Weeden, Kim

Associate Professor

research

research and scholarship focus

  • social stratification and class analysis
  • gender inequality
  • labor markets
  • work and occupations
  • social demography
  • consequences of occupational collective action on the earnings structure in the United States
  • trends in the returns to occupational collective action over time
  • patterns and trends in the strength of the association between class, occupation, and individual-level outcomes
  • changes in the relative strength of race, gender, class, and occupation as structuring forces behind life chances, lifestyles, consumption patterns, and political and social beliefs
  • Her research on gender inequality has focused on two substantive concerns: the distribution of men and women across occupations and industries, and the consequences of "family friendly" personnel policies (e.g., flextime, telecommuting) on career outcomes.

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other Cornell affiliations

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service

current professional activities

  • Session organizer, Organizations, Occupations, and Work section, 2006 ASA.
  • Council member, Organizations, Occupations, and Work section, ASA. July 2005-present.
  • Consulting editor, American Journal of Sociology. 1999-2001; Nov. 2004-present.
  • Invited expert reviewer, GAO Study on Earnings and Workplace Choices. 2003.
  • Member, Research Committee 28 of the International Sociological Association. 2002-present.
  • Member, Population Association of America.1999-2002.
  • Discussant, 2001 Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C).
  • Member, American Sociological Association.1992-present.
  • Sections: Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Sex and Gender; Economic Sociology
  • Section service: Chair, 2005 Richard S. Scott Selection Committee, OOW
  • Roundtable Presider, 2002 & 2004 Annual Meetings.
  • Reviewer, Acta Sociologica, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Demography, Gender and Society, International Sociology, Journal of Marriage and the Family; Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Social Forces, Social Science Research, Sociological Focus, Sociological Forum, Sociological Methodology, Sociological Perspectives, The Sociological Quarterly; Work and Occupations.

background

educational background

  • Stanford University
    • Ph.D. in Sociology, 1999.
      • Prospectus defended with distinction. June, 1997.
      • Qualifying examination in Organizations. Sept., 1995.
      • Qualifying examination in Social Stratification with distinction. July, 1994.
    • M.A. in Sociology, 1993.
  • Willamette University
    • B.A. in Sociology and B.S. in Psychology (Summa Cum Laude), 1989.

professional background

  • Visiting Scholar, Stanford University (2006-2007).
  • Cornell University, 2001-present.
    • Associate Professor, Department of Sociology (2005-present).
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology (2001-2005).
    • Executive Committee, Center for the Study of Inequality.
  • University of Chicago, 1999-2001.
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and the College.
    • Research Affiliate, Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work.
    • Research Affiliate, Population Research Center.

awards and distinctions

  • 2005 Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship [book] from the Organizations, Occupations, and Work section of the American Sociological Association.
  • 2004 Richard S. Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship [article] from the Organizations, Occupations, and Work section of the American Sociological Association.

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

  • Weeden, Kim A., Young-Mi Kim, Matthew Di Carlo, and David B. Grusky. Forthcoming. ?Social Class and Earnings Inequality.? American Behavioral Scientist.
  • Weeden, Kim A. In press (December, 2006). ?Occupational Segregation.? Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
  • Grusky, David B., and Kim A. Weeden. 2006. ?Does the Sociological Approach to Studying Social Mobility Have a Future?? Pp. 85-108 in Mobility and Inequality: Frontiers of Research from Sociology and Economics, edited by Stephen L. Morgan, Gary Fields, and David B. Grusky. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
  • Weeden, Kim A., and David B. Grusky. 2005. ?The Case for a New Class Map.? American Journal of Sociology 111(1): 141-212.
  • Weeden, Kim A., and David B. Grusky. 2005. ?Are There Any Big Classes at All?? Pp. 3-56 in The Shape of Social Inequality: Stratification and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective, edited by David Bills (festschrift in honor of Archibald Haller). Published as Volume 22 of Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
  • Weeden, Kim A. 2005. ?Is There a Flexiglass Ceiling? Flexible Work Arrangements and Wages in the United States.? Social Science Research 34(2):454-82.
  • Weeden, Kim A. 2004. ?Profiles of Change: Sex Segregation in the United States, 1910-2000.? Pp. 131-78 in Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation of Men and Women, by Maria Charles and David B. Grusky. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.
  • Weeden, Kim A., and Jesper B. Sørensen. 2004. ?A Framework for Analyzing Industrial and Occupational Sex Segregation in the United States.? Pp. 245-96 in Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation of Men and Women, by Maria Charles and David B. Grusky. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.
  • Weeden, Kim A. 2002. ?Why do Some Occupations Pay More than Others? Social Closure and Earnings Inequality in the United States.? American Journal of Sociology 108(1):55-101.
  • Grusky, David B., and Kim A. Weeden. 2002. ?Class Analysis and the Heavy Weight of Convention.? Acta Sociologica 45(3):229-36.
  • Grusky, David B., and Kim A. Weeden. 2001. ?Decomposition Without Death: A Research Agenda for the New Class Analysis.? Acta Sociologica 44(3): 203-18.
  • Grusky, David B., Kim A. Weeden, and Jesper B. Sørensen. 2001. ?The Case for Realism in Class Analysis.? Political Power and Social Theory 14:291-305.
  • Weeden, Kim A. 1998. ?Revisiting Occupational Sex Segregation in the United States, 1910-1990: Results from a Log-Linear Approach.? Demography 35(4), November:475-87.
  • Grusky, David B. and Kim A. Weeden. 1998. ?Models of Influence.? Pp. 121- 134 in Required Reading: Sociology?s Most Influential Books, edited by Dan Clawson. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.
  • Cauce, Ana Marie, Charles Morgan, Victoria Wagner, Elizabeth Moore, Jennifer Sy, Kathryn Wurzbacher, Kim Weeden, Sandy Tomlin, and Trish Blanchard. 1994. ?Effectiveness of Intensive Case Management for Homeless Adolescents: Results of a 3-Month Follow-Up.? Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 2(4): 219-227.