SHARLA N. ALEGRIA
Department of Sociology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Thompson Hall
200 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003
[email protected]
sharlanalegria.wordpress.com
EDUCATION
2015
Ph.D., Sociology (with graduate certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies)
University of Massachusetts Amherst (expected)
Dissertation: Gender, Race, and Migration in the High-tech Workforce
Committee: Enobong Hannah Branch (co-chair), Donald TomaskovicDevey (co-chair), Joya Misra, Banu Subramanium, and Thomas Juravich
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
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.
Updated August 2014
Edited Volumes
Forthcoming
Branch, Enobong Hannah and Sharla Alegria. “High-Tech/Internet
Industry, Employment.” In SAGE Sociology of Work. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage.
2008
Alegria, Sharla. “What Are You?” In Gendering Bodies, by S. L. Crawley,
L. J. Foley, and C. L. Sheehan. Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield
Press.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Alegria, Sharla and Enobong Hannah Branch. “Causes and Consequences
of Inquality in the STEM: Diversity and its Discontents.” International
Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology.
(Revise and Resubmit)
Alegria, Sharla N. “Gender Wage Gap or Something More Complex? An
Intersectional Decomposition Analysis of Wages in Computing
Occupations.”
Smith-Doerr, Laurel, Sharla N. 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.”
Branch, Enobong Hannah and Sharla N. Alegria. “Gendered Responses to
Failure and Consequences for Men and Women in Information
Technology.”
Alegria, Sharla N. and Cassaundra Rodriguez. “Migration Policy,
“Illegals,” and Wage Inequality in US Tech Work.” Pathways and
Potholes: Entry, Persistence, and Exit in STEM Fields, edited by E. H.
Branch.
PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY
Invited Entries
2014
Alegria, Sharla. “Gender, Race, and Migration in the Information
Technology Workforce.” Gender & Society Blog. January 2.
Updated August 2014
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
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
RESEARCH POSITIONS
2013 – 2014
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
OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2011 – 2013
Statistics consultant, Spinelli Center for Quantitative Learning, Smith
College
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
Updated August 2014
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
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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.
2009
Alegria, Sharla. “How to Say Blacks are Dope Dealers without Sounding
Racist: A Study of the Interactional Accomplishment of Color-blind
Racism.” Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, San Francisco,
CA.
2008
Alegria, Sharla. “Queer Identity? Discussing Identity and Appearance in
an On-line ‘Genderqueer’ Community.” Society for the Study of Symbolic
Interaction, Boston, MA.
Updated August 2014
2006
Alegria, Sharla. “Marketing Modified Masculinity.” Couch-Stone
Symposium of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Athens,
GA.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer
Gender & Society
Sociology of Education
Work and Occupations
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
2006 – 2007
Graduate Student Representative, Sociology Department, University of
South Florida
Updated August 2014
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Sociological Association
Eastern Sociological Society
Sociologists for Women in Society
Society for the Study of Social Problems
REFERENCES
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
200 Hicks Way
Thompson Hall
Amherst, MA 010003-9277
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 413.545.4070
Enobong H. Branch
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
200 Hicks Way
Thompson Hall
Amherst, MA 010003-9277
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 413.545.4069
Laurel Smith-Doerr
Institute for Social Science Research Director
Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
200 Hicks Way
Thompson Hall
Amherst, MA 010003-9277
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 413.545.5969
Joya Misra
Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
200 Hicks Way
Thompson Hall
Amherst, MA 010003-9277
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 413.545.5981
Updated August 2014