My research focuses on gender, work and family, and intersections of gender and race in the labor force and in organizations. Using a variety of research methods, I am interested in how inequalities are produced or reduced in evaluation processes and in decisions relating to gender, race, and family status. Some examples of my research include the following:
“Hiring Discrimination Under Pressures to Diversify: Gender, Race, and Diversity Commodification Across Job Transitions in Software Engineering,” with Koji Chavez (equal authorship) and Tania Hutt, published in American Sociological Review.
“From “Opt Out” to Blocked Out: The Challenges for Labor Market Re-entry after Family-Related Employment Lapses,” published in American Sociological Review.
“Labor Force Participation Over the Life Course: The Long-Term Effects of Employment Trajectories on Wages and the Gender Wage Gap,” with Tania Cabello-Hutt, published in Demography.
“Publish and Perish?: An Assessment of Gender Gaps in Promotion to Tenure in Academia,” published in Social Forces.
“Earnings Equality and Relationship Stability for Same-Sex and Heterosexual Couples,” published in Social Forces.
“A Perfect Match? How Job Demands Shape Gender and Racial Discrimination in Hiring,” with Koji Chavez and Tania Cabello-Hutt, received an NSF grant.
“Gender and Racial Discrimination in Hiring Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From a Field Experiment of Accountants, 2018-2020,” with Koji Chavez and Tania Cabello-Hutt, published in Work and Occupations.