Data Collection on Married and
Cohabitating Couples Award, inclusion of test items for innovative research on family, 2011.
Changing Rhythms of American Family Life, winner of the William Goode Book Award for outstanding
scholarship in family sociology; ASA section on Family, 2008.
Changing Rhythms of American Family Life, co-winner of the Otis Dudley Duncan Award for outstanding
scholarship in social demography; ASA section on Population, 2007.
Morris Rosenberg Mentorship Award, University of Maryland Department of Sociology, for mentoring of
graduate students, 2007.
“Time Strains and Psychological Well-Being: Do Dual-Earner Mothers and Fathers Differ?” finalist:
Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, best 2005 research paper, 2006.
Best Poster Presentation (Blue Ribbon) Award, Work and Family Session, PAA annual meeting, 2002.
“Is Anyone Doing the Housework? Trends in the Gender Division of Household Labor,” finalist:
Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, best 2000 research paper, 2001.
“Playing all the Roles: Gender and the Work-Family Balancing Act,” nominated: inaugural Rosabeth Moss
Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, best 1999 research paper, 2000.
Morris Rosenberg Mentorship Award, University of Maryland Department of Sociology, for mentoring of
graduate students, 2000.
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Maryland, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 1999.
Celebrating Teachers: Teaching Excellence Award. Recognized for significant influence and contributions
to the education of an outstanding graduating senior, 1997.
Dissertation Year Fellowship, Research & University Graduate School, Indiana University, 1994-95.
Pre-doctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); Identity, Self, Role & Mental
Health, 1991-94.
University Fellowship, Indiana University, 1988-1990.
Phi Beta Kappa, Indiana University, 1987.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS PRESENTATIONS & INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2019 Nomaguchi, Kei, Melissa A. Milkie, Justina Beard and Cassandra Thompson. “Time Deficits with
Children and Spouses among U.S. Employed Parents, 1992-2008.” Population Association of
American (PAA) meeting, Austin, April.
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SELECTED PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS PRESENTATIONS & INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2018 Milkie, Melissa A. and Dana Wray. “Mothers’ Education Level and Time with Children:
Inequalities across ‘Childcare’ and other Types of Time.” Association for Public Policy Analysis
& Management (APPAM) fall meeting, Washington D.C., November. (Invited)
2018 Milkie, Melissa A., Dana Wray and Irene Boeckmann. “Adolescent and Parent ‘Shared’ Time:
Perceptual and Emotional Differences in Time Together.” International Association for Time Use
Research (IATUR) Conference, Budapest, October.
2018 Milkie, Melissa A. and Dana Wray. “Mothers’ Education Level and Time with Children: In What
Spheres are There Inequalities?” American Sociological Association (ASA) annual meeting,
Philadelphia, August.
2018 Milkie, Melissa A., Dana Wray and Irene Boeckmann. “Teenagers’ Togetherness with Parents:
Contours of the Gap in the Description of ‘Time With.’” Time Use Across the Life Course
Conference, College Park, MD, June.
2018 LeBlanc Allen J., David M. Frost, Melissa A. Milkie and Heather Hargraves. “Family Formation,
Couple-Level Minority Stress and Mental Health among Same-Sex Couples.” International
Conference on Social Stress Research, Athens, June.
2017 Omar, Laila, Neda Maghbouleh, Melissa A. Milkie and Ito Peng. “Insights into the Integration and
Wellbeing of Syrian Newcomer Youth through Research on Mothers.” Pathways to Prosperity
National Conference, Toronto, November.
2017 Milkie, Melissa A. “Time Deficits with Children: The Relationship to Mothers’ and Fathers’
Physical and Mental Health.” Caregiving Responsibilities across the Life Course: An International
Perspective panel, University of Maryland, College Park, October (Invited).
2017 Ruppanner, Leah, Scott Schieman and Melissa A. Milkie. “Who Helps with the Homework?
Inequity in Parenting Responsibilities and Relationship Quality among Employed Parents” ASA
annual meeting, Montreal, August.
2017 Sayer, Liana, Melissa A. Milkie and Sara Raley. “Cross-National Variation in Configurations and
Health Implications of the ‘Second Shift’.” IATUR Conference, Madrid, July.
2017 Maghbouleh, Neda, Melissa A. Milkie and Ito Peng. “Challenges and Outcomes from Syrian
Refugee Research.” Panel presentation at the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) annual
meeting, Toronto, May (Invited).
2017 Milkie, Melissa A. and Kei Nomaguchi. “’You Must Work Hard: Changes in U.S. Adults’ Values
for Children.” University of Nebraska, Lincoln, April (Invited).
2017 Young, Marisa, Melissa A. Milkie and Scott Schieman. “The Distracted Family Dinner: When
Multitasking Undermine the Psychological Benefits of Eating Together” Southern Sociological
Society, Greenville, SC, March.
2017 Milkie, Melissa A., Neda Maghbouleh and Ito Peng. “Stress in Refugee Settlement: Syrian
Mothers’ Strains and Buffers during early Integration into Parenting in Canada.” Metropolis
Conference, Montreal, March (Invited).
2016 Milkie, Melissa A. “Time Deficits with Children: The Relationship to Mothers’ and Fathers’
Physical and Mental Health.” ASA annual meeting, Seattle, Aug.
2016 Schieman, Scott, Marisa R. Young and Melissa A. Milkie. “The Distracted Family Dinner: When
Multitasking Undermines the Benefits of Eating Together.” Work and Family Researchers’
Network (WFRN) meeting, Wash, D.C., June.
2016 Young, Marisa R., Melissa A. Milkie, Scott Schieman and Ruth Repchuck. “Differential
Experiences and Consequences of Work-Family Conflict across Canada: A Multi-Level Study.”
CSA annual meeting, Calgary, June.
2016 Milkie, Melissa A. “Mothers’ and Fathers’ Feelings about Time with Children and Mental and
Physical Health.” McMaster University, March (Invited).
2015 Milkie, Melissa A. “Mothers’ and Fathers’ Feelings about Time with Children and Mental and
Physical Health.” Western University, November (Invited).
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (con’t)
2015 Milkie, Melissa A. “Time Deficits with Children and Employed Mothers’ Mental Health.”
Mothers, Mothering, Motherhood in the 21st C: Culture, Society, Literature, & the Arts Conf.,
Motherhood Initiative for Research & Community Involvement (MIRCI), Toronto, Oct.
2014 Milkie, Melissa A. “Status Safeguarding: Mothering Work as Safety Net.” ASA annual meeting,
San Francisco, August (Thematic Session; Invited).
2014 Milkie, Melissa A., Joanna Pepin and Scott Schieman. “Where Do You Work?: The Location of
Work and Employees’ Relationships with Partners and Children.” WFRN biannual meeting, New
York, June (Invited).
2014 Raley, Sara, Liana Sayer and Melissa A. Milkie. “How Extensive and Unhealthy is the ‘Second
Shift’? A Study of 12 Countries.” Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) meeting, Baltimore, Feb.
2013 Milkie, Melissa A., Kathleen E. Denny and Joanna Pepin. “What Kind of War? A Content
Analysis of the “Mommy Wars” Discourse in Canadian and U.S. News, 1989-2013.” Presented at
“Communicating Motherhood/Mothers’ Communicating: High Culture to Pop Culture to New
Social Media” Conference. MIRCI, June, Toronto.
2013 Denny, Kathleen E., Shanna Brewton-Tiayon, Lucia Lykke and Melissa A. Milkie. “Who’s to
Blame? Framing Low Father Involvement as a Social Problem in the 20th and 21st Centuries.”
ESS meeting, Boston, March.
2012 Milkie, Melissa A. and Rashawn Ray. “Social Psychological Perspectives on Social Class
Inequality.” ASA annual meeting, Denver, August. (Thematic Session; Invited).
2012 Nomaguchi, Kei M. and Melissa A. Milkie. “Gender, Beliefs about Spouse’s Work-Family
Conflict, and Relationship Quality.” WFRN inaugural meeting, New York, June (Invited).
2012 Milkie, Melissa A. Critic for author (Sarah Damaske “For the Family”) meets critic session,
WFRN inaugural meeting, New York, June (Invited).
2011 Milkie, Melissa A. “Intensive Mothering and Children’s Well-being: Cultural Discourse versus
Efficacy of Mother-Child Time Together.” International Conference on Motherhood Activism,
Advocacy, Agency, MIRCI, May, Toronto.
2011 Milkie, Melissa A. and Kathleen E. Denny. “Cultural Complexities of Father Involvement:
Changes in Descriptions of Benefits to Fathers, Children, and Mothers in Parents’ Magazine
1926-2006.” ESS annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2010 Milkie, Melissa A, Sarah M. Kendig, Kei M. Nomaguchi and Kathleen E. Denny. “Time with
Children, Children’s Well-Being, and Work-Family Balance among Employed Couples. Presented
at the “What Mothers Want: Innovative Policies for the 21st Century Workplace” Conference,
Rutgers University, October (Invited).
2009 Milkie, Melissa A., Dawn R. Norris and Alex Bierman. “The Long Arm of Offspring: Teenage
Troubles and Elderly Parents’ Mental Health.” ASA, San Francisco, August.
2009 Milkie, Melissa A. “Children’s Problems and Turning Points in Mothers’ Work Lives.” ESS,
Baltimore, March. (Invited).
2008 Milkie, Melissa A. “The Quality of Schools and Children’s Mental Health.” ASA, Boston, Aug.
2008 Milkie, Melissa A, Sara B. Raley and Suzanne M. Bianchi. “Taking on the ‘Second Shift’: Time
Allocations and Pressures of U.S. Parents with Preschoolers.” ASA, Boston, August.
2007 Norris, Dawn R. and Melissa A. Milkie. “Considering Mutability and Visibility of Stigmatized
Identities: Impression Management by Homeless Adults in Shelters.” ASA, New York, August.
2007 Warner, Catharine and Melissa A. Milkie “Race, Class and the Concerted Cultivation of U.S.
Third Graders.” ASA, New York, August.
2006 Bianchi, Suzanne M., John P. Robinson and Melissa A. Milkie. 2006. Changing Rhythms of
American Family Life. ASA, Montreal, August.
2006 Milkie, Melissa A. “Taking on the Second Shift: Gender and the Time Allocations and Time
Pressures of U.S. Parents with Preschoolers.” Ohio State Univ. Faculty Forum, Feb. (Invited).
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (con’t)
2005 Milkie, Melissa A. “Children’s Behavior and Evaluation for Mental Health Problems: Social
Statuses and Social Construction Processes.” ASA, Philadelphia, August.
2005 Milkie, Melissa A. Panelist at the UMCP Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity Graduate
Colloquium on Interdisciplinary Job Talks, November (Invited).
2004 Milkie, Melissa A. Panelist at the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition annual National Conference
on Gender, Washington, D.C., May (Invited).
2003 Milkie, Melissa A. with other panelists. “Strategies for Getting Tenure.” Sociologists for Women
in Society (SWS) meeting, Atlanta, August (Invited).
2002 Milkie, Melissa A. and Diana Elliott. “Antecedents and Consequences of Older Adults’ Life
Course Mastery.” Gerontological Society Association meeting, Boston, Nov.
2002 Fazio Elena, Alex Bierman, and Melissa A. Milkie. “The Advantaged Mental Health of
the Married: Psychological, Financial, or Social Resources?” ASA, Chicago, August.
2002 Milkie, Melissa A., Marybeth J. Mattingly, Kei Nomaguchi, and John P. Robinson. “Feelings
about Time with Children: The Influence of Employment, Family Structure, and Gender.” PAA
meeting, Atlanta, May.
2001 Bianchi, Suzanne M. and Melissa A. Milkie. “So Little Time..: Subjective Perceptions and
Objective Measures of Fathers’ and Mothers’ Time With Children.” Society for Research in Child
Development (SRCD), Minneapolis, April. (Invited).
2001 Milkie, Melissa A. “Assessing Media Power: Understanding Girls’ Resistance to Cultural Images
of Femininity.” Annual Diversity Forum on Race, Gender and Identity, Univ. of Maryland, March.
2001 Nomaguchi, Kei M. and Melissa A. Milkie. “The Joys and Burdens of Children: The Well-Being
of Men and Women Becoming Parents Versus Remaining Childless.” PAA, Wash., D.C., March.
2001 Peltola, Pia, Melissa A. Milkie and Stanley Presser. “The ‘Feminist’ Mystique: Culture, Social
Change, and the Attitude-Identity Paradox.” ASA, Anaheim, August.
2000 Milkie, Melissa A. “Perceptions of Parenting Across Generations: How Involved are Fathers?”
ASA, Washington, D.C., Aug.
2000 Milkie, Melissa A., Suzanne M. Bianchi and Marybeth J. Mattingly. “How Involved are Fathers?
Ideals, Realities and the Relationship to Family Well-Being.” American Association of Public
Opinion Research (AAPOR) meeting, Portland, May.
2000 Milkie, Melissa A., Suzanne M. Bianchi and Marybeth J. Mattingly. “How Involved are Fathers?
Ideals, Realities and the Relationship to Family Well-Being.” Conflict and Cooperation in Families
conference; sponsored by the MacArthur Network on the Family & Economy and NICHD Family
and Child Well-being Research Network. Bethesda, MD, March. (Invited).
1999 Bianchi, Suzanne M., John P. Robinson, Liana C. Sayer and Melissa A. Milkie. “Is Anyone Doing
the Housework? Trends and Gender Differentials in America’s Least Favorite Activity.” ASA,
Chicago, August; AAPOR, St. Petersburg, FL, May.
1999 Bianchi, Suzanne M., John P. Robinson, Liana C. Sayer and Melissa A. Milkie. “Is Anyone Doing
the Housework? Trends and Gender Differentials in America’s Least Favorite Activity.” Alfred P.
Sloan Conference, University of Chicago, May. (Invited).
1998 Milkie, Melissa A. and Pia Peltola. “Playing All the Roles: Gender and the Work-Family
Balancing Act.” ASA, San Francisco, Aug.
1997 Milkie, Melissa A. and John P. Robinson. “The Joys of Cooking and Cleaning? Social Status
Differences in the Enjoyment of Housework.” ASA, Toronto, Aug.
1997 Pescosolido, Bernice A., Elizabeth Grauerholz and Melissa A. Milkie. “The Presentation of Race
in Children’s Books.” Southern Sociological Society meeting, New Orleans, April.
1996 Milkie, Melissa A., Robin W. Simon and Brian Powell. “Through the Eyes of Children: Youths’
Perceptions of Maternal and Paternal Roles.” ASA, New York, August.
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TEACHING
Undergraduate Courses
* The Sociology of Mental Health and Disorder (as 300-level & 400-level Research Practicum)
* The Sociology of Health and Illness
* The Sociology of the Self-Concept
* Introduction to Social Research Methods
* Sociological Social Psychology
* Sociology of Gender
* Independent Study; Experiential Learning; Honors Thesis Research in Sociology
Graduate Courses
* The Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
* Sociology of the Self-Concept
* Lives and Times: Socialization Across the Life Course
* Methods of Social Inquiry; Textual and Content Analysis
* Issues in the Study of Gender, Work and Family (with colleagues)
* Theories of Social Psychology
* Explorations in the Sociology of Aging & the Life Course (with colleagues);
* Proseminar—Professional development seminar; Research Practicum (with colleagues)
Other Teaching Activities: * Participation in Maryland’s Inter-University Teaching Portfolio Development
Program; * Participation in Center for Teaching Excellence and Honors Center for Learning workshops; *
Organized and Facilitated Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar on Health and Society
MENTORING AND ADVISING at University of Toronto/University of Maryland Sociology
Dissertation and M.A.Thesis/Practicum/2nd-year paper committees by year and type of thesis:
2019 Ph.D.: Cinthya Guzman (supervisory); Patricia Louie (supervisory), Atsushi Narisada
(supervisory); Matt Parbst (supervisory); Practicum: Dana Wray
2018 Ph.D.: Katelin Albert (supervisory); Merin Oleschuk (supervisory); Joanna Pepin.
2017 Ph.D.: Shanna Brewton-Tiayon (co-chair); Alice Hoe (supervisory); Rula Kahil (OISE—internal
external); Sidra Montgomery.
2016 Ph.D.: Melissa Moyser (internal external).
2015 MA/2nd-year paper: Mollie Greenberg; Megan Wilhelm.
2014 Ph.D.: Valerie Chepp; Kathleen Denny (chair). 2nd-year paper: Wendy Laybourn; Joanna Pepin
(chair); Shengwei Sun (chair); Yangzi Yu (chair).
2013 Ph.D: Megan Bears Augustyn (Criminology), Javier Garcia, Amber Nelson, Mike Ryan (co-chair);
Michelle Smirnova; 2nd-year paper: Shanna Brewton-Tiayon (chair).
2012 Ph.D.: Dawn Norris (chair), Betsy Thorn; MA/2nd-year paper: Sharon Edens, Daniel Swann
(chair).
2011 Ph.D.: Catharine Warner (chair); Tracy Kennedy; MA/2nd-year paper: Beverly Pratt (chair).
2010 Ph.D.: Stephanie Eckman (JPSM), Sarah Kendig (chair); Heather Ridolfo (chair), David Smith.
MA/2nd-year paper: Kathleen Denny (chair), Nanae Nakamoto (chair).
2009 Ph.D.: Jill Farrell (Criminology), Simone Gibson (Education); Fawn Mitchell (Criminology).
2008 Ph.D.: Diana Elliott, Rong Wang, Vanessa Wight. M.A.: Chaowen Chan, Karin DeAngelis,
Michelle Smirnova.
2007 Ph.D.: Alex Bierman (chair), Elena Fazio (chair), Darlene Iskra, Janet Liechty (Family Studies).
M.A.: Jon Lemich; Vanessa Lopes; Dawn Norris (chair), Heather Ridolfo (chair).
2006 Ph.D.: Jennifer Lucas (Political Science). M.A.: Sarah Kendig, Amber Nelson.
2005 Ph.D.: Mauricio Florez-Morris (chair). M.A.: Thomas Bern (co-chair), Betsy Thorn.
2004 Ph.D.: Virginia Smith Major (Psychology), Pia Peltola. M.A.: Karolyn Eworo-Enfumo (co-chair),
Tetyana Pudrovska.
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MENTORING AND ADVISING (con’t)
Dissertation and M.A.Thesis/2nd-year paper Committees (by year and type of thesis)
2003 Ph.D.: Stephen Meersman, Kei Nomaguchi. M.A.: Darlene Iskra, Todd Woodruff.
2002 Ph.D.: Stephani Hatch, Mark Pioli. M.A.: Alex Bierman, Diana Elliott (chair), Elena Fazio, Julia
Overturf.
2001 Ph.D.: Amy McLaughlin, Liana Sayer. M.A.: Laura Adler, Elizabeth Novatny.
2000 Ph.D.: Peter Catina (Kinesiology), Catherine Gallagher (Criminology). M.A.: Yuko Kurashina,
Marybeth Mattingly.
1999 Ph.D.: Wan He. M.A.: Brad Hepler, Kei Nomaguchi, Angela Romano Papillo, Tavia Simmons.
1998 Ph.D.: Lee Martin, Gladys Martinez, Laura Moore.
Mentoring to Associate-level and Junior Faculty
2016-2018 Faculty Mentor to Rania Salem, Assistant Professor, UTSC
2016-2018 Faculty Mentor to Irene Boeckmann, Assistant Professor, St. George
2016-2018 Faculty Mentor to Ann Mullen, Associate Professor, UTSC
2015-2016 Faculty Mentor to Sarah Sharma, Associate Professor, UTM
2009-2013 Faculty Mentor to Kris Marsh, Assistant Professor, Maryland
Advising to Sociology Department Summer Research Fellows UMD (established 2009)
2014: Joanna Pepin; 2013: Mandi Martinez; 2010: Michelle Smirnova; 2009: Kathleen Denny; Dawn
Norris; Catharine Warner
Advising to Undergraduate Honors Students/Chair of Thesis UMD
2012: Fatemah Alqabandi; 2008: Keri Smyth; 2000: Amy Shimshak; 1999: Sonia Columbano; 1998:
Margarita Ortiz
Advising to 1st- and 2nd-Year Graduate Students U of T and UMD
2017-18: Brett Masse; 2013-14: Megan Wilhelm; 2012-13: Joanna Pepin; 2011-12: Shanna Brewton-
Tiayon; 2009-2010: Meg Austin; 2008-2009: Kathleen Denny; 2007-2008: Mary Kniskern; 2004-2005:
Sarah Kendig, Catharine Warner; 2002-2003: Suzanna Carr, Tetyana Pudrovska; 2001-2002: Anthony
Hatch, Iulia Patricu, Andrew Timleck; 2000-2001: Diana Elliot; Amy Erdman; 1999-2000: Allison
Gibbons; 1998-1999: Tavia Simmons.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ASSOCIATIONS
2017-2019 Editorial Advisory Board, Advances in Medical Sociology volumes
2018 Chair, Parenthood and Time session, IATUR annual conference
2017-2018 American Sociological Association (ASA) Committee on Nominations
2016-2018 Awards committee chair, Mental Health section, ASA
2016-2018 University of Toronto representative for the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)
2003-2018 Occasional Reviewer, National Science Foundation, SSHRC
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ASSOCIATIONS (con’t)
1994-2018 Reviewer for professional journals including American Sociological Review, American
Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social
Psychology Quarterly, Gender & Society, Journal of Marriage and Family, Society and
Mental Health.
1990-2018 Member, American Sociological Association (ASA); Sociologists for Women in Society
(SWS) (regularly through the period)
2016-2018 Member, Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)
2017-2018 Advisory Reference Group, UNICEF/Canadian Youth and Well-being Index
2018 Presider and Chair for Parenting session, IATUR, Budapest.
2018 “Work, Family and the Quest for Meaning;” talk for U of T staff through Academy of
Well-Being (with Scott Schieman)
2017 Discussant, Parenting session, ASA, Montreal
2017 Moderator, Immigrant families session, Metropolis Conference, Montreal
2016 “Balancing Work-Life Commitments;” talk with physicians/medical residents at Mt. Sinai
hospital (with Scott Schieman)
2016 “Balancing Work-Life Commitments in a Changing World of Work;” talk for U of T staff
(with Scott Schieman)
2015 Presider at regular session, MIRCI conference, Toronto
2011-2015 Deputy Editor, Gender & Society
2013-2014 Deputy Editor, American Sociological Review
2014 Presider, ASA Thematic Session, with Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In author, San Francisco
2014 Discussant, Perspectives on Time Use in the U.S. Conference, Washington, D.C.
2013 Organizer, Presider & Discussant; Regular Session on Parenthood, ASA, New York
2011-2014 Council Member, Social Psychology Section of the ASA
2011-2013 Associate Editor, Society and Mental Health
2009-2013 Chair, Committee on Publications, Mental Health section, ASA
2011-2012 Program Committee, Work and Family Researchers Network, Inaugural Work-Family
Conference (WFRN), New York, June 2012.
2009-2012 Editorial Board, Journal of Health and Social Behavior
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ASSOCIATIONS (con’t)
2011 Discussant, Thematic Session for ASA: “Conflicting Visions of the American Family”
2010 Goode Book Award Committee, for book-length contributions to family sociology
published in 2008 or 2009, ASA Family section
2003-2010 Member, National Council on Family Relations (NCFR); Pop. Assoc. of America (PAA)
2009-2010 Nominations Committee, Social Psychology section, ASA
2009-2010 Editorial Board, Social Forces
2009 Organizer for Social Psychology section, ASA meeting, San Francisco, August.
2007 Organizer of Household sessions and Presider for International Association for Time Use
Research (IATUR) Conference, Washington D.C., October.
2006 Organizer for Mental Health section, ASA meeting, Montreal, August.
2006 Editorial Board, Journal of Marriage and Family (volume 68)
2003-2006 Editorial Board, Social Psychology Quarterly.
2006 Goode Book Award Committee, for book-length contributions to family sociology
published in 2004 or 2005, ASA Family section.
2003 Organizer and Chair of Career Workshop on “Balancing Teaching and Research
Expectations in the Early Faculty Career,” ASA, Atlanta, August.
2002 Organizer for Gender regular session, ASA, Chicago, August.
2001 Discussant for Gender and Work regular session, ASA, Anaheim, August.
1999 Discussant for Gender and Social Psychology regular session, ASA, Chicago, August.
1993-1995 Council Member (student representative), Social Psychology Section of the ASA.
1994 Presider and Discussant, Sociology of Culture refereed roundtables, ASA, Los Angeles,
August.
SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE and UNIVERSITY
Sociology Department (University of Toronto)
2017-2018 Chair of the Tri-campus Graduate Department (included four assistant professor search
committees; one tenure committee & one promotion committee). Health comp committee;
PTR committees.
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SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE and UNIVERSITY (con’t)
Sociology Department (Maryland, con’t)
2016-2017 Chair of the Tri-campus Graduate Department (included three assistant professor search
committees; three tenure committees & three promotion committees). Health comp
committee; Family comp committee; PTR committees.
2015-2016 Chair of the Tri-campus Graduate Department (included five assistant professor search
committees & four tenure committees). Graduate grade appeals committee; Culture comp
committee; PTR committees.
2014-2015 Sociology search committee (quantitative methods--UTM); tenure committee (Erik
Schneiderhan—UTM sociology)
2013-2014 Gender, Work & Family comps committee (fall-chair); Social Psychology comps
committee (fall); IRB committee; tenure committee (Kris Marsh, chair)
2012-2013 Gender, Work & Family comps committee (fall-chair); Ad-hoc Hiring committee (fall);
Graduate committee (fall/spring); Policy committee (fall/spring); GWF head
2011-2012 Social Psychology comps exam committee (fall-chair); Policy committee (fall/spring);
Methods/Statistics committee (fall/spring), Gender, Work & Family comps committee
(spring-chair); alternate comprehensive exams (Pratt, co-chair); Social Psychology head
2010-2011 (sabbatical year); alternate comprehensive exams (Vikram, chair)
2009-2010 Qualitative methods search committee (chair; fall/spring); Policy committee (fall/spring);
Target of Opportunity hiring committee (fall); Social Psychology comps exam committee
(spring); Gender, Work & Family comps committee (spring-chair); Mady W. Segal
emerita review committee (spring-chair); alternate comprehensive exam (Jurgenson).
2008-2009 Sociology search committee (chair; fall); Social Psychology comps exam committee (fall);
Gender, Work & Family comps committee (fall); Social committee.
2007-2008 Demography search committee (spring); Policy committee (fall/spring); Laura Mamo
tenure review committee (fall); Departmental Review committee (fall/spring); Social
Psychology comps exam committee (fall/spring-chair); Gender, Work & Family comps
committee (fall).
2006-2007 Policy committee (fall/spring); Undergraduate committee (fall/spring); Departmental
Seminars committee (fall/spring); Social Psychology comps exam committee (spring-
chair); Gender, Work & Family comps committee (spring); Social committee (spring).
2005-2006 Organizer of Faculty Research Forum Series (fall/spring); Social Psychology comps exam
committee (fall-chair/spring-chair); Gender, Work and Family comps exam committee
(fall); Graduate committee (fall/spring); Jeff Lucas tenure review committee (fall).
2004-2005 Social Psychology comps exam committee (fall-chair/spring-chair); Gender, Work and
Family comps exam committee (spring); Senior Faculty search committee (fall).
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SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE and UNIVERSITY (con’t)
Sociology Department (Maryland, con’t)
2003-2004 (sabbatical year) Social Psychology search committee
2002-2003 Social Psychology area coordinator (spring) Statistics/methods committee; Social
Psychology comps exam committee (fall/spring); Gender, Work and Family comps exam
committee (spring).
2001-2002 Theory search committee; Statistics/methods committee; Social Psychology comps exam
committee (fall)
2000-2001 Organized Social Psychology seminars (fall); Policy committee; Statistics/methods
committee; Awards committee; Social Psychology comps exam committee (spring)
1999-2000 Organized Social Psychology seminars (fall/spring); Policy committee; Statistics /methods
committee; Awards committee; Social Psychology comps exam committee (fall/spring);
Gender, Work and Family comps exam committee (fall)
1998-1999 Organized Social Psychology seminars (fall/spring); Statistics/methods committee; Social
Psychology comps exam committee (spring)
1997-1998 Organized Social Psychology seminars (fall/spring); Undergraduate program committee;
Statistics/methods committee
1996-1997 Organized Social Psychology seminars (fall/spring); Undergraduate program committee;
Statistics/methods committee; Social Psychology comps exam committee (fall/spring)
1995-1996 Undergraduate program committee; Statistics/methods committee
Faculty of Arts & Science (FAS) / University of Toronto (U of T; UTM)
2017-2019 Provostial Assessor
2018 10,000 Ph.D. Project, Divisional Committee
2018 Graduate Chair Search Committee (Psychology)
2018 External Evaluator of Psychology (group of chairs)
2015 Tenure committee (UTM-ICCIT program)
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) / University of Maryland (UMD)
2013-2014 National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Professor for Inclusive Excellence
2012 African-American Studies Tenure committee (chair)
2008-2010 Maryland Population Research Center Executive Board
2009 Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM) Tenure committee
2005-2006 BSOS: Sociology Department Chair search committee
2004-2006 UMD: General Research Board committee
2000 BSOS: Excellence in Teaching Award Selection committee