MICHAEL J. HANDEL Department of Sociology and Anthropology

960B Renaissance Park, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 (617) 373-3620 m.handel@neu.edu

EMPLOYMENT 2005-present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern

University

2010 (leave) Labor Market Analyst, Division for Employment Analysis and Policy,

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France

2000-2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin—

Madison

1999-2000 Resident Scholar, Levy Economics Institute, Bard College

1992-1994 Research Associate, Harvard Business School, Future of Work Project (Shoshana

Zuboff, principal investigator)

FIELDS

Sociology of work, organizations, and labor markets, stratification, economic sociology,

sociological theory

AFFILIATIONS

Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin—Madison

EDUCATION 2000 Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University

1994 M.A., Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

1985 M.A., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

1985 B.A., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (Magna cum Laude)

RESEARCH GRANTS

2003 National Science Foundation, "Job Quality in the New Economy." Two-wave panel

survey of a nationally representative sample of workers in 2005 and 2008 (n=2,300).

Amount: $1.5 million.

2003 Russell Sage Presidential Award, "Job Quality in the New Economy." Refinement and

piloting of survey on job skill requirements, workplace technology, and employee

involvement practices. Amount: $45,000.

2003 Wisconsin Alumni Research Fund, "Job Quality in the New Economy." Supplement to

support survey pilot phase. Amount: $15,000.

PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________________________

Books

2016 Accounting for Mismatch in Low- and Middle-Income Countries : Measurement,

Magnitudes, and Explanations (with Alexandria Valerio and Maria Laura Sánchez

Puerta). The World Bank, Washington, DC. Available at

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/24906

2005 Worker Skills and Job Requirements: Is There a Mismatch? Economic Policy Institute.

Washington, DC.

Reviewed in Contemporary Sociology, 36:451-452 (2007).

2002 The Sociology of Organizations: Classic, Contemporary, and Critical Readings (editor and

author). Sage Publications. Thousand Oaks, CA.

Journal articles

2016 “What Do People Do at Work? A Profile of U.S. Jobs from the Survey of Workplace

Skills, Technology, and Management Practices (STAMP)” Journal of Labour Market

Research. XX:XX

2016 “The O*NET Content Model: Strengths and Limitations.” Journal of Labour Market

Research. XX:XX

2013 “Theories of Lean Management: An Empirical Evaluation,” Social Science Research 44

(2014):86–102.

2013 “Putting Tasks to the Test: Human Capital, Job Tasks, and Wages” with David Autor,

Journal of Labor Economics 31:2, part 2, pp. S59-S96.

2007 "Computers and the Wage Structure." Research in Labor Economics. 26:155-196.

2006. “The Effect of Participative Work Systems on Employee Earnings.” Research in the

Sociology of Work. 16:55-84.

2005. "Trends in Perceived Job Quality, 1989-1998." Work and Occupations. 32:66-94.

2004. "Education and the Economy Revisited: How Schools Matter," with Douglas N. Harris

and Lawrence Mishel. Peabody Journal of Education. 79:36-63.

2004. "Is There a Wage Payoff to Innovative Work Practices?" with Maury Gittleman.

Industrial Relations 43:67-97.

2004. "The Effects of New Work Practices on Workers," with David I. Levine. Industrial

Relations 43:1-43.

2003. "Skills Mismatch in the Labor Market." Annual Review of Sociology 29:135-165.

Book chapters

forth. "Measuring Job Content: Skills, Technology, and Management Practices," in Oxford

Handbook of Skills and Training, John Buchanan, David Finegold, Kenneth Mayhew and

Chris Warhurst, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2015 “The Future of Employment, Wages, and Technological Change,” in Emerging Trends in

the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Robert A. Scott and Stephen M. Kosslyn, eds. New

York: Wiley.

2015 “Beyond the Headlines: Analysing Skills Data Over the Long Term,” in Technology,

Globalisation and the Future of Work in Europe: Essays on Employment in a Digitised

Economy, Tony Dolphin, ed. London: Institute for Public Policy Research.

2013 “Work Redesign.” Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, Vicki Smith, ed. SAGE:

Thousand Oaks, CA.

2008 "Skills Mismatch." Encyclopedia of Social Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

2006 “The Effects of New Work Practices on Workers,” with David I. Levine. Pp. 73-85 in

America at Work: Choices and Challenges, Edward E. Lawler III and James O'Toole,

eds. Palgrave Macmillan.

2003 "Who Uses Computers and in What Ways: Effects on Wages and Income Distribution,"

with Maury Gittleman. Pp.524-544 in New Economy Handbook, Derek Jones, ed. New

York: Academic Press.

2002 "The Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Industry: What Prognosis for Good Jobs?" with Chris

Tilly. Corporate Governance and Sustainable Prosperity, William Lazonick and Mary

O'Sullivan, eds. New York: Macmillan.

Editor

2013 Journal for Labour Market Research, special issue, guest co-editor

2004 Industrial Relations special issue on "The Effect of New Work Practices Workers" (with

David I. Levine)

Book reviews

2012 Review of Never Good Enough: Health Care Workers and the False Promise of Job

Training by Ariel Ducey, American Journal of Sociology 118:522-524.

2007 Review of Demanding Work: The Paradox of Job Quality in the Affluent Economy by

Francis Green, Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 61:266-268.

2006 Review of Skill-Biased Technological Change by Donald Siegel, Economics of

Education Review. 25:341-342.

2005 Review of Downsizing in America: Reality, Causes, and Consequences by William J.

Baumol, Alan S. Blinder, and Edward N. Wolff. Contemporary Sociology 34:377-379.

2003 Review of Women, Work, and Computing by Ruth Woodfield, Contemporary Sociology

32:175-176.

Working papers, commissioned papers, and reports

2016 “Dynamics of Occupational Change: Implications for the Occupational Requirements

Survey,” commissioned report prepared to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States

Department of Labor (July 15)

2015 “Methodological Issues Related to the Occupational Requirements Survey,”

commissioned report prepared to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States

Department of Labor (February 26)

2013 “Trends in Job Skill Demands in OECD Countries.” OECD Social, Employment and

Migration Working Papers, No. 143. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development. (refereed working paper)

2011 “Survey of Skill Stocks and Job Requirements,” draft survey for twenty-nation survey

project conducted by The World Bank (1/6/2011).

2010 “Trends in Job Skill Demands in OECD Countries.” Report of empirical analyses for the

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris, France), commissioned

by the European Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and

Inclusion (New Skills for New Jobs project).

2010 “Job Skill Demands in OECD Countries: An Analysis of Long-Term and Recent

Trends.” Background document (literature review) for the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (Paris, France), commissioned by the European

Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (New

Skills for New Jobs project).

2010 “Measuring Technical Skills: Proposals for instruments to be included in Surveys of

Individuals” (with Peter Elias), report to The World Bank.

2009 "Putting Tasks to the Test: Human Capital, Job Tasks and Wages." (with David H.

Autor) Working Paper #15116, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge,

MA.

2009 "Strengths and Limitations of O*NET's Content Model." Workshop on Improving the

O*NET. Meeting of the Review Panel of the Occupational Information Network

(O*NET). National Academies of Science, Washington DC. April 2009.

2009 "Enhancing O*NET's Usefulness for Academic Researchers." Workshop on Improving

the O*NET. Meeting of the Review Panel of the Occupational Information Network

(O*NET). National Academies of Science, Washington DC. March 26, 2009.

2008 "Measuring Job Content: Skills, Technology, and Management Practices." Institute for

Research on Poverty Discussion Paper no. 1357-08. University of Wisconsin, Madison

WI.

2004 "Implications of Information Technology for Employment, Skills, and Wages: Findings

from Sectoral and Case Study Research." SRI International. Arlington, VA.

Commissioned by the National Science Foundation.

2003 "Impacts of Information Technology on Employment and Work: What Do the Data and

Research Say?" SRI International. Arlington, VA. Commissioned by the National

Science Foundation.

2000 "Trends in Direct Measure of Skill." Jerome Levy Economics Institute Working Paper

No. 301.

2000 "Is There a Skills Crisis? Trends in Skill Requirements, Technology, and Wage

Inequality in the United States." Jerome Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No.

295 (Condensed version appeared as Levy Institute Public Policy Brief No. 62).

1994 Motorola—Institutionalizing Corporate Initiatives, with Janis Gogan. Case Study N9-

494-139. Boston, Ma.: Harvard Business School Publishing Division.

1994 Motorola—Elma Plant, with Janis Gogan, Shoshana Zuboff, and Gloria Schuck. Case

Study N9-494-136. Boston, Ma.: Harvard Business School Publishing Division.

1994 Utility Workers of America [Boston Edison]. Case Study N1-494-133. Boston, Ma.:

Harvard Business School Publishing Division.

Non-academic publications

2010 “Non-College Jobs Will Remain.” New York Times online (September 14). Contribution

to Room for debate: Are There Jobs That Can't Be Outsourced?

2005 “Is the Worker Skills Gap an Urban Myth? It’s Easy to Exaggerate.” On Campus and

American Teacher, December 2005/January 2006, p.4 (Publications of the American

Federation of Teachers.)

2005. “We’re Not that Dumb.” Forbes (guest column). November 14, 2005, p.48.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2001 Richard J. Herrnstein Prize for best dissertation in the social sciences, Harvard University

2000 James Thompson Award of the Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work of the

American Sociological Association, distinguished graduate student paper, "Has Post-

Industrialism Made Wages More Unequal? Inequality, Skills, and the Spread of

Computer Use at Work"

1998 Marvin E. Olsen Award of the Environment and Technology section of the American

Sociological Association, best graduate student paper "Computers and the Wage

Structure"

1996-97 Fellow, Center for Industrial Competitiveness (CIC), University of Massachusetts—

Lowell.

1982-85 University Scholar, University of Pennsylvania

MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND COVERAGE ___________________________________

TV/Radio

2005

“Manufacturing Industry Sees Lack of Skilled Workers,” by Adam Davidson, Morning Edition,

National Public Radio. November 23, 2005.

XM 169, The Power, host Mark Thompson. African-American talk, satellite radio, October 13,

2005.

1190AM WOWO radio, host Charly Butcher. Fox NewsRadio, Fort Wayne, IN, October 12,

2005.

PIA Radio, host Alex Blair. Labor union-sponsored program, broadcast in New York State

(Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, Springfield) and Madison, WI, October 11, 2005.

2003

WMTV, NBC local TV news, interviewed about effects of proposed changes to Fair Labor

Standards Act (1938) that would alter classification of exempt and non-exempt

employees, Madison, WI, July 31, 2003.

Print (including internet versions)

2015

“Is the Skills Gap Real?,” David Scharfenberg, Boston Globe (August 2)

2013

“Experts Say Engineer Shortfall Claim Bogus.” Jon Marcus (July 5), news blog for PTC

(formerly Parametric Technology Corporation), CAD/CAE software company with

STEM partnerships with schools and universities.

“Reported skills gap widens—and so does skepticism,” Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report

(June 25)

“Here's How Little Math Americans Actually Use at Work” Jordan Weissmann, The Atlantic

(April 24).

2012

“The Big Jobs Myth: American Workers Aren't Ready for American Jobs.” Barbara Kiviat, The

Atlantic (July 25).

2007

“What Kind of Math Matters?” Sean Cavanaugh, Education Week, June 12, 2007.

2006

"The High-Skills Hoax," Gerald W. Bracey, Phi Delta Kappan, September 2006, pp.93-94.

"Ambiguity About Preparation for Workforce Clouds Efforts to Equip Students for Future,"

Lynn Olson, Education Week, May 24, 2006.

“Amid Calls to Bolster U.S. Innovation, Experts Lament Paucity of Basic Math Skills,” Mark

Schoeff Jr., Workforce Management, March 13, 2006.

“No Todo es Cuestión de Sueldos” (“Not Everything is a Question of Pay”), Mercado (Buenos

Aires business daily), January 5, 2006.

2005

“Time to Dispel Some Economic Myths,” by David R. Francis, Christian Science Monitor,

December 12, 2005, p.15.

“Job Satisfaction Is Not Just a Matter of Dollars,” by Alan B. Krueger, New York Times,

December 8, 2005, p.C3.

“As Jobs Disappear, Manufacturers Say They Need Workers,” by Barbara Rose, Chicago

Tribune, November 23, 2005.

“Firms' New Grail: Skilled Workers—U.S. Manufacturers Report Shortages Are Widespread;

Critics Cite Training Cuts,” by Timothy Aeppel, The Wall Street Journal, November 22,

2005, p.A2.

“Is Shortage of Skilled Labor Just a Myth?” Gannett News Service, Bucyrus (Ohio) Telegraph

Forum, Nov 17, 2005.

“New Study Disputes Dire Forecast of Worker Skills Gap,” by Kathy Gurchiek, HR News,

Society for Human Resource Management, October 25, 2005.

“Study Says Younger Workers' Lack of Maturity, Not Skills, May Fuel Employer

Dissatisfaction,” by Jessica Marquez, Workforce Management, October 24, 2005, p.6.

“Durham Workers Have Job Skills, But Gaps Exist,” by Liz Hester, Durham (NC) Herald-Sun,

October 17, 2005, p.A1.

“Skill Development: No Gap, Researcher Claims; Knowledge Gains Computed,”

Dave Altstadt, Employment and Training Reporter, October 17, 2005, p.121-122.

“Book: Skills Deficit Fear Just a Fable,” by Diane Stafford, Kansas City Star, October 13, 2005,

p.C1.

“La Fuerza Laboral de EU Sí Está Calificada: Un Estudio Contradice Que Se Tengan Que

Importar Profesionales” (“The U.S. Labor Force is Qualified: Study Contradicts

Concerns”), by Yolanda Arenales, La Opinión (Los Angeles, CA, large circulation,

Spanish-language daily newspaper), October 12, 2005.

2004

“Labor Pains: Closing the 'Skills Gap',” by Kris Maher, The Wall Street Journal, November 22,

2004, p.A2.

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS AND MEETINGS

Paper and other presentations

2016 Panel discussant for papers, “How Often do the Requirements of Jobs Change?” and

“Education and Training Requirements for Occupations,” Technical Advisory

Committee, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC (June 17) (invited)

2016 Panelist, “Measuring the ‘Skills Gap.’” Presented paper, “Mismatch: Measurement,

Magnitudes, and Explanations—Results from the World Bank STEP Surveys.”

Workshop on Skills towards Productivity and Growth, sponsored by Ministry of Skill

Development and Entrepreneurship, India and World Bank mission, India (New Delhi,

March 21).

2015 Panelist, “PIAAC and Skills Development Policies: Lessons and Implications,” Korea-

OECD PIAAC Joint Conference 2015, organized by KRIVET (Korea Research Institute

for Vocational Education and Training), OECD headquarters, Paris, France (December 1)

2015 “Accounting for Education and Skills Mismatch: Measurement,

Magnitudes, and Explanations,” presented to World Bank Brown Bag Lunch (sponsored

by Education Global Practice, Social Protection & Labor Global Practice, and Jobs

Cross-Cutting Solutions Area), Washington, DC (May 27)

2014 “Apparent or Genuine Skills Mismatch? Evidence from International Surveys of Adult

Skills.” Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training & World Bank

panel, Seoul, South Korea (November 3)

2014 “Technology and the Evolution of Skill Demand:Theory and Evidence,” Organisation for

Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France (June 12)

2014 “Job Skill Requirements in OECD Countries: Levels, Trends, Distributions, Drivers, and

Implications,” Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH (WZB Berlin

Social Science Center) (June 6)

2014 “Measuring Job Requirements within and across Countries: Principles and Performance,”

Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany (June 2)

2014 “Labor Market Implications of Technological Change: Slow and Steady,” international

BIBB/IAB conference on Technology, Assets, Skills, Knowledge, Specialisation

(TASKS), Nuremberg, Germany (May 27) (Keynote)

2014 “Labor Market Implications of Technological Change: Slow and Steady.” Presented at

Hype vs. Reality: AI/Robotics and Impact on Employability. Roundtable discussion

sponsored by Center for Curriculum Redesign, McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute,

United States Council for International Business and the Hewlett Foundation. McGraw

Hill Financial Building, New York, NY (March 19)

2013 Presider and discussant, “Ecologies of Change,” Economic Sociology Section

Roundtable, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (August)

2013 “Changes in Job Skill Requirements in Advanced Economies: Drivers, Trends, and

Implications.” Invited opening presentation to the Skills Development and At-Risk

Populations in the 21st Century conference, Queen’s International Institute on Social

Policy, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (August 20).

2013 “What’s the Use of Math? Math Use on the Job in the United States,” invited talk to the

Colloquium on New Math Standards held by Center for Curriculum Redesign at the Ross

Institute, East Hampton, NY (August 8).

2013 “Job Skill Requirements in Canada and the OECD Trends and Implications,” invited

address to Canadian Ministry of Labor (Human Resources and Skills Development

Canada), Ron Parker Associate Deputy Minister presiding (May 29)

2012 “Wages, Job Skill Requirements, and Technology Use," paper presented at American

Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Denver (August)

2012 “The Measured Pace of Progress: The Surprisingly Gradual Rate of Evolution in the Job

Structure of OECD Countries,” IWER Research Seminar, MIT (March 13)

2012 “Job Skill Requirements: Measurement, Meanings, and Policy,” presented at T.A.S.K.S.

2 (Technology, Assets, Skills, Knowledge, Specialisation)-Second International

BIBB/IAB Workshop, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB),

Bonn, Germany (January 17)

2011 “Wages, Job Skill Requirements, and Technology Use: Results from a New Panel

Survey” presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy and

Management, Washington, DC (November 5)

2010 “What Do People Do at Work? A Profile of U.S. Jobs and Skills.” Paper presentation at

the following

o annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Boston, MA

(November 4)

o Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), University of Stockholm (December 7).

2010 “New Skills for New Jobs.” Paper presentation at the following

o Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee of the Organisation for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris (October 20)

o Urban Institute, Washington, DC (October 28)

o Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), University of Stockholm (December 7)

2010 “What’s the Use of School?” Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge

Economies and Societies, Institute of Education, University of London (November 18).

2010 Panelist, “Measuring Skills toward Employment and Productivity, Technical Workshop,”

held by the Children and Youth Unit, the Education Unit and the Social Protection Unit

of the World Bank, Washington, DC (October 25)

2010 "The O*NET System and the Survey of Skills, Technology, and Management Practices

(STAMP)." Paper presented at the Workshop on Technology, Assets, Skills, Knowledge,

Specialisation (TASKS). Sponsored by the Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und

Berufsforschung (Institute for Employment Research—Federal Employment Agency)

and Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB) (Federal Institute for Vocational Education

and Training), Nuremberg, Germany (May 17-18).

2009 "Strengths and Limitations of O*NET's Content Model." Workshop on Improving the

O*NET. Meeting of the Review Panel of the Occupational Information Network

(O*NET). National Academies of Science, Washington DC. April 17, 2009.

2009 "The O*NET System and the Survey of Skills, Technology, and Management Practices

(STAMP)." Paper presented at The International Seminar on Measuring Generic Work

Skills Using the Job Requirements Approach, organized by the European Centre for the

Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD), Thessaloniki, Greece (February 12-13)

2008 “Job Tasks, Education, and Job Loss” (with David Autor). Paper presented at the

Princeton-Cornell Conference on the Princeton Data Improvement Initiative, Chauncey

Conference Center at Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ (October 3-4).

2008 "What Do People Do at Work? Results from a New Survey." Paper presented at the

Labor Seminar, Department of Management, Wharton School, University of

Pennsylvania (September 25).

2007 “A New Survey of Workplace Skills, Technology, and Management Practices (STAMP):

Background and Descriptive Statistics.” Paper presented at the Institute for Work and

Employment Research seminar, Sloan School of Management, MIT (November 13).

2007 “A New Survey of Workplace Skills, Technology, and Management Practices (STAMP):

Background and Descriptive Statistics.” Presented at “Workshop on Research Evidence

Related to Future Skill Demands,” conducted by the National Research Council of The

National Academies, Washington, DC. (May 31-June 1)

Presentation summarized in short book, Research on Future Skill Demands: A Workshop

Summary, National Research Council of the National Academies, Washington, DC 2008.

2004 "The Effects of Post-Fordism on Job Quality." American Sociological Association

annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2002 Organizer and presenter, workshop on teaching economic sociology, American

Sociological Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL.

2002 "The Theory of Post-Fordist Organization: An Empirical Evaluation," paper presented at

American Sociological Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL.

2002 "Skills Mismatch in the Labor Market," paper presented at the Society for the

Advancement of Socio-Economics annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

2002 “Has Post-Industrialism Made Wages More Unequal? Inequality, Skills, and the Spread

of Computer Use at Work,” paper presented at the Sociology Seminar, Nuffield College,

Oxford University.

2001 “Has Post-Industrialism Made Wages More Unequal? Inequality, Skills, and the Spread

of Computer Use at Work,” paper presented at the American Sociological Association

annual meeting, Anaheim, Ca.

2001 "Trends in Perceived Job Quality, 1989-1998," presented at the conference, "What Has

Happened to the Quality of Life in America and Other Industrialized Nations?" Jerome

Levy Economics Institute.

2000 Organizer and presenter, “Workshop on Earnings Inequality, Technology, and

Institutions” Jerome Levy Economics Institute. Participants: Eli Berman, Roberto

Fernandez, James Galbraith, Peter Gottschalk, Michael J. Handel, Martina Morris, John

Schmitt, Kenneth Troske.

2000 "Is There a Skills Crisis? Trends in Skill Requirements, Technology, and Wage

Inequality," presented to the Labor Seminar of the Management Department, Wharton

School, University of Pennsylvania; conference on "The Macrodynamics of Inequality in

the Industrialized and Developing Countries" Jerome Levy Economics Institute (October

1999); and “Workshop on Earnings Inequality, Technology, and Institutions” Jerome

Levy Economics Institute (June 6, 2000).

1999 "Is There a Wage Payoff to Innovative Work Practices?" with Maury Gittleman,

presented to the Workshop on Earning Inequality, Technology, and Institutions, Jerome

Levy Economics Institute.

1999 "Is There a Return to Autonomy, Participation, and Other Innovative Work Practices?"

presented to Changes and Challenges in the World of Work seminar, Institute for Work

and Employment Research, Sloan School of Management, MIT.

1998 "Is There a Trend Toward Post-Fordist Organization?" presented to the Regional

Economic and Social Development Department, University of Massachusetts—Lowell.

1998 "Computers and the Wage Structure" presented at the Computers and Social Change

panel of the American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco (August

1998) and the Workshop on Earning Inequality, Technology, and Institutions, Jerome

Levy Economics Institute (June 1999).

1994. "Rethinking the Culture Concept," presented at the annual meeting of the American

Sociological Association, Miami Beach (August 1993) and the annual meeting of the

American Anthropological Association, Atlanta (invited) (November 1994).

1992 "The Declining Middle, 1979-1989," presented at the annual meetings of the American

Sociological Association, Pittsburgh (August 1992), the Society for the Advancement of

Socio-Economics, Stockholm, Sweden (June 1991), and the Hungarian Sociological

Association, Budapest (June 1991).

Discussant

2008 Discussant: Panel on “Sociology of Work: New Forms of Work Organization.”

American Sociological Association annual meeting, Boston, MA.

2006 Paper discussant: “Do Workers Gain by Sharing? Employee Outcomes Under Employee

Ownership, Profit Sharing, and Broad-based Stock Options” by Douglas Kruse, Richard

Freeman, and Joseph Blasi. Shared Capitalism Research Conference, Russell Sage

Foundation (invited)

2006 Discussant: The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences by Louis

Uchitelle” (Author Meets Critics Session). American Sociological Association annual

meeting, Montreal, Canada.

2006 Discussant: Panel on “Sociology of Work: Meaning, Symbols, and Identity at Work.”

American Sociological Association annual meeting, Montreal, Canada.

2001 Discussant: Panel on "Summer Learning" for conference "After the Bell: Education

Solutions Outside the School," Jerome Levy Economics Institute (June 4-5 2001).

2000 Discussant: Panel on "Wealth Extremes in the United States" for conference "Saving,

Intergenerational Transfers, and the Distribution of Wealth," Jerome Levy Economics

Institute.

1997 Discussant: "Inequality: New Looks at Enduring Questions," annual meeting of the

American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada.

1994 Presider and Discussant: "Culture: Meaning and Interpretive Sociology," annual meeting

of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Other

2008 Organizer and presider, "Technology" session for American Sociological Association

annual meeting

OTHER RESEARCH ____________________________________________________ 2000 Data Analyst (Consumer Expenditure Survey), "How Much is Enough?

Basic Family Budgets for Working Families," by Jared Bernstein, Chauna

Brocht, and Maggie Spade-Aguilar. Washington, DC: Economic Policy

Institute.

1992-1994 Research Associate, Harvard Business School, Future of Work Project,

Shoshana Zuboff, principal investigator.

1986-1987 Conducted fieldwork in Somalia on the impact of a small farmer credit project on

village-level inequality.

MANUSCRIPT AND GRANT REFEREE

Russell Sage Foundation major grants program (2011)

National Science Foundation, Sociology and Economics programs

Acta Sociologica, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, British

Journal of Industrial Relations, Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, European

Journal of Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations, Review of

Income and Wealth, Social Forces, Sociological Inquiry, Sociological Methods and Research,

The Sociological Quarterly, Work and Occupations.

COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate:

Sociology of Work; Sociology of Organizations; Organizations and Society; The Future

of Work, Organizations, and Inequality; Sociological Theory; Social Statistics; Social

Problems

Graduate:

Social Stratification; Contemporary Sociological Theory; Applied Research Methods;

Sociology of Economic Institutions; Topics in Economic Sociology (Understanding Job

Quality: Skills, Technology, and Organizational Restructuring in the New Economy);

Using Stata (min-course); Social Statistics

Invited Guest Lectures, Tufts University:

"The Culture Concept" for Language, Thought, and Culture, (CS-152), Child Development

Department (January 1996, February 1995).

THESES AND EXAMINATION COMMITTEES

MA Nguyen Hoang Giang, "Changes in Earnings of Vietnamese Displaced Workers: A Case

Study of Hanoi." University of Wisconsin—Madison (2004).

Ricky Leung, "Growing Market Forces: the Impact of Organizational Size, Foreign

Involvement and Education on Hiring through Social Networks in Chinese Private

Enterprise" University of Wisconsin—Madison (2003).

Matt Vidal, "Temporary Employment Relations and the Organization of Work in

Manufacturing Establishments" University of Wisconsin—Madison (2000).

PhD Mark Melnik, PhD thesis. Title: “Assessing the role of industrial and demographic

change on regional economic health—a case study of Greater Boston.” (2012)

Claudia Ditmar Coffield, PhD thesis. Title: "Non-traditional Educational Trajectories:

The Educational Aspirations and Expectations of Women Who are Educationally

Disadvantaged.” Northeastern University (2011)

Jennie Brand, PhD thesis. Title: "Enduring Effects of Job Displacement on

Career Outcomes." University of Wisconsin—Madison (2004)

Sook Lim, "Power of Systems Offices in Academic Library Organizations" (proposal).

School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin—Madison (2003)

Jesse Fenichel (current)

Qualifying exams Victoria Schow (2010), Jennifer Dobruck (2009), Ditmar Coffield (2008)

Ph.D. exam committees Sociological Theory (Northeastern University)

Stratification; Organizations and Occupations (Department of Sociology, University of

Wisconsin—Madison)

Industrial Relations Research Institute (University of Wisconsin—Madison)

SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS___________________________________________

2008-2009 Globalization faculty search committee (chair)

Urban Sociology faculty search committee (member)

Diversity faculty search committee (member)

Distinguished speaker series committee (chair)

Inequality interest area cluster (facilitator)

Committee on Graduate Degrees, Northeastern University (member)

2008 Consultant and participant, technical workshop on the Job Requirements

Approach held by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development (OECD), Paris (December 1-2)

2007-2008 Sociology Department external chair search, Northeastern University

2006 Conducted focus group on skills mismatch with fifteen employers and

educators for the Chamber of Commerce, Concord NH (June 27, 2006)

2005-2008 Undergraduate Committee, Northeastern University

2001-2002 Faculty Senate Representative—Alternate, University of Wisconsin—

Madison

2000-2001 Section Council of the Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work

of the American Sociological Association

1989-present Member, American Sociological Association