Publications and Professional Activities
1990 - present
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS:
The Sociology of Work: Concepts and Cases. 1996. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press (division of Sage), 456 pp.
ARTICLES:
"The Effect of Cohort on Women's Sport Participation: An Intergenerational Study of Collegiate Women Ice Hockey Players", Journal of Leisure Research, 2008, 40 (2):312-337.
"Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status Influences on the Use of Primary Angioplasty in Patients Presenting with Acute Myocardial Infarction" with SN Casale, F Wolf, Y Pei, RB Devereux, American Heart Journal, 2007, 154(5): 989-993.
"Ethics: Higher Education" in The Encyclopedia of Education, 2003, James W. Guthrie, ed., New York: Macmillan Reference, 756-760.
"Transcending Antecedent Leisure Constraints: The Case of Women Motorcycle Operators", Journal of Leisure Research, 2001, 33:272-298.
"Late Adolescents' Perspectives on Marital Rape: The Impact of Gender and Fraternity/Sorority Membership" with Janel Leone, Adolescence, 2001, 36: 141-152.
"Masculinity and Femininity in Contemporary American Society: A Reevaluation Using the Bem Sex-Role Inventory" with Susan C. Ohm, Sex Roles, 2000, 43 (7/8): 499-528.
"Probability Sampling and Inferential Statistics: An Interactive Exercise Using M&M’s", Teaching Sociology, 2000, 28 (4): 379-385.
"Faculty Conduct: An Empirical Study of Ethical Activism" with Jonathan Knight, The Journal of Higher Education, 1999, 70 (March-April): 188-210.
"The Classroom as a Negotiated Social Setting: An Empirical Study of the Effects of Faculty Behavior on Student Participation" with Mindy MacRone, Teaching Sociology, 1994, 22 (October):289-300.
"Public Platitudes and Hidden Tensions: Racial Climates at Predominantly White Liberal Arts Colleges" with Katherine McClelland. Journal of Higher Education, 1990, 61 (November/December): 607-642.
BOOK REVIEWS:
Book review of An Introduction to Sociology of Work and Occupations, Rudi Volti, in Teaching Sociology, 2008, 36 (October):394-306.
Book review of Faculty Misconduct in Collegiate Teaching, John M. Braxton and Alan E. Bayer, in Academe, 2000, 86 (July-August): 64-65.
Book review of Shattering the Myths: Women in Academe, Judith Glazer-Raymo, in Gender and Society, 2000, 14 (October): 707-708.
Book review of The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement, Margaret Cruikshank, in Gender and Society, 1993, 7 (December):616-618.
Book review of Sociology, Rodney Stark, in Teaching Sociology, 1990, 18 (January):86-88.
EDITED TEACHING RESOURCE COLLECTIONS:
The Sociology of Work and Occupations: Syllabi and Other Instructional Materials (5th Edition) Edited by Carol J. Auster, Washington, DC: American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center, 2004, 251 pp.
The Sociology of Work and Occupations: Syllabi and Other Instructional Materials (4th edition), edited by Carol J. Auster, Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center, 2000, 287 pp.
The Sociology of Work and Occupations: Syllabi and Other Instructional Materials (3rd edition), edited by Carol J. Auster, Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center, 1997, 204 pp.
Syllabi and Instructional Materials for Social Stratification, edited by Carol J. Auster, Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center, August 1988, 183 pp.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
"Fillies' Success Rate the Same", The New York Times, June 17, 2007: SP-9.
"Good Biography Needs Subject and Author," The New York Times, September 13, 1999: A-22.
"Often-Quoted Divorce Statistics Don't Add Up," The Sunday News, August 2, 1992: A-13.
"Studies of Comic Strips Began About 35 Years Ago," The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 26, 1990:B5.
"Not Exactly the Typical American Couple," The New York Times, July 22, 1990:F-13.
"Northwestern University: A Case of Denial of Tenure" with Larry Poston. Academe, 1988, 74 (3): 55-70.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES:
Presider/Discussant for session in "Personal and Institutional Determinants of Work", American Sociological Association annual meetings, Washington, DC, August 2000.
Organizer for the sessions on Occupations and Professions, American Sociological Association annual meetings, San Francisco, California, August 1998.
Discussant, session on the "Social Impact of the Transformation of Work", Eastern Sociological Society meetings, Baltimore, Maryland, April 1997.
"Dilemmas of Professional Ethics in the Academic Profession", Keynote Speaker, American Association of University Professors, Pennsylvania Division Annual Meeting, Scranton, PA, November 1996.
"Rich in Opportunity, Impoverished in Time," with Laura Leith, American Sociological Association meetings, New York, New York, August 1996.
"Women in Science: Working It Out", Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, October 11, 1995.
"It All Depends Who Asks Them: An Examination of the Effect of Interviewer's Gender on Respondents' Attitudes About Sexual Conduct," American Sociological Association meetings, Washington, D.C., August 1995.
"Would You Hire This Woman?: Shattering the Glass Ceiling", Lancaster Theological Seminary Symposium, Lancaster, PA, March 10, 1994.
"Too Much to Do and Too Little Time: Strategies for Decision-Making in Research Methods," Eastern Sociological Society meetings, Baltimore, Maryland, March 1994.
"Women and Men as Clients, Judges, and Attorneys: Strategies for Crossing Gender and Other Cultural Boundaries", York County Bar Association's "Lunch and Learn Seminar Series", York, PA, October 18, 1993.
"Balancing Mom, Dad, Kids, Household, and Two Careers" for "Women in the 1990's" sponsored by Voices for Women, Lancaster, PA, March 1992.
"'My Mother Does What?' Insult and Defiance as Expressions of Masculinity on a Loading Dock," American Sociological Association meetings, Washington, D.C., August 1990.
POSITIONS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
American Sociological Association
1995-1997: Sex and Gender Section, Sally Hacker Dissertation Award Committee.
1994-1996: Committee on Employment.
American Association of University Professors - national level positions
1994-2000: Chair, Committee B on Professional Ethics
1992-95: Staff Grievance Panel
1994: Search Committee, Director of Organizing and Membership Services
1991-94: Computer Assessment Committee
1990-92: Second Vice-President
1987-90: Membership Grants Committee
1987: Resolutions Committee
1986-92: AAUP Committee F on Conferences, Chapters, Members, and Dues
1986-89: District VII Representative to the Council
