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KATHERINE WEISSHAAR Department of Sociology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kateweisshaar.com
EDUCATION 2016 PhD. Department of Sociology, Stanford University.
Dissertation Committee: David Grusky, Michael Rosenfeld, Shelley Correll, Michelle Jackson, Cristobal Young, Jesper Sorensen. Dissertation: “From ‘Opt Out’ to Blocked Out: The Negative Consequences of Intermittent Employment.”
2010 B.A., Northwestern University.
Sociology/Mathematics, Honors ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2016-present Assistant Professor of Sociology. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2016-present Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. PUBLICATIONS Weisshaar, Katherine. 2014. “Earnings Equality and Relationship Stability for Same-Sex and Heterosexual Couples.” Social Forces 93(1): 93-123. • Finalist for the 2015 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. • Honorable Mention, American Sociological Association Family Section Graduate Paper Award.
Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (4th edition). Edited by David B. Grusky and Katherine Weisshaar. 2014. Boulder: Westview Press. Grusky, David B. and Katherine Weisshaar. 2014. “The Questions We Ask About Inequality.” In David B. Grusky and Katherine Weisshaar (Eds.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perpsective (4th edition). Boulder: Westview Press: 1-16. Grusky, David B. and Katherine Weisshaar. 2014. “A Compressed History of Inequality.” In David B. Grusky and Katherine Weisshaar (Eds.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (4th edition). Boulder: Westview Press: 44-51.
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Jusko, Karen, and Katherine Weisshaar. 2014. “The Poverty and Inequality Report: Safety Net.” Pathways: A Magazine on Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy. Special Issue 2014. WORKING PAPERS Weisshaar, Katherine. “Publish and Perish?: An Assessment of Gender Bias in Academia.” Invitation to Revise and Resubmit.
• Press coverage: Inside Higher Ed; Science Magazine; American Council on Education. Weisshaar, Katherine. “Intermittent labor force participation: a source of bias? An experimental approach.” Weisshaar, Katherine. “The Gendered Recession: How Economic Upheaval Can Change Occupational Sex Segregation Processes.” Weisshaar, Katherine, and Nicola Beisel. “What’s New in Sex Since the Seventies?: A Historical Analysis of the Portrayal of Sex and Relationships in Feminist and Mainstream Media Sources.” Jusko, Karen, and Katherine Weisshaar. “Measuring Poverty Responsiveness.” Under review. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS 2015-2016 Institute for Research in the Social Sciences Graduate Fellowship 2012-2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2015 ASA Family Section Graduate Paper Award, Honorable Mention. 2015 Stanford Sociology Graduate Research Opportunity Grant, $5,000. 2014 Stanford VPGE Graduate Research Opportunity Grant, $5,000. 2014 Stanford VPGE Diversity Dissertation Research Opportunity Grant, $4,000. 2013 Center on Poverty and Inequality Graduate Research Grant 2011-2014 National Poverty Fellow, Stanford University Center on Poverty and Inequality 2009 Undergraduate Research Grant, Northwestern University PRESENTATIONS 2016 “Earnings Equality and Relationship Stability for Same-Sex and Heterosexual Couples.”
Paper presented at the Work and Family Researchers Network conference. Washington, D.C.
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2015 “Intermittent Labor Force Participation as a Source of Discrimination?: The Negative
Consequences of Employment Lapses.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Chicago, IL.
2015 “Earnings Equality and Relationship Stability for Same-Sex and Heterosexual
Couples.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. San Diego, CA.
2014 “Earnings Equality and Relationship Stability for Same-Sex and Heterosexual
Couples.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.
2014 “Intermittent Labor Force Participation: A Source of Discrimination? Perceptions Toward
Parents with Employment Lapses.” CERSGS-CPI Summer Conference on Inequality. Tohoku University, Japan.
2013 “Does Productivity Shatter the Glass Ceiling? An Assessment of Gender Discrimination
in Academia. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. New York, NY.
2012 “Earnings Equality and Relationship Stability for Same-Sex and Heterosexual Couples.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. San Francisco, CA.
2012 “Earnings Equality and Relationship Stability for Same-Sex and Heterosexual Couples.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Denver, CO.
2012 “The Gendered Recession.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Denver, CO.
2012 “Earnings Equality and Relationship Stability for Same-Sex and Heterosexual
Couples.” CSSI-CPI Summer Conference on Inequality and Stratification. Tohoku University, Japan.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2016 Sociology 124: Sex and Gender in Society. 2015 Co-Instructor of a seminar on Social Inequality at the San Quentin Prison through the
Prison University Project. 2013 Teaching Assistant: Data Analysis
Instructor: Michael Rosenfeld
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2012 Teaching Assistant: Sociology of Gender Instructor: Shelley Correll
2011 Teaching Assistant: Social Stratification
Instructor: David Grusky PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE Reviewer for American Sociological Review, Demography, The American Journal of Sociology, Social Problems, Gender and Society, and Social Currents. Member, Program Committee, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, 2017. Researcher and Survey Instrument Designer in the Laboratory for the Study of American Values, Stanford University, 2013-2014. Association of Sociology Graduate Students Admissions Chair, Stanford University, 2011-2012. Center for Studies in Race and Ethnicity Graduate Student Mentor, Stanford University, 2011. REFERENCES David Grusky Professor - Department of Sociology, Stanford University Email: [email protected] Phone: (650) 723-4241 Michael Rosenfeld Associate Professor – Department of Sociology, Stanford University Email: [email protected] Phone: (650) 723-3958 Shelley Correll Professor – Department of Sociology, Stanford University Email: [email protected] Phone: (650) 723-1994