Faculty Books
Christine Percheski
Assistant Professor
1812 Chicago Avenue, Room 208
Phone: (847) 491-2697
c-percheski@northwestern.edu
Office Hours:
Thursday 10:30-12:30
Areas of Interest
Demography
Stratification and Social Inequality
Work and Occupations
Health
Biography
Using demographic and other quantitative methods, Christine Percheski studies how recent and ongoing changes in family life are related to changing patterns of social inequality in the United States.
Percheski's previous work has considered questions such as whether becoming a father affects employment differently for married and unmarried men, how the employment patterns of new mothers vary by whether they are married, cohabiting or lone mothers, how increases in family income inequality are related to increasing women's employment and single motherhood, and how employment patterns have changed across birth cohorts of college-educated women in professional occupations.
In her current research, Percheski is examining the relationship between family characteristics and social inequality in several domains including poverty risk during the recent recession, health insurance coverage for adults, and health care utilization among children. She is also investigating changes in American women's fertility patterns and why the percentage of men in nursing varies substantially across cities in the United States.
Courses Taught
SOCIOL 101-6: American Families after the Sexual Revolution Syllabus
SOCIOL 305: Demography Syllabus
SOCIOL 310: Family and Social Learning Syllabus
Books
Income Inequality: New Trends and Research Directions
With Leslie McCall; Annual Review of Sociology 2010
Becoming a Dad: Employment Trajectories of Married, Cohabiting, and Non-resident Fathers
With Christopher Wildeman; Social Science Quarterly 2008
Opting Out? Cohort Differences in Professional Women’s EmploymentRates from 1960 to 2005
American Sociological Review 2008
Associations of Childhood Religious Attendance, Family Structure, and Nonmarital Fertility across Cohorts
With Christopher Wildeman; Journal of Marriage and Family 2009
Family Structure and the Reproduction of Inequalities
With Sara McLanahan; Annual Review of Sociology 2008
Inequality among American Families with Children: 1975-2005
With Bruce Western and Deirdre Bloome; American Sociological Review 2008
William Henry Exum Award
The intent of this prize is to honor the memory of William Henry Exum, a member of the Department of Sociology and the African American Studies Department, who died in 1986 at the age of 37. Exum was concerned with the quality of writing and research analysis in student papers. He was also interested in racial problems facing minority youths in higher education. This award was established as a means of continuing his goals of breaking barriers for all minorities.
The award submission deadline is April 27, 2012. All interested students should submit a 15-20 page paper, typed and double-spaced, on a topic dealing with race and ethnicity. Students are not limited to a sociological approach in preparing their submissions, nor is the award limited to sociology or social science majors.
The paper should include a cover sheet with the student's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, year in school, and major.
Three copies of the essay must be submitted by the announced deadline to the Exum Award - Department of Sociology, 1810 Chicago Ave., Evanston Campus or one copy by email to sociol@northwestern.edu.
This award is open to all undergraduate students from all disciplines.
Upcoming Events
COLLOQUIUM: Myra Marx Ferree, Sociology, University of WI-Madison
May 17, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Culture and Society Workshop
May 17, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
