Emerging Intersections: Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice

Contributors

291 L. JANELLE DANCE holds a joint appointment as associate professor in sociology and the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She received a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University. Dance’s areas of interest include the sociology of education, urban sociology, youth cultures, U.S. race and ethnic relations, intersectional and critical theory, and qualitative methods (with an emphasis on ethnographic research). Most recently, Dance has been nurturing a new interest in immigration studies. In her most recent research project she conducted ethnographic work at two Swedish high schools as part of project titled, “The Children of Immigrants in Schools,” that is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and directed by Professor Richard Alba. She has also received a Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research on site at two inner city schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dance published the book titled, Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling () and is working on two additional manuscripts: “At Risk Near Harvard U.: Working Class Teens and Teachers They Love,” and “Black Strawberries : Teenagers, School Reform, and Urban Change in North Philly.” BONNIE THORNTON DILL is professor and chair of the department of women’s studies and founding director of the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity at the University of Maryland. She is formerly founding director of the Center for Research on Women at the University of Memphis. Her research focuses on intersections of race, class and gender with an emphasis on African American women and families. She has published articles in Signs, Feminist Studies , Journal of Marriage and Family and her work has been reprinted in numerous edited volumes. Her most recent articles include: “Disparities in Latina Health: An Intersectional Analysis” with Ruth E. Zambrana in Gender, Race, Class, & Health, edited by Amy J. Schulz and Leith Mullings (); “Future Directions of Feminist Research: Intersectionality” with A. McLaughlin and A. D. Nieves in Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis edited by S. Hesse–Biber (); and “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Motherhood, Choice and Welfare in the Rural South,” in Sister Circle: Black Women and Work edited by Sharon Harley and Black Women and Work Collective (Rutgers University Press, ). She has won CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS 292 two awards for mentoring—one from Sociologists for Women in Society and a second from the University System of Maryland Regents. She also received the Jessie Bernard Award and the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award both given by the American Sociological Association. In – she received the Eastern Sociological Society’s Robin Williams Jr. Distinguished Lectureship and served as vice president of the American Sociological Association from –. LORRIE ANN FRASURE is an assistant professor in the department of political science at the University of California–Los Angeles. Her fields of study include American politics and political economy, with areas of interests in immigrant and ethnic minority politics, suburbanization, state and local politics , public policy and research methods. Her current book project examines post- immigrant and ethnic minority suburbanization and the responsiveness of state and local institutions to changing suburban demographics. Frasure was a post-doctoral associate at Cornell University (–), and a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow (). She holds a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland–College Park () and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago (). MARY GATTA is director of the Sloan Center on Innovative Training and Workforce Development (ITWD) at Rutgers University. Dr. Gatta’s work is focused on providing intellectual, technical, and financial support and leadership to ensure that low-wage workers have access to the education and skills training that are tied to high-wage, high-demand jobs. Central to this is the belief that educational and workforce development and policies must be crafted so that they attend to the life and work needs of individuals. This project provides technical assistance and resources to states to scale up a New Jersey pilot project of online learning for low-wage workers throughout the country. Her book on this project, Not Just Getting By: The New Era of Flexible Workforce Development was released in December of . In addition, Dr. Gatta is the director of Workforce Policy and Research at the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University. Her areas of expertise include gender and public policy, low wage workers, earnings inequality , and sex segregation studies. Her earlier book, Juggling Food and Feelings: Emotional Balance in the Workplace was published in . DEBRA HENDERSON received her Ph.D. from Washington...