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SHARLA N. ALEGRIA
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
University of California, Merced
5200 North Lake Road
Merced, CA 95343
[email protected]
sharlanalegria.wordpress.com
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2016-
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of California, Merced
EDUCATION
2016
Ph.D., Sociology (with graduate certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2007
M.A., Sociology (with graduate certificate in Women’s Studies)
University of South Florida
2005
B.A., Sociology (with honors)
Vassar College
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Race, Gender, and Class; Science, Knowledge, and Technology;
Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Symbolic Interaction;
Migration; Research Design; Statistics; Interviewing Methods
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed
2015
Alegria, Sharla and Enobong Hannah Branch. “Causes and Consequences
of Inequality in the STEM: Diversity and its Discontents.” International
Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology. 7(3):321-342.
Updated July 2016
2014
Alegria, Sharla. “Constructing Racial Difference through Group Talk: An
Analysis of White Focus Groups’ Discussion of Racial Profiling.” Ethnic
and Racial Studies 37(2):241-60.
Edited Volumes
Forthcoming Enobong Hannah Branch and Sharla Alegria. “Equal Opportunity in
Science: Diversity as an Economic and Social Justice Imperative.” in
Challenging the Status Quo: Diversity, Democracy, and Equality in the
21st Century, edited by Sharon Collins and David Embrick. Leiden, The
Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers.
2016
Alegria, Sharla N. and Cassaundra Rodriguez. “The Long Shadow of
Immigration Policy: “Appropriate Work” and Wage Inequality in U.S.
Tech Work.” Pathways and Potholes: Entry, Persistence, and Exit in
STEM Fields, edited by E. H. Branch. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
2016
Enobong Hannah Branch and Sharla Alegria. “Gendered Responses to
Failure in Undergraduate Computing: Evidence, Contradictions, and New
Directions.” Pathways and Potholes: Entry, Persistence, and Exit in
STEM Fields, edited by E. H. Branch. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
2013
Branch, Enobong Hannah and Sharla Alegria. “High-Tech/Internet
Industry, Employment.” Pp. 365-8 in SAGE Sociology of Work, edited by
Vicki Smith. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Smith-Doerr, Laurel, Sharla N. Alegria, Kaye Husbands Fealing, Debra
Fitzpatrick, and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey. “Gender Pay Gaps in US
Federal Science Agencies: An Organizational Context Approach.”
(Revise and Resubmit at American Sociological Review)
Alegria, Sharla N. “Gender Wage Gap or Something More Complex? An
Intersectional Decomposition Analysis of Wages in Computing
Occupations.”
(Winner of award for “Best Graduate Student Conference Paper,”
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Sociology)
Branch, Enobong Hannah, Sharla N. Alegria, David A. Cort, Dwanna
Robertson, and William Darity, Jr. “Persistent Privilege, Persistent
Disadvantage: A Study of Asian Immigrants.”
Updated July 2016
PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY
Invited Entries
2014
Alegria, Sharla. “Gender, Race, and Migration in the Information
Technology Workforce.” Gender & Society Blog. January 2.
Invited Talks
2016
Laurel Smith-Doerr, Sharla Alegria, and Tim Sacco. “Why and How
Diversity Matters in the US Science and Engineering Workforce.” White
House, Office of Science and Technology Policy. Washington D.C.
March 2.
GRANTS & AWARDS
External Grants & Awards
2013
Sociology Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science
Foundation, $8,271
2013
Grace Hopper Celebration Scholarship, Anita Borg Institute for Women in
Technology
University Grants & Awards
2014
Best Graduate Student Conference Paper Award, Department of
Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2014
Outstanding Departmental Service Contribution. Department of
Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2013
Graduate School Dissertation Research Grant, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, $1,000
2013
Summer Dissertation Research Fellowship, Department of Sociology,
University of Massachusetts Amherst, $2,500
2007
Spencer E. Cahill Memorial Graduate Fellowship, Department of
Sociology, University of South Florida, $500
Updated July 2016
RESEARCH POSITIONS
2013 – 2016
Research assistant, Women in Science Policy, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, funded by the National Science Foundation
(Laurel Smith-Doerr, University of Massachusetts PI)
2010 – 2013
Research assistant, Commonwealth Alliance for Internet Technology
Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst, funded by the National
Science Foundation (Enobong Hannah Branch, Co-PI)
2009
Interviewer, Coalition to Diversify Computing
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Smith College
Evaluating Information: Social Statistics, Instructor
Quantitative Research Methods for Sociology, Instructor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Social Statistics, Online instructor
Contemporary Social Problems, Teaching assistant
Graduate Social Statistics II, Teaching assistant
Gender, Sexuality and Culture, Teaching assistant
Self, Society, and Interpersonal Interactions, Teaching assistant
Social Class Inequality, Teaching assistant
University of South Florida
Introduction to Sociology, Instructor
Contemporary Social Problems, Teaching assistant
INVITED TALKS
2016
Laurel Smith-Doerr and Sharla Alegria. “Women in Science Policy: An
Organizational Approach.” National Science Foundation Workshop,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. February 26.
Updated July 2016
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2015
Alegria, Sharla and Cassaundra Rodriguez. “The Long Shadow of
Immigration Policy: “Appropriate work” and Wage Inequality in US Tech
Work” SKAT 25, Chicago, IL.
2015
Alegria, Sharla. “Intersectionality, Skepticism, and the Trouble with Ns”
Social Theory Forum 11: Intersectionality, Boston, MA.
2014
Alegria, Sharla. “Gender Wage Gap or Something More Complex? An
Intersectional Decomposition Analysis of Wages in Computing
Occupations” American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.
2014
Smith-Doerr, Laurel, Sharla Alegria, Kaye Husbands Fealing, Debra
Fitzpatrick, and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey. “The Value of Women’s
Work in Science Policy: Occupational Sex Segregation in US Science
Agencies and Effects on Pay, 1994-2008.” American Sociological
Association, San Francisco, CA.
2013
Alegria, Sharla and Enobong Hannah Branch. “Causes and Consequences
of Inequality in the STEM: Diversity and its Discontents.” American
Sociological Association, New York, NY.
2013
Alegria, Sharla and Enobong Hannah Branch. “Gendered Responses to
Failure in Undergraduate Computing: Evidence, Contradictions, and New
Directions.” Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA.
2012
Alegria, Sharla. “An Analysis of Broadening Participation in Two Science
Fields.” Eastern Sociological Society, New York, NY.
2011
Alegria, Sharla. “Doing Racial Difference: An Analysis of White
Americans’ Racetalk.” American Sociological Association, Las Vegas,
NV.
2008
Alegria, Sharla. “Queer Identity? Discussing Identity and Appearance in
an On-line ‘Genderqueer’ Community.” Society for the Study of Symbolic
Interaction, Boston, MA.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer
African Identities, American Sociological Review, Demographic Research,
Ethnic and Racial Studies, Gender & Society, Sociology of Education,
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Work and Occupations
Updated July 2016
Annual Meeting Service
2014
“Race and Identity” Table presider at the annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.
2013
“Making Knowledge, Doing Science.” Table presider at the annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2012 – 2014
Algorithm Consultant for the Graduate Program Director’s Graduate
Teaching Assignment, Department of Sociology, University of
Massachusetts Amherst
2013 – 2014
Graduate Representative on the Graduate Policy Committee, Department
of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2011 – 2012
Graduate Representative on the Recruitment Committee, Department of
Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2010 – 2011
Graduate Representative on the Committee on Intellectual Activity,
Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2010 – 2011
Graduate Representative on the Five College Recruitment Committee,
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of
Massachusetts Amherst
2009 – 2010
Co-chair of the Sociology Graduate Student Association, Department of
Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Sociological Association
Eastern Sociological Society
Sociologists for Women in Society
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Updated July 2016