2015 Ph.D., Sociology (with graduate certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies) University of Massachusetts Amherst (expected)

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1 SHARLA N. ALEGRIA Thompson Hall 200 Hicks Way Amherst, MA sharlanalegria.wordpress.com EDUCATION 2015 Ph.D., Sociology (with graduate certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies) (expected) Dissertation: Gender, Race, and Migration in the High-tech Workforce Committee: Enobong Hannah Branch (co-chair), Donald Tomaskovic- Devey (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):

2 Edited Volumes Forthcoming Branch, Enobong Hannah and Sharla Alegria. High-Tech/Internet Industry, Employment. In SAGE Sociology of Work. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage 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, 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.

3 GRANTS & AWARDS 2013 Sociology Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, $8, Grace Hopper Celebration Scholarship, Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology 2013 Graduate School Dissertation Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, $1, Summer Dissertation Research Fellowship,,, $2, Spencer E. Cahill Memorial Graduate Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida, $500 RESEARCH POSITIONS Research assistant, Women in Science Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, funded by the National Science Foundation (Laurel Smith-Doerr, University of Massachusetts PI) Research assistant, Commonwealth Alliance for Internet Technology Education,, funded by the National Science Foundation (Enobong Hannah Branch, Co-PI) 2009 Interviewer, Coalition to Diversify Computing OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Statistics consultant, Spinelli Center for Quantitative Learning, Smith College TEACHING EXPERIENCE Smith College Evaluating Information: Social Statistics, Instructor Quantitative Research Methods for Sociology, Instructor Social Statistics, Online instructor Contemporary Social Problems, Teaching assistant

4 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 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, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA Alegria, Sharla and Enobong Hannah Branch. Causes and Consequences of Inequality in the STEM: Diversity and its Discontents. American Sociological Association, New York, NY Alegria, Sharla and Enobong Hannah Branch. Gendered Responses to Failure in Undergraduate Computing: Evidence, Contradictions, and New Directions. Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA Alegria, Sharla. An Analysis of Broadening Participation in Two Science Fields. Eastern Sociological Society, New York, NY Alegria, Sharla. Doing Racial Difference: An Analysis of White Americans Racetalk. American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV 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 Alegria, Sharla. Queer Identity? Discussing Identity and Appearance in an On-line Genderqueer Community. Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Boston, MA.

5 2006 Alegria, Sharla. Marketing Modified Masculinity. Couch-Stone Symposium of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Athens, GA. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer Annual Meeting Service Gender & Society Sociology of Education Work and Occupations 2014 Race and Identity Table presider at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA Making Knowledge, Doing Science. Table presider at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY. UNIVERSITY SERVICE Algorithm Consultant for the Graduate Program Director s Graduate Teaching Assignment,, University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate Representative on the Graduate Policy Committee, Department of Sociology, Graduate Representative on the Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, Graduate Representative on the Committee on Intellectual Activity,, Graduate Representative on the Five College Recruitment Committee, Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst Co-chair of the Sociology Graduate Student Association, Department of Sociology, Graduate Student Representative, Sociology Department, University of South Florida

6 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association Eastern Sociological Society Sociologists for Women in Society Society for the Study of Social Problems REFERENCES Donald Tomaskovic-Devey Enobong H. Branch Professor Associate Professor 200 Hicks Way 200 Hicks Way Thompson Hall Thompson Hall Amherst, MA Amherst, MA Phone: Phone: Laurel Smith-Doerr Joya Misra Institute for Social Science Research Director Professor Professor 200 Hicks Way 200 Hicks Way Thompson Hall Thompson Hall Amherst, MA Amherst, MA Phone: Phone: