Jerry Jacobs, Ph.D.
Education:
News:
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Febuary 26, 2014
Jerry A. Jacobs’ new book, In Defense of Disciplines, was the featured topic in a news article in Inside Higher Education in its February 26 edition. The book was also the subject of an “author-meets-critics” session on February 22 at the Eastern Sociological Society meetings in Baltimore.
Education:
- 1977 A.B., Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- 1983 Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Courses:
- Sociology 2: Social Problems
- Sociology 130: Work and Careers in the 21st Century
- Sociology 555/556: Proseminar for First Year Graduate Students in Sociology
- Management 104: Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
Research Projects:
- The Impact of Technology on the Future of Work
- Experimental Survey Study of Attitudes toward the Employment of Parents of Young Children Uisng TESS Data (Time Sharing Experiments in the Social Sciences)
- Study of Women's Interest in STEM Fields
- Study of the Development of Career Plans by Undergraduates
Publications:
- BOOKS
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- Interdisciplinarity: A Critical Assessment
- Interdisciplinary Hype, Chronice of Higher Education
- Where Credit is Due: Assessing the Visibility of Gender & Society Articles with Google Scholar
- Working Time for Married Couples in 28 Countries
- The Faculty Time Divide
OPEN REPOSITORY PUBLICATIONS
THE DELMAR HOTEL AND THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS
THE ACADEMIC JOB MARKET IN SOCIOLOGY
ASR's Greatest Hits
Further Reflections on ASR's Greatest Hits
Multiple Methods in ASR
Comparative and International in ASR
Conferences:
- Regularly presents at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association
- Conference Organizer, Work and Family Researchers Network Conference (2012)
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