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Dr. Jerry A. Jacobs Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Recent Highlights (as of 5/2016)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2016 Sackler Lectureship, Mortimer and Raymond Institute for Advanced
Study, Tel Aviv University
2016 Chair, Distinguished Publication (Best Book) Award Committee,
American Sociological Association
2014-2016 Co-President, Sociologists for Women in Society
2014 Work Life Legacy Award, Families and Work Institute
Career achievement award for leadership in the work and family area.
2011 Founding President, Work and Family Researchers Network.
2010 Merit Award, Eastern Sociological Society. This career achievement
award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the
discipline, the profession, and the Eastern Sociological Society.
PUBLICATIONS
2016 Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson.
“Unpacking Americans’ Views on the Employment of Mothers and
Fathers: Lessons from a National Vignette Survey.” Gender & Society
30(3):413-441.
2016 Jacobs, Jerry A.
"Journal Rankings in Sociology: Using the H Index with Google Scholar."
forthcoming, American Sociologist.
2013 In Defense of Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the
Research University. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
(news items, op-eds in Inside Higher Ed & the Chronicle of Higher
Education)
GRANTS:
2010- “The Next Generation Work and Family Research Network.”
2015 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Dr. Jerry A. Jacobs 5/2016
ADDRESS Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6299
Telephone: 215-898-1536/7664
Email: jjacobs at sas.upenn.edu
EDUCATION
1983 Ph.D., Harvard University, Department of Sociology.
1979-80 Member, Editorial Board, Harvard Educational Review
1977 A.B. in Sociology, Harvard University. Phi Beta Kappa,
Magna Cum Laude. Co-President, Harvard Debate Council.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1995- Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
present
Faculty Member:
Management Department, the Wharton School
Graduate School of Education.
Graduate Group in Demography.
Graduate Group in the History and Sociology of Science.
Senior Fellow, Wharton Center for Human Resources
Research Associate of the Population Studies Center, the Institute on
Aging, and the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics.
Undergraduate Courses: Social Problems, Work and Careers in the 21st
Century, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management,
Social Stratification, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Gender.
Graduate Courses Taught: Pro-Seminar, Master's Seminar,
Dissertation Seminar, Social Stratification, Social Mobility.
2000- Merriam Term Professor, University of Pennsylvania
2005
1994 Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, New York City.
1989-95 Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania.
1983-89 Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania.
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HONORS AND AWARDS
2016 Sackler Lectureship, Mortimer and Raymond Institute for Advanced Study,
Tel Aviv University
2014-16 Co-President, Sociologists for Women in Society (with Kathleen Gerson)
2014 Work Life Legacy Award, Families and Work Institute. Career achievement
award in the work and family area
2011 Founding President, Work and Family Researchers Network.
2010 Merit Award, Eastern Sociological Society. This career achievement award
is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the discipline, the
profession, and the Eastern Sociological Society.
2006 ESI Highly Cited Social Scientist.
Publications during the period 1996-2006 are among the top 1 percent of social
scientists.
2003 President, Eastern Sociological Society
2003 Chair, Organizations, Occupations and Work Section,
American Sociological Association
2002 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research.
Best paper prize awarded by the Center for Families at Purdue University and
the Center for Work and Family at Boston College. For Jacobs and Gerson,
“Overworked Individuals or Overworked Families” Work and Occupations
1996 Elected Member, Sociological Research Association.
1993 Max Weber Award for Best Paper, American Sociological Association
Section on Organizations and Occupations. For Jacobs and Steinberg,
“Compensating Differentials” Social Forces 69(2):439-468, 1990.
1983 Winner of the Odum Award for the Best Graduate Student Paper, at the
Southern Sociological Society Meetings, "The Sex-Type of Occupation and the
Prestige of Incumbents," (with Brian Powell).
1982 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard Danforth Center for Teaching.
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FELLOWSHIPS
1994 Russell Sage Foundation. Residential Fellowship.
1989 National Academy of Education - Spencer Foundation Fellowship.
EDITORIAL ROLES
2004-2006 Editor, American Sociological Review
1995-1998 American Sociological Review (Editorial Board Member) (1995-1998)
1994-1997 Work and Occupations (Editorial Board Member)
1991-1994 Social Forces (Editorial Board Member)
ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES
2014-2016 Member, Distinguished Scholarly Book Award Selection Committee,
American Sociological Association.
2010- Executive Officer, Work and Family Researchers Network.
Present
2011-12 Member, Program Committee, American Sociological Association.
2010-11 Member, Program Committee, American Sociological Association.
2008-09 Chair, Personnel Committee, School of Arts and Sciences, U. Pennsylvania.
2007-present Chair, Electronic Publication Committee, American Sociological Association.
2007-09 Member, Jessie Bernard Award Committee, American Sociological
Association.
1991-95, Chair, Sociology Graduate Program, University of Pennsylvania.
1997-2000
2003 Chair, Section on Organizations, Occupations and Work, American
Sociological Association,
2000-02 Chair, Awards Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society
2000-03 Member, Committee on Nominations, American Sociological Association
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PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS:
Jacobs, Jerry A. In Defense of Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the
2013 Research University. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Boulis, Ann K. and Jerry A. Jacobs
2008 The Changing Face of Medicine: Women Doctors and the Evolution
of Health Care in America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Shaw, Katherine, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Chris Mazzeo and Jerry A. Jacobs
2006 Putting Poor People to Work: How the Work-First Ideology
Transformed Welfare and Job Training. New York: Russell Sage
Foundation.
Finalist, C. Wright Mills (Best Book) Award by the Society for the Study of
Social Problems.
Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson
2004 The Time Divide: Work, Family and Gender Inequality. Cambridge,
MA: Harvard University Press.
Jacobs, Jerry A., editor and contributor.
1995 Gender Inequality at Work. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Press. This
volume is a revised and expanded version of the Special Issue of Work
and Occupations Volume 19, Number 4, November 1992.
Jacobs, Jerry A.
1989 Revolving Doors: Sex Segregation and Women's Careers. Stanford,
CA: Stanford University Press.
JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES (EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTOR):
Jacobs, Jerry A.
2013 “The Work and Family Researchers Network: Agendas and Accomplishments.”
Editor and Contributor, Special Issue of Community Work & Family Volume
16(3, August):225-349.
Jacobs, Jerry A. and Janice Madden, eds.,
2004 “Mommies and Daddies on the Fast Track.” Special Issue of The Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science. Volume 596, November.
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Kathleen Shaw and Jerry A. Jacobs, eds.,
2003 “Community Colleges: New Environments, New Directions.” Special Issue of
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Volume 586, March.
Jacobs, Jerry A., ed.,
1992 “Sex Segregation and Gender Stratification.” Special Issue of Work and
Occupations Volume 19, Number 4.
ACADEMIC PAPERS (Journal Articles and Book Chapters):
80. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson.
2016 Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson.
“Unpacking Americans’ Views on the Employment of Mothers and
Fathers: Lessons from a National Vignette Survey.” Gender & Society
30(3):413-441.
79. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2015. "Journal Rankings in Sociology: Using the H Index with Google Scholar."
forthcoming, American Sociologist.
78. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2016. “The Need for Disciplines in the Modern Research University.” Oxford
Handbook on Interdisciplinarity (Second Edition). Oxford, UK: Oxford
University Press.
77. Sax, L.J., Kanny, A., Jacobs, J., Whang, H., Weintraub, D.S. & Hroch, A.
2016. (In press). Understanding the Changing Dynamics of the Gender Gap in
Undergraduate Engineering Majors: 1971-2011. Research in Higher Education
doi 10.1007/s11162-015-9396-5.
76. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2013 “The Work and Family Researchers Network: an organizational and intellectual
agenda.” (2012 Presidential Address, Work and Family Researchers Network)
Community, Work & Family 16(3):226-238.
75. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2009 “Where Credit is Due: Assessing the Visibility of Articles Published in
Gender & Society with Google Scholar.” Gender & Society 23(6):817-832.
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74. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Scott Frickel.
2009. “Interdisciplinarity: A Critical Assessment.” Annual Review of Sociology
35:43-66.
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/eprint/yyThexc9vmVNN4DkFjKC/
full/10.1146/annurev-soc-070308-115954
73. Boulis, Ann and Jerry A. Jacobs.
2008 “Gender Disparities, Structural Obstacles and Part-time Schedules in the Medical
Profession.” pp. 57-87 in Bernice Pescosolido, Jack Martin, Jane McLeod, and
Anne Rogers, eds., Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness and
Healing. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
72. Medalia, Carla and Jerry A. Jacobs.
2008 “The Work Week for Individuals and Families in 28 Countries.” Pp. 137-157 in
Ronald J. Burke and Cary L. Cooper, eds., The Long Work Hours Culture:
Causes, Consequences and Choices. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.
71. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson.
2008 “Work and American Families: Diverse Needs, Common Solutions.” Pp. 454-
466 in Stephanie Coontz, ed., American Families: A Multi-cultural Reader.
New York: Routledge.
70. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2008 “The Case for an Activist Editorial Model.” Pp. 124-133 in Yehuda Baruch,
Alison Konrad, Herman Aguinis, & William H. Starbuck, eds., Opening the
Black Box of Editorship.” New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
69. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2007 “Further Reflections on ASR’s Greatest Hits.” The American Sociologist.
Volume 38(1):99-131. Also available on the American Sociological Review
webpage, http://www.asanet.org/journals/asr/2005/043sup1.pdf
68. Dickerson, Niki and Jerry A. Jacobs.
2006 “Race Differentials in College Selectivity, 1981-2000.” African American
Studies 10(1) 3-18.
67. Jacobs, Jerry A. “ASR’s Greatest Hits.” American Sociological Review 2005 70:(1): 1-4.
66. Glass, Jennifer and Jerry A. Jacobs.
2005 “Childhood Religious Conservatism and Adult Attainment among Black and
White Women.” Social Forces 84(1):555-579.
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65. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2004 “The Faculty Time Divide: 2003 Presidential Address, Eastern Sociological
Society.” Sociological Forum 19(1):1-27.
Reprinted in Ann Mari May, ed. The 'Woman Question' and Higher
Education: Perspectives on Gender and Knowledge Production in
America. by Edward Elgar, Glensanda House, Montpellier Parade,
Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
64. Jacobs, Jerry A.. and Sarah E. Winslow.
2004 “Overworked Faculty: Job Stresses and Family Demands.” The Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science. Volume 596, November,
pp. 104-129.
63. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson.
2004 “Understanding Changes in American Working Time: A Synthesis.” Pp. 25-45 in
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein and Arne L. Kalleberg, eds., Fighting for Time; Shifting
Boundaries of Work and Social Life. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
62. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Sarah Winslow.
2004 “The Academic Life Course, Time Pressures and Gender Inequality.”
Community, Work and Family. 7(2):143-161.
61. Boulis, Ann K. and Jerry A. Jacobs
2004 “An Analysis of the Impact of Gender on Physician Practice Patterns.”
Journal of Health and Social Policy. 18(1):57-87.
60. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Sarah Winslow.
2003 “Welfare Reform and Enrollment in Postsecondary Education.”
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Volume 586 (March): 194-217.
59. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2003 “Detours on the Road to Equality: Women, Work and Higher Education.”
Contexts 2(1):32-41.
58. Blair-Loy, Mary and Jerry A. Jacobs.
2003 “Globalization, Work Hours and the Care Deficit Among Stock Brokers.”
Gender and Society 17(2):230-249.
57. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Rosalind B. King.
2002 “Age and College Completion: A Life History Analysis of Women Aged 15
through 44.” Sociology of Education 75 (July):211-230.
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56. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Janet C. Gornick.
2002 “Hours of Paid Work in Dual-Earner Couples: The U.S. in Cross-National
Perspective.” Sociological Focus. 35(2):169-187.
55. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Teresa Labov.
2002 “Gender Differentials in Intermarriage Among Sixteen Race and Ethnic Groups.”
Sociological Forum 17(4):621-646.
54. Boulis, Ann, Jerry A. Jacobs and Jon Veloski.
2001 “Gender Segregation by Specialty During Medical School.” Academic Medicine
76(10 Suppl):S65_7, 2001.
53. Gerson, Kathleen and Jerry A. Jacobs.
2001 “Work-Family Conflict, Work Flexibility and Gender Equity in the Modern
Workplace.” pp. 207-226 in Rosanna Hertz and Nancy Marshall, eds., Work
and Family. Berekely, CA: University of California Press.
Reprinted in Arlene S. Skolnick and Jerome H. Skolnick, Family in
Transition, 12/e, New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2002.
52. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2001 “Evolving Patterns of Sex Segregation,” pp. 535-550 in Ivar Berg and Arne
Kalleberg, eds., Sourcebook on Labor Markets: Evolving Structures and
Processes. New York: Plenum.
51. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson.
2001 “Overworked Individuals or Overworked Families? Explaining Trends in Work,
Leisure, and Family Time." Work and Occupations 28(1):40-63.
50. Boulis, Ann, Jacobs, Jerry A. and Carla Messikomer
2001 "The Inter-specialty Mobility of Physicians: Patterns of Change Throughout
the Life Course." Research on Social Stratification and Mobility 18:63-96.
(Edited by Kevin T. Leicht, New York: JAI Press.)
49. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson.
2000 "The Overworked American Debate: New Evidence Comparing Ideal and
Actual Working Hours," pp. 71-95 in Toby Parcel and Daniel B. Cornfield, eds.,
Work and Family: Research Informing Policy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications.
48. Tang, Joyce, Jerry A. Jacobs and Zhongwen Lai.
2000 "The Career Mobility of U.S. Engineers." pp. 169-193 in Helena Z. Lopata and
Kevin D. Henson, eds., Current Research on Occupations and Professions.
New York: JAI Press/Ablex Publishing/Elsevier Science.
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47. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1999 “Gender and the Stratification of Colleges.” Journal of Higher Education.
70(2):161-187.
46. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1999 “Sex Segregation of occupations: Prospects for the 21st Century,” pp. 125-141
in Gary Powell, ed., Handbook of Gender in Organizations. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications.
45. Gornick, Janet C. and Jerry A. Jacobs.
1998 “Gender, The Welfare State, and Public Employment: A Comparative Study of
Seven Industrialized Countries.” American Sociological Review. 63(5):
688_710.
44. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1998 “Measuring Time at Work: Are Self-Reports Accurate?”
Monthly Labor Review. 121(12):42-53.
43. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson.
1998 “Who Are the Overworked Americans?” Review of Social Economy. 56(4):442-
459. Reprinted in Lonnie Golden and Deborah M. Figart, eds., Working Time:
International Trends, Theory and Policy Perspectives. London: Routledge, 2000,
pp. 89-105.
42. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Scott Stoner-Eby.
1998 “Adult Enrollment in Higher Education and Cumulative Educational Attainment,
1970-1990.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science Vol.559 (September): 91-108.
41. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson.
1998 “Toward a Family-Friendly, Gender-Equitable Work Week.” University of
Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law. Vol. 1(2):457-472.
40. Labov, Teresa and Jerry A. Jacobs
1998 "Intermarriage and Mixed Births in Hawaii: Preserving Multiple Ancestry."
Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 29(3):481-502.
39. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Zhenchao Qian
1997 "The Career Mobility of Part-Time Workers." Research in Social Stratification
and Mobility. Michael Wallace and Robert Althauser, eds., JAI Press, Volume
15, pp. 29-56.
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38. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1996 "Gender Inequality and Higher Education." Annual Review of Sociology.
22:153-85.
37. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Mary Blair-Loy
1996 “Gender, Race, Local Labor Markets, and Occupational Devaluation.”
Sociological Focus 29(3): 209-229. (Special Issue on Gender in the
Workplace, edited by Barbara F. Reskin.)
36. Jacobs, Jerry A., Marie Lukens and Michael Useem.
1996 "Organizational, Job and Individual Determinants of Workplace Training:
Evidence from the National Organizations Survey." Social Science Quarterly
77(1):159-176.
35. Gornick, Janet and Jerry A. Jacobs
1996 "A Cross-National Analysis of the Wages of Part-Time Workers: Evidence from
the United States, The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia,” Work,
Employment and Society 10(1):1-27.
34. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1995 "Gender and Academic Specialties: Trends Among Recipients of College
Degrees During the 1980s." Sociology of Education 68(2):81-98.
33. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Ronnie J. Steinberg,
1995 "Further Evidence on Compensating Differentials and the Gender Gap in
Wages" pp. 93-124 in Jerry A. Jacobs, ed., Gender Inequality at Work.
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
32. Wright, Rosemary and Jerry A. Jacobs
1994 "Male Flight from Computer Work: A New Look at Occupational Resegregation
and Ghettoization." American Sociological Review 59:511-536.
31. Christakis, Nicholas, Jerry A. Jacobs and Carla Messikomer.
1994 "Change in Self-Definition from Specialist to Generalist in a National Sample
of Physicians." Annals of Internal Medicine 121:669-675.
30. Steinberg, Ronnie J. and Jerry A. Jacobs
1994 "Invisible Work in a Feminized World: Pay Equity in Nonprofit
Organizations," pp. 79-120 in Michael O'Neil and Teresa Odendahl, eds.,
Women, Power and Status in the Nonprofit Sector. San Francisco: Jossey
Bass.
29. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1994 "Trends in the Status of Part-Time Workers," pp. 280-288 in Third Women's
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Policy Research Conference Proceedings. Washington, D. C.: Institute for
Women's Policy Research.
28. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Margaret E. Greene,
1994 "Race and Ethnicity, Social Class and Schooling in 1910," pp. 209-256 in
Susan C. Watkins, ed., After Ellis Island: Newcomers and Natives in the
1910 Census. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
27. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1993 "Theoretical and Measurement Issues in the Study of Sex Segregation in the
Workplace," European Sociological Review 9(3):325-330.
26. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1993 "Economic and Sociological Explanations of Gender Inequality," Rationality
and Society 5(3):386-397.
25. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1993 "Men in Female-Dominated Fields: Trends and Turnover," pp. 49-63 in
Christine L. Williams, ed., Doing "Women's Work": Men in Nontraditional
Occupations. Beverly Hills: Sage Press.
24. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1993 "Careers in the U. S. Service Economy," pp. 195-224 in Gosta Esping-Andersen,
ed., Changing Classes: Stratification and Mobility in Post-Industrial
Societies. Beverly Hills: Sage Press.
23. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1992 "Women's Entry into Management: Trends in Earnings, Authority, and Values
Among Salaried Managers," Administrative Science Quarterly 37(2):
282-301. Reprinted in Jerry A. Jacobs, ed., Gender Inequality at Work.
22. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Suet T. Lim
1992 "Trends in Occupational and Industrial Sex Segregation in 56 Countries,
1960-1980," Work and Occupations 19(4):450-486. Reprinted in Jerry A.
Jacobs, ed., Gender Inequality at Work. Also reprinted in Marianne A. Ferber,
ed., Women in the Labor Market. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 1997.
21. Greene, Margaret and Jerry A. Jacobs
1992 "Urban Enrollments and the Growth of Schooling: Evidence from the 1910
Census Public Use Sample," American Journal of Education 101:29-59.
20. Jacobs, Jerry A., Katherine McClelland, and David Karen
1991 "The Dynamics of Young Men's Career Aspirations," Sociological Forum
6(4):609-639.
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19. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1990 "The Sex Segregation of Occupations as a Circulating System," pp. 193-207 in
Ronald L. Breiger, ed., Social Mobility and Social Structure. London:
Cambridge University Press.
18. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Ronnie Steinberg
1990 "Compensating Differentials and the Male-Female Wage Gap: Evidence from the
New York State Comparable Worth Study," Social Forces 69(2):439-468.
Reprinted in Thomas Swartz and Frank Bonello, eds., Taking Sides:
Clashing Views on Controversial Economic Issues, Sixth Edition.
Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing Group (1992), pp. 66-77. Also reprinted in
Marianne A. Ferber, ed., Women in the Labor Market. Cheltenham, UK: Edward
Elgar, 1997.
17. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1989 "Long Term Trends in Occupational Segregation by Sex," American Journal of
Sociology 95(1):160-73.
16. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1989 "The English Landed Aristocracy and the Rise of Capitalism: Status
Maximization and Economic Change,” pp. 180-199 in Harold J. Bershady, ed.,
Class and Leadership: Essays in Honor of E. Digby Baltzell. Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press.
15. Waldron, Ingrid and Jerry A. Jacobs
1989 "Effects of Multiple Roles on Women's Health: Evidence from a National
Longitudinal Study," Women and Health 15(1):3-20.
14. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Ronald L. Breiger
1988 "Careers, Industries and Occupations: Industrial Segmentation Reconsidered,"
pp. 43-64 in George Farkas and Paula England, eds., Industries, Firms, and
Jobs: Sociological and Economic Approaches. New York: Plenum.
13. Waldron, Ingrid and Jerry A. Jacobs
1988 "Effects of Labor Force Participation on Women's Health: New Evidence
from a Longitudinal Study," Journal of Occupational Medicine 30(12):
977-983.
12. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1987 "The Sex Typing of Aspirations and Occupations: Instability During the
Careers of Young Women," Social Science Quarterly 68(1):122-137.
11. Jacobs, Jerry A.
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1986 "Trends in Workplace Contact Between Men and Women at Work, 1971_1981,"
Sociology and Social Research 70(3):202-206.
10. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1986 "The Sex Segregation of Fields of Study: Trends During the College Years,"
The Journal of Higher Education 57(2):134-154.
9. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Harold Bershady
1986 "Moral Evaluations in the Social Hierarchy: Esteem as an Independent
Dimension of Social Evaluations of Inequality," pp. 221-234 in
Status Inconsistency in Modern Societies: Proceedings of a Working
Conference of the International Sociological Association Research
Committee of Social Stratification. Reprinted in Hermann Strasser and
Robert Hodge, eds., Change and Strain in Social Hierarchies: Theory and
Method in the Study of Status Inconsistency. Delhi, India: Ajanta Books.
8. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Frank F. Furstenberg
1986 "Changing Places: Conjugal Careers and Women’s Marital Mobility,"
Social Forces 64(3):714_732.
7. Labov, Teresa and Jerry A. Jacobs
1986 "Intermarriage in Hawaii, 1950_1983," The Journal of Marriage and the
Family 48:79-88.
6. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1985 "Sex Segregation in American Higher Education," pp. 191_214 in
Laurie Larwood, Ann H. Stromberg, and Barbara Gutek, eds., Women and
Work: An Annual Review. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Press.
5. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Brian Powell
1985 "Occupational Prestige: A Sex_Neutral Concept?" Sex Roles 12(9/10):
1061_1071.
4. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Brian Powell
1984 "Gender Differences in the Evaluation of Prestige," Sociological Quarterly
25(2):173_190.
3. Powell, Brian and Jerry A. Jacobs
1984 "The Prestige Gap: Differential Evaluations of Male and Female Workers,"
Work and Occupations 11(3):283_308.
2. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1983 "Industrial Sector and Career Mobility Reconsidered," American Sociological
Review 47(3):415_421.
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1. Powell, Brian and Jerry A. Jacobs
1983 "Sex and Consensus in Occupational Prestige Ratings," Sociology and
Social Research 67(4):392_404.
BOOK REVIEWS AND REVIEW ESSAYS:
19. 2016 Heather Boushey. Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Balance.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Industrial and Labor Relations
Review.
18. 2016 Harvey Graff. Undisciplining Knowledge: Interdisciplinarity in the Twentieth
Century. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Contemporary
Sociology.
17. 2013 Arne Kalleberg, Good Jobs, Bad Jobs. New York, NY: Russell Sage
Foundation, 2011. Sociological Forum 28(3):640-641.
16. 2012 Joan Williams. Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class
Matter. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 2010. Journal of Women,
Politics and Policy 33(2): 191-193.
15. 2009 Linda J. Sax. The Gender Gap in College. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2008.
Gender and Society 23(4): 722-724.
14. 2005 Lisa Wolf-Wendel, Susan B. Twomply and Suzanne Rice, The Two Body
Problem:Dual-Career-Couple Hiring Practices in Higher Education. Baltimore,
MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. Academe 91(1) (January-February):
p. 78-80. (Co-authored with Sarah E. Winslow.)
13. 2002 Jonathan Gershuny. Changing Times: Work and Leisure in Postmodern Society.
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Contemporary Sociology. 31(2):156-
158.
12. 2001 Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants and Natural
Selection. New York: Pantheon. Gender and Society. 15(2):324-326.
11. 2000 Myra H. Strober and Agnes M. K. Chan. The Road Winds Uphill All the Way:
Gender, Work and Family in the United States and Japan. 1999. Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 53(4): 719-720.
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10. 1999 Review of Arlie R. Hochschild, The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home
and Home Becomes Work.” New York: Metropolitan Books. 1997. American
Journal of Sociology104(5): 1563_1566.
9. 1996 Review of Richard B. Freeman, ed., Working Under Different Rules.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Work and Occupations 22(3):358-360
8. 1993 Review of Paula England, Comparable Worth: Theories and Evidence.
New York: Aldine de Gruyter. Contemporary Sociology 22(5):728-730.
7. 1992 Review of Geoff Payne and Pamela Abbott, eds., The Social Mobility of Women:
Beyond Male Mobility Models. New York: Falmer Press, 1990.
ContemporarySociology. 21(1):24-25.
6. 1991 "Assessing Comparable Worth: A Review Essay." Review of Joan Acker, Doing
Comparable Worth: Gender, Class and Pay Equity. Philadelphia: Temple
University Press, and Mark R. Killingsworth, The Economics of Comparable
Worth. Kalamazoo, MI: W. E. Upjohn Institute. The Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science 516(July):210-213.
5. 1990 "Ethnicity and Schooling in Providence: A Review Essay," Review of Joel
Perlmann, Ethnic Differences: Schooling and Social Structure Among the Irish,
Italians, Jews and Blacks in an American City, 1980-1935. London: Cambridge
University Press. Historical Methods 23(2):83-85.
4. 1990 Review of Jeylan T. Mortimer and Kathryn M. Borman, eds., Work Experience
and Psychological Development Through the Life Span. Boulder, Colorado:
Westview. Social Forces. 68(3):961-962
3. 1987 Review of Ruth Milkman, Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by
Sex During World War II. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Journal of
Economic History 17(4):1067-68.
2. 1986 Review of Christine E. Bose, Jobs and Gender: A Study of Occupational
Prestige. New York: Praeger. American Journal of Sociology 92(2):481-482.
1. 1981 Review of Daniel Hogan, The Regulation of Psychotherapy. Business
and Society Review 36:77-78.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
22. Jacobs, Jerry A. “Forum on Interdisciplinarity.” Planned for inclusion in the journal
2016 Social Science History
21. Jacobs, Jerry A. “Journal Rankings: Validity, Manipulation and Appropriate Use.”
Inside Higher Education.
20. Jacobs, Jerry A. “Top Cited Articles in Sociology Journals.” Footnotes December Issue.
2015 (Newsletter of the American Sociological Association.)
19. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2014 “Why the Disciplines Still Matter.” Chronicle of Higher Education May 27.
http://chronicle.com/article/Why-the-Disciplines-Still/146777/
18. Spalter-Roth, Roberta, Michael Kisielewski and Jerry A. Jacobs.
2012 "On the Upswing: Findings from the 2011-2012 Job Bank Survey." http://www.asanet.org/documents/research/pdfs/2011_2012_ASA_Job_Bank_Survey_Brief.pdf
17. Spalter-Roth, Roberta, Janene Scelza and Jerry A. Jacobs
2011 “Moving Toward Recovery: Findings from the 2010 Job Bank Survey.” http://www.asanet.org/research/Moving_Toward_Change_2010_Job_Bank_Survey.pdf
16. Spalter-Roth, Roberta, Jerry A. Jacobs and Janene Scelza
2010 “Still a Down Market: Findings from the 2009/2010 Job Bank Survey.” http://www.asanet.org/research/2010_Job_Bank_Brief.pdf
15. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2009. “Interdisciplinary Hype.” Chronicle of Higher Education, November 22.
The Chronicle Review: A Weekly Magazine of Ideas, pp. B4-B5.
http://chronicle.com/article/Interdisciplinary-Hype/49191/
14. Spalter-Roth, Roberta, Jerry A. Jacobs and Janene Scelza.
2009. “Down Market? Findings from the 2008 ASA Job Bank Survey.”
http://www.asanet.org/research/ASAJobBankStudy09.pdf
13. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Roberta Spalter-Roth.
2008. “Too Many or Too Few Phds? Employment Opportunities in Academic
Sociology.” American Sociological Association.
http://www.asanet.org/research/TooManyTooFew.pdf
12. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2008. “Conversation about Sociology and the Media with David Brooks.” Contexts.
7(1):10-11.
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11. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2007. “Comparative and International Research in the American Sociological Review.”
Footnotes. January.
10. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2005. “Multiple Methods Articles in the American Sociological Review.”
Footnotes. December.
9. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2002 “Reflections on the Delmar Hotel and the Demise of the Catskills.” pp. 198-213
in Philip Brown, edited, In the Catskills: A century of the Jewish experience
in “The Mountains.” New York: Columbia University Press.
8. Jacobs, Jerry A.
2002 “Gender and Higher Education.” pp. 4213-4217 in N. J. Smelser and Paul B.
Baltes (editors), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral
Sciences. Kidlington (Oxford), UK: Elsevier Press.
7. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1993 "Dimensions of Sex Segregation in the Workplace" and "The Sex Segregation of
Occupations: Structural Approaches," pp. 114-117 in Women and Work: A
Handbook, edited by Paula J. Dubeck and Kathryn Borman. New York:Garland
Press.
6. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Ronnie Steinberg
1990 "A Reply to Filer," Social Forces 69(2):475-478.
5. Breiger, Ronald L. and Jerry A. Jacobs
1987 "On Occupational Mobility and Social Class (Comment on Snipp ASR August,
1985)" American Sociological Review 52(3):413-416.
4. Block, Fred and Jerry A. Jacobs
1984 "Reagan and the Electoral College," Philadelphia Inquirer. May 10.
Reprinted in the Washington Post, the Manchester Guardian, and the
International Herald Tribune.
3. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1979 Bidding For Business: Corporate Subsidies and the Fifty States.
Washington, D. C.: The Public Interest Research Group.
articles based on the above:
2. Jacobs, Jerry A.
1980 "Corporate Subsidies and the Fifty States," Business and Society Review
33:47_50.
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1. Nader, Ralph and Jerry A. Jacobs
1979 "The Subsidy Snowball," The Nation. October 6.
UNPUBLISHED PAPERS:
Jacobs, Jerry A. 2011. “Journal Rankings in Sociology: Using the H Index with Google
Scholar” Population Studies Center Working Paper # 29, University of Pennsylvania.
http://repository.upenn.edu/psc_working_papers/29/
Jacobs, Jerry A. and Miriam Seliktar. 1999. “Gender Bias in SAT Scores.”
Jacobs, Jerry A. 1996. Gender, Race and Ethnic Segregation Between and Within Colleges
Report to the Mellon Foundation. (Revised, 1997).
Jacobs, Jerry A. 1990. "The Specialty Structure of the Physicians' Career Mobility"
Jacobs, Jerry A. and Brian Powell. 1987.
"On Comparing the Social Standing of Men and Women."
RESEARCH GRANTS
32. 2011- “Trends in the Determinants of Gender Segregation Across STEM Majors,
2013 1976-- 2006.” (with Linda Sax.) National Science Foundation.
31. 2010- “The Next Generation Work and Family Research Network.”
2015 Sloan Foundation.
30. 2007- “Early Career Development Grant Program for Work-Family Research.”
2009 Sloan Foundation.
29. 2007 “Social Science and Educational Research: Disciplinary Frontiers and the
Diffusion of Ideas.” Spencer Foundation.
28. 2007 “Work-Family Research and Academic Disciplines: The Production and
Reception of Interdisciplinary Scholarship.” Sloan Foundation.
27. 2006 “Gender, Race and the Treatment of Emergent Pain.” Leonard Davis Institute
for Health Economics. (with Stephanie Abbuhl and Ann Boulis.)
26. 2005 “Family Friendly University Policies.” University of Research Foundation,
University of Pennsylvania.
25. 2003 “Mommies and Daddies on the Fast Track.” Sloan Foundation Conference
Grant (with Janice Madden).
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24. 2002 “Work and Family and Gender Inequality.” Sloan Foundation Conference
Grant.
23. 2002 “Women Physicians, 1970s through 2000.” Macy Foundation Research Grant.
(with Ann Boulis.)
22. 2000 “Welfare Reform and Community Colleges.” Project funded by the
Atlantic Philanthropies, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Russell Sage
Foundation. (with Kathleen Shaw).
21. 1999 “Gender and Managed Care.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
20. 1999 “Extended Stock Market Hours and the Restructuring of Financial Service
Work.” Sloan Foundation (with Mary Blair-Loy).
19. 1998 “Later Life Education Among Women in the U. S.” Spencer Foundation
(with Lauren Rich).
18. 1998 “The Impact of Fundamentalism on Women’s Socioeconomic Attainment.”
National Science Foundation. (Jennifer Glass, PI; Jerry A. Jacobs, Consultant).
17. 1997 “The Growing Time Divide: A Study of Working Time, Work-Family Conflict,
and Strategies of Adjustment Among Workers and Their Families” Sloan
Foundation (with Kathleen Gerson)
16. 1996 "Gender and the College Curriculum" Spencer Foundation.
15. 1995 "The Endless Day or the Flexible Office: Work-Family Conflicts and Gender
Equity in the Professional Workplace" Sloan Foundation (with Kathleen
Gerson)
14. 1994 "Race, Gender and the College Curriculum." Mellon Foundation.
13. 1993 "Corporate Training Practices: Comparing Individual and Corporate
Perspectives" A research project funded by the National Center on the
Educational Quality of the Workforce (with Michael Useem).
12. 1992 "Nursing: A Survey of Skill Levels and Hospital Training Policies,"
A research project funded by the National Center on the Educational
Quality of the Workforce.
11. 1992 "Age Earnings Profiles: The United States in Comparative Perspective,"
Research Grant funded by the Boettner Financial Gerontology Research
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Fund.
10. 1991 "Trends in Wages, Under-Employment and Mobility Among Part-Time
Workers,"Research Grant funded by the Institute for Research on Poverty,
University of Wisconsin, Madison. Additional funding for a component of this
project was provided by a University of Pennsylvania University Research
Foundation grant.
9. 1989 "The Impact of Industrial Transformations on Job Trajectories,"
A comparative study of the growth of the service sector in Britain, Germany,
Sweden and the United States, funded by the European Commission. Gosta
Esping-Anderson, Principal Investigator; Jacobs serving as co-investigator.
8. 1989 "Working Women During and After World War II." University of
Pennsylvania Research Foundation Grant.
7. 1987 "Research Conference on Occupational Sex Segregation and Comparable
Worth," Conference Grant funded by the American Sociological Association
Committee on Problems of the Discipline. This grant was a collaborative
effort among the conference organizers: James N. Baron, William T. Bielby,
Paula England, Jerry A. Jacobs, Barbara F. Reskin, Patricia Roos, and Toby
Parcel.
6. 1987 "Career Histories in Governmental Agencies," a grant from the Public Policy
Initiatives Fund, University of Pennsylvania.
5. 1987 "Aging Physicians and Physicians in Aging," a National Institutes of Health
sponsored research grant awarded by the Center for the Study of Aging,
University of Pennsylvania (with Carla Messikomer).
4. 1986 "The Inter-specialty Mobility of Physicians," a research grant awarded by the
Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
(with Carla Messikomer).
3. 1985 "Work and Aging Among Middle-Aged and Older Women," University of
Pennsylvania Research Foundation Grant.
2. 1985 University of Pennsylvania Educational Development Fund Grant Award for
assisting in coordinating Department of Sociology undergraduate computer
instruction.
1. 1984 "Occupational Segregation by Sex and Educational Specialties," University of
Pennsylvania Faculty Research Grant.
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INVITED PRESENTATIONS (Since 2000)
2017 Thematic Session on the Future of Work. American Sociological Association.
Organizer and Presenter.
12. 2016 “The Future of Work” Department of Sociology, Tel Aviv University, Haifa
University.
11. 2014 “Following in their Footsteps: Fathers and Mothers’ Influence on Sons and
Daughters Career Plans,” New York University Sociology Department.
10. 2013 “In Defense of Disciplines.” Columbia University Sociology Department.
9. 2012 Sociology and Its Neighbors: Recent Trends, and Dystopian and Utopian
Possibilities Thematic Session: Organizer and Presenter. American Sociological
Association. August. Denver Colorado.
8. 2009- “Interdisciplinarity, Specialization and the Intellectual Map of the 21st Century
2012 Research University.” Presentations at the University of New Hampshire,
Indiana University, Stanford University, Vanderbilt University, Wharton School,
History and Sociology of Science Department, University of Pennsylvania
7. 2007 “Work and Family among Information Technology Professionals.”
National Center for Women in Information Technology Meetings, Microsoft
Campus, Redmond, Washington. November 6.
6. 2005 “ASR’s Greatest Hits.” Presentation at Columbia, New York University,
Princeton, University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers.
5. 2003 “Race, Gender and Higher Education.” Paper delivered at the Department of
Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 27.
4. 2003 “The Faculty Time Divide.” Presidential Address, Eastern Sociological Society
3. 2002 “Work and Family Policy for the New Century.” Plenary Address, Eastern
Sociological Society, Boston, March.
2. 2002 “Work, Family and Social Policy.” Tulane University, Department of Sociology,
February.
1. 2000 “The Joint Working Hours of Paid Work from the Family’s Perspective:
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International Comparisons.” Plenary Address, North Central Sociological
Association, Pittsburgh, April.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Jerry A. Jacobs regularly presents papers at the American Sociological Association, the Eastern
Sociological Society, and the Work and Family Researchers Network. He has also presented
papers at the meetings of the American Education Research Association, the Society for the
Advancement of Socio-Economics, the Population Association of American, the Southern
Sociological Society, the International Sociological Association Research Committee on
Stratification, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, the Social Science History
Association, the Association for the Study of Higher Education, and the Institute for Women's
Policy Research.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Departmental Committee Service:
Extensive service on departmental committees, including:
Executive Committee, Graduate Committee, Undergraduate Committee, Long
Range Planning Committee, Curriculum Committee, Faculty Search Committees,
Demography Graduate Admissions Committee, Colloquium Committee
University Committee Service:
Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty, 2015
Arts and Sciences Personnel (Promotion and Tenure) Committee
Chair, 2008-2009
Member, 1999-2000; 2007-2008
Graduate Council of the Faculties, (1996-99)
Chair, Women's Studies Review Committee, (1995-96)
Dissertation Fellowship Committee, (1995-98)
Senate Committee on the Future of the University (1993)
Graduate Studies Advisory Committee, (1991-2, 1997-98; 2000-2003)
Social Sciences Computing Committee (1990-95)
Advisory Committee, Women's Studies Program (1985
Advisory Committee, Center for the Study of Aging (1985-1990)
Advisory Committee, Center for Research and Education
on the Workplace (CREW), School of Social Work (1987-1990)
Faculty Liaison, University of Pennsylvania
Intercollegiate Debate Team (1984)
Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Student Life (1984-85)
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Faculty Representative, Undergraduate Student Honor Court (1985-86)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Memberships in Professional Societies:
Current:
American Sociological Society
Eastern Sociological Society
Sociologists for Women in Society
Work and Family Researchers Network
Past:
International Sociological Association,
Research Committee on Stratification
Population Association of America
Society for the Advancement of Socio-economics (SASE)
Southern Sociological Society
Service to Professional Societies:
Member, Distinguished Book Award Committee, American Sociological Association
2013-2015
Member, Program Committee, American Sociological Association, 2010, 2011.
Member, Committee on Electronic Publication, American Sociological Association
2007-
Member, Jessie Bernard Award Committee, American Sociological Association,
2007-2009.
Chair, Section on Organizations, Occupations and Work, American Sociological
Association, 2003
Chair, Awards Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society
(2000-2002)
Member, Committee on Nominations, American Sociological Association
(2000-2003)
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Member, Committee on the Status of Women, Eastern Sociological Society,
(1989_1992) (Co-Chair 1990-91, Chair, 1998-99)
Secretary/Treasurer, Organizations and Occupations Section,
American Sociological Association, (1995-1998)
Member, Nominations Committee, Organizations and Occupations
Section, American Sociological Association, (1994)
Presider, Session on Sociology of the Professions,
Eastern Sociological Society, (1986)
Member, Committee on the Profession, Eastern Sociological Society,
(1985_1986)
Reviewer for Articles, Book Manuscripts and Grant Proposals:
(partial list):
Academic Presses:
University of California Press, Cornell University Press, Harvard University Press,
Russell Sage Foundation,Temple University Press.
Foundations:
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation,
Russell Sage Foundation, Sloan Foundation, Spencer Foundation.
Academic Journals:
Academy of Management Journal
Administrative Science Quarterly
American Sociologist
American Sociological Review
(Journal of the American Sociological Association)
Community, Work & Family
Criminology
Demography
(Journal of the Population Association of America)
European Sociological Review
Gender & Society
Harvard Educational Review
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
Industrial Relations
International Journal of Comparative Sociology
Journal of Marriage and the Family
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
National Journal of Sociology
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National Women's Study Association Journal
Rationality and Society
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
Scientometrics
Sex Roles
Social Forces
(Journal of the Southern Sociological Society)
Social Problems
(Journal of the Society for the Study of Social Problems)
Social Science Quarterly
Sociological Focus
Sociological Forum
(Journal of the Eastern Sociological Society)
Sociological Methodology
Sociological Perspectives
Sociological Quarterly
(Journal of the Midwest Sociological Society)
Sociological Theory
Sociology and Social Research
Sociology of Education
Work and Occupations