Jerry Jacobs, Ph.D.
Education:
Work and Family News:
Jerry A. Jacobs appeared on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane on Monday, December 22, 2014, as part of a discussion of men's and women's labor force participation. Radio Times is a regular feature on WHYY, the Philadelphia affiliate of National Public Radio. http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2014/12/22/the-vanishing-male-worker-why-some-women-opt-out/
Jerry A. Jacobs was quoted in an August 11 story in Time Magazine that critically assess popular advice on work-family issues.
Jerry A. Jacobs received the Worklife Legacy Award at the June meetings of the Work and Family Researchers Network in New York. The Award recognized Jacobs’ scholarly and organizational contributions to the work-family field.
The Work and Family Researchers Network held its second biennial meeting in New York City from June 19-21. Jerry A. Jacobs helped to plan the meetings, in his roles as Executive Officer of WFRN and as a member of the 2014 WFRN Program Committee. The meetings were very successful, building on the momentum created at the 2012 inaugural meeting. Just over 1,000 participants from 42 countries were listed on the program.
Interdisciplinarity News:
Jerry A. Jacobs’ book, In Defense of Disciplines, was cited in an Ocgtober 15 news story on Interdisciplinarity in the journal Nature.
Jerry A. Jacobs’ book, In Defense of Disciplines, was the subject of an "Author Meets Critics" session at the Association for Integrative Studies Meetings at Michigan State University in October and the Social Science History Meetings in Toronto, Canada on November 9.
The Chronicle of Higher Education featured an essay by Jerry A. Jacobs entitled “Why the Disciplines Still Matter in its “Commentary” section on May 27, 2014.
Publications
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Books--Please click on the cover for more information.
JOURNALS, SPECIAL ISSUES
- Community, Work and Family:
- The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science:
- The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science:
- Work and Occupations:
- Interdisciplinarity: A Critical Assessment
- Interdisciplinary Hype, Chronicle 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
- Detours on the Road to Gender Equality
- Work and American Families: Diverse Needs, Common Solutions
OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY PUBLICATIONS
THE DELMAR HOTEL AND THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS
THE ACADEMIC JOB MARKET IN SOCIOLOGY: THE ASA JOB BANK
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ASR's Greatest Hits -
Further Reflections on ASR's Greatest Hits -
Multiple Methods in ASR -
Comparative and International in ASR
Education:
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1977 A.B., Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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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
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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
Conferences:
- Regularly presents at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association
- Conference Organizer, Work and Family Researchers Network Conference (2012, 2014)
Personal Information:
