Jennifer L Pierce

Contact Me

pierc012@umn.edu
612-624-0852

American Studies
204 Scott Hall
3231
72 Pleasant St. S.E.

Affiliations

• American Studies
• Sociology
• Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• Ph.D.: Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1991.
• M.A.: Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, none.
• B.A.: Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, none.

Curriculum Vitae

Specialties

• workplace and labor studies
• gender
• feminist theory
• race relations
• affirmative action
• ethnography
• social theory
• sociology of emotions
• research using personal narratives

Courses Taught

• AmSt 1902 - In Pursuit of Fairness: The History of Affirmative Action in 20th Century America
• HSEM 2005 - Chasing the American Dream
• AmSt 3114 - America in International Perspective
• AmSt 4301 - Workers and Consumers in the Global Economy
• AmSt 8202 - Theoretical Foundations in American Studies
• AmSt 8401 - Practicum in American Studies
• AMST 8920 - Personal Narratives in Interdisciplinary Research

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• Chair, Program Committee, American Studies Association: 2014 - 2015
• Member: American Sociological Association Distinguished Book Award Committee , 2011 - present
• Editorial Board Member: Contemporary Sociology, American Sociological Association , 2009 - present
• Chair, Sex and Gender Section: American Sociological Association , 2006 - 2007
• Chair: Lora Romero Book Award Committee, American Studies Association , 2005 - 2006
• Faculty Chair, Committee on the Press for the University of Minnesota Press: 2003 - 2006
• Chair, Max Weber Distinguished Book Award Committee: American Sociological Association, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section , 2004
• Director, Center for Advanced Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota: 2002 - 2004
• Member, Distinguished Lectureship Selection Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society: 2002 - 2004
• Member, Distinguished Book Award Selection Committee, American Sociological Association, Sex and Gender Section: 2002
• Chair, Distinguished Article Award Selection Committee, American Sociological Association, Sex and Gender Section: 2001

Research

• Austerity and Public Research Universities:

Publications

• Racing for Innocence: Whiteness, Gender, and the Backlash Against Affirmative Action. Pierce, Jennifer, Author, 2012. Link
• Queer Twin Cities. Pierce, Jennifer, Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project, Co-Author, 2010.
• Telling Stories: The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History. Pierce, Jennifer, M.J. Maynes and third author Barbara Laslett, Cornell University Press, Co-Author, 2008.
• Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations: Life Stories from the Academy. Pierce, Jennifer, Hokulani Aikau and Karla Erickson, University of Minnesota Press, Co-Author, 2007.
• Is Academic Feminism Dead? Theory in Practice. Pierce, Jennifer, Rose Brewer, Mary Lou Fellows, Shirley Garner, Amy Kaminsky, and Naomi Schemen, New York University Press, 2000.
• Gender Trials: Emotional Lives in Contemporary Law Firms. Pierce, Jennifer, University of Californial Press, 1995.

Awards

• Frenzel Chair, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2014 - 2017
• Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate, Professional and Post-Baccalaureate Education, 2012
• Sabbatical Supplement, College of LIberal Arts, "Working in the Ivory Basement: Clerical Workers, the Women's Movement, and the New Economy, 2012 - 2013
• Rockefeller Bellagio Center Residential Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy, , April 2006 - May 2006
• Humanities Institute Faculty Fellowship, University of Minnesota. “Feminist Generations,“, January 2004 - May 2004
• Law School Admissions Council Grant, “Racial Climates in Law Schools“ with Wendy Leo Moore., May 2003 - June 2004
• Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1998 - 1999
• American Sociological Association Disseration Award, Sex and Gender Section, 1991