Jerry A. Jacobs

Professor of Sociology, Penn Arts & Sciences

Literacy, Culture, and International Education Division

Contact

jjacobs@sas.upenn.edu

(215) 898-1536

Programs

Education, Culture, and Society M.S.Ed.

Education, Culture, and Society Ph.D.

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Jerry A. Jacobs has been a member of the faculty in sociology at Penn since 1983. He has served as the editor of the American Sociological Review and is the Founding President of the Work and Family Researchers Network. His research has addressed a number of aspects of women's employment, including authority, earnings, working conditions, part-time work and work-family conflict, and entry into male-dominated occupations. He has authored or edited 10 books and journal special issues, published 80 academic papers, and received more than 30 research grants.