Barbara Reskin

S. Frank Miyamoto Professor of Sociology, studies labor market stratification, examining job queues, nonstandard work, sex segregation, and affirmative action. Her current poverty-related research includes studies of affirmative action policies in employment and university admissions, investigations into the mechanisms of work¬place discrimination, and the role of credit markets in income poverty and inequality.

Major Research Projects:

• Organizing Equal Opportunity: How the Workplace Generates and Responds to Discrimination Charges.

Sample Publications:

Harper, S.; Reskin, B., (2005), Affirmative Action in School and on the Job, Annual Review of Sociology, 31.


Reskin, B., (2005), Unconsciousness Raising: Women's Underrepresentation in Top-Level Jobs, Regional Review, 14: 3, 32-37.


Reskin, B.; Bielby, D., (2005), A Sociological Perspective on Gender and Career Outcomes, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19: Winter, 71-86.


Reskin, Barbara. (2003), Including Mechanisms in Our Models of Ascriptive Inequality, American Sociological Review, 68(1):1-21.


Padavic, Irene and Barbara F. Reskin. (2002), Women and Men at Work (2nd ed.) Pine Forge Press.

For a complete list of publications by Barbara Reskin, visit her page in the poverty research section of the website.

Relevant Courses:

• SOC 360: Introduction to Social Stratification
• SOC 504: Applied Social Statistics
• SOC 590: Special Topics in Sociology

Contact Information:

Barbara Reskin
Email: reskin@u.washington.edu
Homepage http://www.soc.washington.edu/people/faculty_detail.asp?UID=Reskin
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