Roberta Spalter-Roth
Biographic Data
| ID | 163760 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roberta Spalter-Roth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roberta |
| FAMILY NAME | Spalter-Roth |
| SIGNATURE | SPALTER-ROTH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Sociological Association |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 91 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
There’s No Place Like a Home Department: Experiences of URM Faculty Climbing the Academic Ladder in the Sociology and Economics Professions
Who Gets Accepted and Who Gets Rejected? Status in the Production of Social Science
This article considers science as a stratified social system that may reflect and reproduce broader social patterns of stratification. Analyses are based on a unique data archive with more than ten thousand published and unpublished manuscripts and the associated peer reviews, all submitted between 1990 and 2010 to the American Sociological Review , a leading journal in the discipline. The analysis considers how race, gender, manuscript topic, an…
Thriving as a Sociology Graduate
Students major in sociology because they want to understand social life and social change, but does wanting a meaningful career equal a large salary? As it turns out, while sociology graduates do not earn top dollars in their first year out of undergraduate school, their salaries do increase and usually double by ten years out
Understanding the Well-Being of Recent College Graduates: Income is not Enough
Given difficult economic times experienced during the Great Recession and the years following, coupled with the rising cost of higher education, there is increasing pressure by federal and state governments, accreditors, college administrators, parents, and students to view alumni salaries as the key outcome of a baccalaureate degree. Supporters of a liberal education have decried the growth of the individualistic orientation of those who insist …
"Raced" Organizations and the Academic Success of Underrepresented Minority Faculty Members in Sociology
The purpose of this research is to determine whether participating in "raced" organizations benefits underrepresented minority (URM) faculty members in their quest for tenure and promotion to associate professor of sociology. Raced organizations such as historically black colleges and universities began as segregated institutions because black students and faculty members were prevented from attending or working at white-dominated institutions. O…
Who Climbs the Academic Ladder? Race and Gender Stratification in a World of Whiteness
Under-represented minority (URM) faculty can expand the range of perspectives taught to students, but only if they are hired, granted tenure, and promoted. Their career paths can be constrained due to a stratification process that appears to legitimate a non-Hispanic White male set of rules and practices, including value neutrality and objectivity. This article measures specific aspects of human and social capital and their relationship to academ…
Bringing Sociology into the Public Policy Process: A Relational Network Approach
Family-Friendly Policies and Practices in Academe
Contests for Professional Status: Community College Faculty in Sociology
The Impact of Cross-Race Mentoring for 'Ideal' PhD Careers in Sociology
This article reports the results of a study of the impact of two kinds of mentoring, as in individual, instrumental mentoring by white male advisors versus supportive/communal, homophilous (same race/ethnicity) mentoring on the likelihood of minority scholars having an “ideal” or “archetypal” career trajectory when compared to two other control groups. Using unobtrusive data, we test a series of hypotheses concerning the likelihood of attaining s…
Love to Teach, but Hate Assessment
The authors provide context for the three articles in the special section of this issue of Teaching Sociology on the topic of assessment. They provide a brief discussion of assessment in higher education today, supported by research conducted by the American Sociological Association from a survey of department chairs. These data indicate that most sociology departments are in fact conducting some form of assessment, although faculty members often…
ASA’s Bachelor’s and Beyond Survey: Findings and Their Implications for Students and Departments
With the support of the National Science Foundation, the American Sociological Association conducted a longitudinal survey of sociology majors from the class of 2005, following them from senior year into careers or graduate school. The first part of this article provides a context for the results from the What Can I Do with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology? study and a summary of its key findings. Wave I data demonstrate strong student interest i…
Sociologists in Research, Applied, and Policy Settings: Bringing Professionals in from the Cold
Historically, U.S. sociologists employed outside the professoriate had lower status and were less likely to be considered professionals than those inside. Academic restructuring may result in a closing of the status gap. This article, based on the responses of 600 PhD sociologists employed in applied, research, and policy positions, focuses on whether historically agreed upon professional characteristics, such as use of specialized knowledge, aut…
Parents on the job market: Resources and strategies that help sociologists attain tenure-track jobs
I Don't Feel Right Sized; I Feel Out-of-Work Sized: Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and the Unequal Costs of Displacement
This article attempts to disentangle the effects of race and gender by examining what happens to Black, White, and Hispanic men and women as they reenter the job market after displacement from their previous jobs. The authors use data from the 1996 Displaced Worker Survey (a supplement to the February 1996 Current Population Survey) and focus on postdisplacement employment and earnings as the main dependent variables. Queuing theory is used to he…
Bringing Together Feminist Theory and Practice: A Collective Interview
AFDC Recipients as Care-givers and Worker: A Feminist Approach to Income Security Policy for American Women
AFDC Recipients as Care-givers and Worker: A Feminist Approach to Income Security Policy for American Women Get access ROBERTA M. SPALTER-ROTH, ROBERTA M. SPALTER-ROTH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar HEIDI I. HARTMANN HEIDI I. HARTMANN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Volume 1, Issue 2, Summer 1994, P…
The Wild Woman: An Inquiry into the Anthropology of an Idea
Differentiating between the Living Standards of Husbands and Wives in Two-Wage-Earner Families, 1968 and 1979
This paper applies a feminist analysis to the measurement of living standards during the 1970s. It suggests that widely made assumptions of homogeneous pooling and redistribution of income, labor, and expenditures within families mask inequalities and uneven changes in the living standards of wage-working husbands and wives. Two waves of the Panel Study of Income dynamics are used to create two rough indicators, that is, reproduction pay and surp…
I Don't Feel Right Sized; I Feel Out-of-Work Sized: Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and the Unequal Costs of Displacement
This article attempts to disentangle the effects of race and gender by examining what happens to Black, White, and Hispanic men and women as they reenter the job market after displacement from their previous jobs. The authors use data from the 1996 Displaced Worker Survey (a supplement to the February 1996 Current Population Survey) and focus on postdisplacement employment and earnings as the main dependent variables. Queuing theory is used to he…
ASA’s Bachelor’s and Beyond Survey: Findings and Their Implications for Students and Departments
With the support of the National Science Foundation, the American Sociological Association conducted a longitudinal survey of sociology majors from the class of 2005, following them from senior year into careers or graduate school. The first part of this article provides a context for the results from the What Can I Do with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology? study and a summary of its key findings. Wave I data demonstrate strong student interest i…
Contests for Professional Status: Community College Faculty in Sociology
The Wild Woman: An Inquiry into the Anthropology of an Idea
Family-Friendly Policies and Practices in Academe
Sociologists in Research, Applied, and Policy Settings: Bringing Professionals in from the Cold
Historically, U.S. sociologists employed outside the professoriate had lower status and were less likely to be considered professionals than those inside. Academic restructuring may result in a closing of the status gap. This article, based on the responses of 600 PhD sociologists employed in applied, research, and policy positions, focuses on whether historically agreed upon professional characteristics, such as use of specialized knowledge, aut…
AFDC Recipients as Care-givers and Worker: A Feminist Approach to Income Security Policy for American Women
AFDC Recipients as Care-givers and Worker: A Feminist Approach to Income Security Policy for American Women Get access ROBERTA M. SPALTER-ROTH, ROBERTA M. SPALTER-ROTH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar HEIDI I. HARTMANN HEIDI I. HARTMANN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Volume 1, Issue 2, Summer 1994, P…
Who Climbs the Academic Ladder? Race and Gender Stratification in a World of Whiteness
Under-represented minority (URM) faculty can expand the range of perspectives taught to students, but only if they are hired, granted tenure, and promoted. Their career paths can be constrained due to a stratification process that appears to legitimate a non-Hispanic White male set of rules and practices, including value neutrality and objectivity. This article measures specific aspects of human and social capital and their relationship to academ…
The Impact of Cross-Race Mentoring for 'Ideal' PhD Careers in Sociology
This article reports the results of a study of the impact of two kinds of mentoring, as in individual, instrumental mentoring by white male advisors versus supportive/communal, homophilous (same race/ethnicity) mentoring on the likelihood of minority scholars having an “ideal” or “archetypal” career trajectory when compared to two other control groups. Using unobtrusive data, we test a series of hypotheses concerning the likelihood of attaining s…
"Raced" Organizations and the Academic Success of Underrepresented Minority Faculty Members in Sociology
The purpose of this research is to determine whether participating in "raced" organizations benefits underrepresented minority (URM) faculty members in their quest for tenure and promotion to associate professor of sociology. Raced organizations such as historically black colleges and universities began as segregated institutions because black students and faculty members were prevented from attending or working at white-dominated institutions. O…
Parents on the job market: Resources and strategies that help sociologists attain tenure-track jobs
Understanding the Well-Being of Recent College Graduates: Income is not Enough
Given difficult economic times experienced during the Great Recession and the years following, coupled with the rising cost of higher education, there is increasing pressure by federal and state governments, accreditors, college administrators, parents, and students to view alumni salaries as the key outcome of a baccalaureate degree. Supporters of a liberal education have decried the growth of the individualistic orientation of those who insist …
Bringing Sociology into the Public Policy Process: A Relational Network Approach
Love to Teach, but Hate Assessment
The authors provide context for the three articles in the special section of this issue of Teaching Sociology on the topic of assessment. They provide a brief discussion of assessment in higher education today, supported by research conducted by the American Sociological Association from a survey of department chairs. These data indicate that most sociology departments are in fact conducting some form of assessment, although faculty members often…
Differentiating between the Living Standards of Husbands and Wives in Two-Wage-Earner Families, 1968 and 1979
This paper applies a feminist analysis to the measurement of living standards during the 1970s. It suggests that widely made assumptions of homogeneous pooling and redistribution of income, labor, and expenditures within families mask inequalities and uneven changes in the living standards of wage-working husbands and wives. Two waves of the Panel Study of Income dynamics are used to create two rough indicators, that is, reproduction pay and surp…
Differentiating between the Living Standards of Husbands and Wives in Two-Wage-Earner Families, 1968 and 1979
This paper applies a feminist analysis to the measurement of living standards during the 1970s. It suggests that widely made assumptions of homogeneous pooling and redistribution of income, labor, and expenditures within families mask inequalities and uneven changes in the living standards of wage-working husbands and wives. Two waves of the Panel Study of Income dynamics are used to create two rough indicators, that is, reproduction pay and surp…
The Wild Woman: An Inquiry into the Anthropology of an Idea
AFDC Recipients as Care-givers and Worker: A Feminist Approach to Income Security Policy for American Women
AFDC Recipients as Care-givers and Worker: A Feminist Approach to Income Security Policy for American Women Get access ROBERTA M. SPALTER-ROTH, ROBERTA M. SPALTER-ROTH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar HEIDI I. HARTMANN HEIDI I. HARTMANN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Volume 1, Issue 2, Summer 1994, P…
Bringing Together Feminist Theory and Practice: A Collective Interview
I Don't Feel Right Sized; I Feel Out-of-Work Sized: Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and the Unequal Costs of Displacement
This article attempts to disentangle the effects of race and gender by examining what happens to Black, White, and Hispanic men and women as they reenter the job market after displacement from their previous jobs. The authors use data from the 1996 Displaced Worker Survey (a supplement to the February 1996 Current Population Survey) and focus on postdisplacement employment and earnings as the main dependent variables. Queuing theory is used to he…
Parents on the job market: Resources and strategies that help sociologists attain tenure-track jobs
Sociologists in Research, Applied, and Policy Settings: Bringing Professionals in from the Cold
Historically, U.S. sociologists employed outside the professoriate had lower status and were less likely to be considered professionals than those inside. Academic restructuring may result in a closing of the status gap. This article, based on the responses of 600 PhD sociologists employed in applied, research, and policy positions, focuses on whether historically agreed upon professional characteristics, such as use of specialized knowledge, aut…
ASA’s Bachelor’s and Beyond Survey: Findings and Their Implications for Students and Departments
With the support of the National Science Foundation, the American Sociological Association conducted a longitudinal survey of sociology majors from the class of 2005, following them from senior year into careers or graduate school. The first part of this article provides a context for the results from the What Can I Do with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology? study and a summary of its key findings. Wave I data demonstrate strong student interest i…
Love to Teach, but Hate Assessment
The authors provide context for the three articles in the special section of this issue of Teaching Sociology on the topic of assessment. They provide a brief discussion of assessment in higher education today, supported by research conducted by the American Sociological Association from a survey of department chairs. These data indicate that most sociology departments are in fact conducting some form of assessment, although faculty members often…
Contests for Professional Status: Community College Faculty in Sociology
The Impact of Cross-Race Mentoring for 'Ideal' PhD Careers in Sociology
This article reports the results of a study of the impact of two kinds of mentoring, as in individual, instrumental mentoring by white male advisors versus supportive/communal, homophilous (same race/ethnicity) mentoring on the likelihood of minority scholars having an “ideal” or “archetypal” career trajectory when compared to two other control groups. Using unobtrusive data, we test a series of hypotheses concerning the likelihood of attaining s…
Family-Friendly Policies and Practices in Academe
Who Climbs the Academic Ladder? Race and Gender Stratification in a World of Whiteness
Under-represented minority (URM) faculty can expand the range of perspectives taught to students, but only if they are hired, granted tenure, and promoted. Their career paths can be constrained due to a stratification process that appears to legitimate a non-Hispanic White male set of rules and practices, including value neutrality and objectivity. This article measures specific aspects of human and social capital and their relationship to academ…
Bringing Sociology into the Public Policy Process: A Relational Network Approach
"Raced" Organizations and the Academic Success of Underrepresented Minority Faculty Members in Sociology
The purpose of this research is to determine whether participating in "raced" organizations benefits underrepresented minority (URM) faculty members in their quest for tenure and promotion to associate professor of sociology. Raced organizations such as historically black colleges and universities began as segregated institutions because black students and faculty members were prevented from attending or working at white-dominated institutions. O…
Thriving as a Sociology Graduate
Students major in sociology because they want to understand social life and social change, but does wanting a meaningful career equal a large salary? As it turns out, while sociology graduates do not earn top dollars in their first year out of undergraduate school, their salaries do increase and usually double by ten years out
Understanding the Well-Being of Recent College Graduates: Income is not Enough
Given difficult economic times experienced during the Great Recession and the years following, coupled with the rising cost of higher education, there is increasing pressure by federal and state governments, accreditors, college administrators, parents, and students to view alumni salaries as the key outcome of a baccalaureate degree. Supporters of a liberal education have decried the growth of the individualistic orientation of those who insist …
Who Gets Accepted and Who Gets Rejected? Status in the Production of Social Science
This article considers science as a stratified social system that may reflect and reproduce broader social patterns of stratification. Analyses are based on a unique data archive with more than ten thousand published and unpublished manuscripts and the associated peer reviews, all submitted between 1990 and 2010 to the American Sociological Review , a leading journal in the discipline. The analysis considers how race, gender, manuscript topic, an…
There’s No Place Like a Home Department: Experiences of URM Faculty Climbing the Academic Ladder in the Sociology and Economics Professions
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