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MELISSA A. MILKIE
CURRICULUM VITAE
January 2014
OFFICE ADDRESS
Department of Sociology
University of Maryland
2112 Art-Sociology Building
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-6428
[email protected]
EMPLOYMENT
Professor Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, Aug. 2009-Present
NSF ADVANCE Professor for Inclusive Excellence, Behavioral & Social
Sciences (2013-14)
Faculty Associate, Maryland Population Research Center
Faculty Affiliate, Women’s Studies Ph.D. Program
Visiting Professor Department of Sociology, University of Toronto (2010-11)
Associate Professor Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, Aug. 2002-Aug. 2009
Assistant Professor Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, Jan. 1996-Aug. 2002
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Sociology, Indiana University Nov. 1995
M.A. in Sociology, Indiana University Dec. 1990
B. A. in Psychology, Journalism, Indiana University, Cum Laude May 1987
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Health/Mental Health Gender Sociology of Families
Social Psychology Race and Ethnicity Work-Family Interface
Cultural Sociology Research Methods
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
Rohall, David E., Melissa A. Milkie and Jeffrey W. Lucas. 2014. Social Psychology: Sociological
Perspectives, 3rd edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Bianchi, Suzanne M., John P. Robinson and Melissa A. Milkie. 2006. Changing Rhythms of American
Family Life. ASA Rose Monographs. New York: Russell Sage.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals and Book Chapters
Milkie, Melissa A, Kei M. Nomaguchi and Kathleen E. Denny. Forthcoming. “How Does the Amount of
Time Mothers Spend with Children and Adolescents Matter for Children’s Health?” Journal of
Marriage and Family.
Milkie, Melissa A. Forthcoming. “Status Safeguarding: Mothering Work to Smooth Children’s Lives and
Secure Children’s Place in the Social Hierarchy,”.” In Intensive Mothering: The Cultural
Contradictions of Modern Motherhood, edited by Linda Ennis. Bradford, ON: Demeter Press.
Young, Marisa, Scott Schieman, and Melissa A. Milkie. Forthcoming. “Spouses’ Work-to-Family
Conflict, Family Stressors and Mental Health Outcomes Among Dual-Earner Mothers and
Fathers.” Society and Mental Health.
Nomaguchi, Kei M., and Melissa A. Milkie. Forthcoming. “Gender, Accuracy about Partners’ Work-
Family Conflict, and Relationship Quality. Gender and the Work-Family Experience: An
Intersection of Two Domains, edited by Maura J. Mills. New York: Springer.
Milkie, Melissa A. Catharine H. Warner, and Rashawn Ray. Forthcoming. “Current Theorizing and New
Directions in the Social Psychology of Social Class Inequalities.” In Handbook of the Social
Psychology of Inequality, edited by Jane McLeod, Edward Lawler and Michael Schwalbe. New
York: Springer.
Milkie, Melissa A. and Kathleen E. Denny. 2014. “Changes in the Cultural Model of Father
Involvement: Descriptions of Benefits to Fathers, Children and Mothers in Parents’ Magazine,
1926 – 2006.” Journal of Family Issues 35:223-53.
Warner, Catharine H. and Melissa A. Milkie. 2013. “Cultivating Gendered Talents? The Intersection of
Race, Class and Gender in the Concerted Cultivation of U.S. Elementary School Students.” Pp. 1-
28 in Notions of Family: Intersectional Perspectives, Volume 17 of Advances in Gender
Research, edited by Marla H. Kohlman, Dana B. Krieg and Bette J. Dickerson. Bingley, UK:
Emerald.
Ridolfo, Heather, Valerie Chepp, and Melissa A. Milkie. 2013. “Race and Girls’ Self-Evaluations: How
Mothering Matters.” Sex Roles. 68:496-509.
Bianchi, Suzanne M., Liana C. Sayer, Melissa A. Milkie, and John P. Robinson. 2012. “Housework: Who
Did, Does, or Will Do It and How Much Does It Matter?” Social Forces 91:55-63.
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PUBLICATIONS, con’t.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals and Book Chapters, con’t.
Milkie, Melissa A. and Catharine H. Warner. 2011. “Classroom Learning Environments and the Mental
Health of First Grade Children.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 52:4-22. *Selected for
highlighting on the ASA website, an ASA press release, and a JHSB Policy Brief*
Milkie, Melissa A., Dawn R. Norris and Alex Bierman. 2011. “The Long Arm of Offspring: Adult
Children’s Troubles as Teenagers and Elderly Parents’ Mental Health.” Research on Aging
33:327-55.
Milkie, Melissa A. 2011. “Social and Cultural Resources for and Constraints on New Mothers’
Marriages.” Invited Comment on Dew and Wilcox’s “Marital Satisfaction among New Mothers.”
Journal of Marriage and Family 73:18-22.
Milkie, Melissa A, Sarah M. Kendig, Kei M. Nomaguchi, and Kathleen E. Denny. 2010. “Time with
Children, Children’s Well-Being, and Work-Family Balance among Employed Parents.” Journal
of Marriage and Family 72:1329-43.
Bianchi, Suzanne M. and Melissa A. Milkie. 2010. “Work and Family Research in the First Decade of the
21st Century.” Journal of Marriage and Family 72:705-25.
Milkie, Melissa A. 2010. “The Stress Process: Some Family-Level Considerations.”Pp. 93-108 in
Advances in the Conceptualization of the Stress Process: Essays in Honor of Leonard I. Pearlin,
edited by William R. Avison, Carol S. Aneshensel, Scott Schieman, and Blair Wheaton. New
York: Springer.
Milkie, Melissa A., Sara Raley and Suzanne M. Bianchi. 2009. “Taking on the Second Shift: Time
Allocations and Time Pressures of U.S. Parents of Preschoolers.” Social Forces 88:487-518.
Schieman, Scott, Melissa A. Milkie, and Paul Glavin. 2009. “When Work Interferes with Life: The Social
Distribution of Work-Nonwork Interference and the Influence of Work-Related Demands and
Resources. American Sociological Review 74:966-88.
Milkie, Melissa A., Alex Bierman and Scott Schieman. 2008. “How Adult Children Influence Older
Parents’ Mental Health: Integrating Stress Process and Life Course Perspectives.” Social
Psychology Quarterly 71:86-105. *Selected for highlighting on the ASA website and in the
premiere edition of the SNAPS feature of SPQ*
Bierman, Alex and Melissa A. Milkie. 2008. “Intergenerational Stress Proliferation Between Adult
Children and Parents: Contingencies by Functional Timing and Parent’s Gender.” Pp. 343-67 in
Advances in Life Course Research: Stress Processes Across the Life Course, edited by Heather
Turner and Scott Schieman. Oxford: Elsevier JAI Press.
Pearlin, Leonard I., Kim B. Nguyen, Scott Schieman, and Melissa A. Milkie. 2007. “The Life Course
Origins of Mastery.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48:164-79.
Nomaguchi, Kei M. and Melissa A. Milkie. 2006. “Maternal Employment in Childhood and Adults’
Retrospective Reports of Parenting Practices” Journal of Marriage and Family 68:573-94.
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PUBLICATIONS, con’t.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals and Book Chapters, con’t
Bierman, Alex, Elena Fazio and Melissa A. Milkie. 2006. “A Multifaceted Approach to the Mental Health
Advantage of the Married: Assessing How Explanations Vary by Outcome Measure and
Unmarried Group.” Journal of Family Issues 27:554-82.
Schieman, Scott, Tetyana Pudrovska and Melissa A. Milkie. 2005. “The Sense of Divine Control and the Self-
Concept: A Study of Race Differences in Late-Life.” Research on Aging 27:165-96.
Nomaguchi, Kei M., Melissa A. Milkie and Suzanne M. Bianchi. 2005. “Time Strains and Psychological
Well-Being: Do Dual-Earner Mothers and Fathers Differ?” Journal of Family Issues 26:756-92.
Milkie, Melissa A., Marybeth J. Mattingly, Kei M. Nomaguchi, Suzanne M. Bianchi and John P.
Robinson. 2004. “The Time Squeeze: Parental Statuses and Parents’ Feelings about Time with
Children.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66:739-61.
Peltola, Pia, Melissa A. Milkie and Stanley Presser. 2004. “The ‘Feminist’ Mystique: Feminist Identity in
Three Generations of Women.” Gender & Society 18:122-44.
Nomaguchi, Kei M. and Melissa A. Milkie. 2003. “Costs and Rewards of Children: The Effects of
Becoming a Parent on Adults’ Lives.” Journal of Marriage and Family 65:356-74.
Reprinted in 2005: Pp. 140-164 in Readings in Family Theory, edited by Thomas R. Chibucos,
Randall W. Leite, and David L. Weis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Milkie, Melissa A. 2002. “Contested Images of Femininity: An Analysis of Cultural Gatekeepers’
Struggles with the ‘Real Girl’ Critique.” Gender & Society 16:839-59.
Milkie, Melissa A., Suzanne M. Bianchi, Marybeth J. Mattingly and John P. Robinson. 2002. “Gendered
Division of Childrearing: Ideals, Realities, and the Relationship to Parental Well-Being.” Sex
Roles 47:21-38.
Brady, David, Carol Hostetter, Melissa A. Milkie and Bernice A. Pescosolido. 2001. “The Structure and
Substance of Preparing Sociologists: The Nature of Qualifying Examinations in Graduate
Education.” Teaching Sociology 29:265-85.
Bianchi, Suzanne M., Melissa A. Milkie, Liana C. Sayer and John P. Robinson. 2000. “Is Anyone Doing
the Housework? Trends in the Gender Division of Household Labor.” Social Forces 79:191-228.
Reprinted in 2002: Pp. 175-86 in Workplace/Women’s Place, second edition, edited by Paula J.
Dubeck and Dana Dunn. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Co.
Milkie, Melissa A. and Pia Peltola. 1999. “Playing All the Roles: Gender and the Work-Family Balancing
Act.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 61:476-90.
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PUBLICATIONS, con’t.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals and Book Chapters, con’t
Milkie, Melissa A. 1999. “Social Comparisons, Reflected Appraisals and Mass Media: The Impact of
Pervasive Beauty Images on Black and White Girls’ Self-Concepts.” Social Psychology Quarterly
62:190-210.
Reprinted in 2013, 2009, 2007, and 2001: in Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in
Sociology, 4th, 3
rd, 2
nd & 1
st editions, edited by Peter Adler & Patricia Adler. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth.
Reprinted in 2007 and 2004: Pp. 46-62 in Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology
and Microsociology, 5th & 4
th editions, edited by Spencer E. Cahill. Los Angeles: Roxbury.
Robinson, John P. and Melissa A. Milkie. 1998. “Back to the Basics: Trends in and Role Determinants of
Women’s Attitudes Toward Housework.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 60:205-18.
Pescosolido, Bernice A., Elizabeth Grauerholz and Melissa A. Milkie. 1997. “Culture and Conflict: The
Portrayal of Blacks in U.S. Children’s Picture Books Through the Mid- and Late-20th Century.”
American Sociological Review 62:443-64.
Reprinted in 2012: Reading Social Research: Studies in Inequalities and Deviance, edited by J. C.
Dixon and R. A. Singleton, Jr.; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Reprinted in 2007 in Content Analysis (Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods series),
edited by Roberto Franzosi. London: Sage.
Milkie, Melissa A., Robin W. Simon and Brian Powell. 1997. “Through the Eyes of Children: Youths’
Perceptions and Evaluations of Maternal and Paternal Roles.” Social Psychology Quarterly
60:218-37.
Pescosolido, Bernice A. and Melissa A. Milkie. 1995. “The Status of Teacher Training in U.S. and
Canadian Sociology Departments.” Teaching Sociology 23:341-52.
Milkie, Melissa A. 1994. “A Social World Approach to Cultural Studies: Mass Media and Gender in the
Adolescent Peer Group.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 23:354-80.
Book Reviews and other Publications
Milkie, Melissa A. 2011. “The Promises and Problems of Parenting in a Gendered World.” Book reviews
of: When Couples Become Parents: The Creation of Gender in the Transition to Parenthood, by
Bonnie Fox, and Against the Grain: Couples, Gender, and the Reframing of Parenting, by Gillian
Ranson. Canadian Journal of Sociology 36:95-102.
Milkie, Melissa A., Kathleen E. Denny, Sarah M. Kendig and Scott Schieman. 2010. “Measurement of the
Work-Family Interface.” Sloan Work and Family Encyclopedia, edited by Stephen Sweet and Judi
Casey. Sloan Work and Family Research Network Online.
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PUBLICATIONS, con’t.
Book Reviews and other Publications, con’t
Milkie, Melissa A. 2007. “The Impact of Pervasive Beauty Images on Black and White Girls’ Self
Concepts.” Originally in Social Psychology Quarterly. Reprinted 2003-2007 in Crossroads:
Readings in Social Problems; 2003-2006 & in Intersections: Readings in Sociology. Pearson
Custom Publishing.
Milkie, Melissa A. 2000. Book review of White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular
Culture, by Chrys Ingraham. Gender & Society 14:824-25.
Robinson, John P. and Melissa A. Milkie. 1997. “Dances with Dustbunnies: Housecleaning in America.”
American Demographics 19:37-40,59.
Pescosolido, Bernice A. and Melissa A. Milkie. 1994. “Preparing Graduate Students for Teaching in U.S.
and Canadian Sociology Departments.” Footnotes 22,4:6.
Milkie, Melissa A. 1994. Book review of The Production of Reality by Jodi O’Brien and Peter Kollock.
Teaching Sociology 22:270-71.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW AND IN PROGRESS
Denny, Kathleen E., Shanna Brewton-Tiayon, Lucia Lykke, and Melissa A. Milkie. “Who’s to Blame?
Problematizing Low Father Involvement across the 20th and 21
st Centuries” In progress.
Milkie, Melissa A. “Medicalizing for Whom? Social Status and Medical Evaluation of Children’s
Emotional and Behavioral Problems.” In progress.
Milkie, Melissa A. “Willingness to Medicate Children for Academic Success: Race, Class, Hopes and
Fears.” In progress.
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RESEARCH GRANTS
“Doctoral Dissertation Research: Divergent Meanings, Uneven Privilege: The Meaning and Evaluation of
Fathers in the Professional Workplace.” Melissa A. Milkie, Principle Investigator and Kathleen E.
Denny. Co-Investigator, National Science Foundation ~$8,000. (Project Period 7/13 to 6/14).
“Consequences of Children’s Time Use and Health: Race Gender, and Socioeconomic Statuses.” Melissa
A. Milkie, Principal Investigator. Research and Support Award (RASA; formerly GRB),
University of Maryland, $10,000. (Project Period 1/11-5/11).
“Consequences of Childhood and Adolescent Time Use for Health: Incorporating Race, Gender and SES
Status Processes and School Context.” Melissa A. Milkie, Principal Investigator. Maryland
Population Research Center Seed Grant program, $15,000 (Project Period: 1/10-5/10).
“Demands and Resources in Work and Family Life and their Implications for Stress and Health among
Canadians.” Scott Schieman, Principal Investigator. William R. Avison, Alex Bierman, Melissa A.
Milkie, Lisa Strohstein, and Jean Wallace, Co-Applicants. Canadian Institute of Health Research.
(Project Period 4/10 to 4/14).
“Social Statuses, Schools and Children’s Problems.” Melissa A. Milkie, Principal Investigator. National
Institutes of Health 11/1/06, $141,000 (Project Period 7/07-6/09).
“Children’s Mental Health: The School Context as a Source of Problem Behavior and the School’s Role in
Responding to Children’s Problems.” Melissa A. Milkie, Principal Investigator. General Research
Board Award (GRB), University of Maryland, $9,250. (Project Period 8/06-12/06).
“Status Inequality, Stress, and Health Among Older People.” Leonard I. Pearlin, Principal Investigator;
Scott Schieman, Joan Kahn, and Melissa A. Milkie, Co-Investigators. National Institute on Aging,
$1.2 million. (Project Period 9/00-8/08).
“Multiple Dimensions of the Father Role: Changes and Continuities of Cultural Images Through the 20th
Century.” Melissa A. Milkie, Principal Investigator. General Research Board Award, University of
Maryland, $6,250. (Project Period 6/98-8/98).
“The Social Psychological Impact of Gender Images in Media: A Multi-Level Analysis of Girls, Peer
Networks and Media Organizations.” Grant-In-Aid of Research for Doctoral Students, Research
and University Graduate School, Indiana University, ~$750. (Project Period Spring, 1994).
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HONORS AND AWARDS
National Center for Family & Marriage Research, Bowling Green, Pilot Data Collection on Married and
Cohabitating Couples Award, inclusion of test items for innovative research on family, 2011.
Changing Rhythms of American Family Life, winner of the William Goode Book Award for outstanding
scholarship in family sociology; ASA section on Family, 2008.
Changing Rhythms of American Family Life, co-winner of the Otis Dudley Duncan Award for outstanding
scholarship in social demography; ASA section on Population, 2007.
Morris Rosenberg Mentorship Award, University of Maryland Department of Sociology, for mentoring of
graduate students, 2007.
“Time Strains and Psychological Well-Being: Do Dual-Earner Mothers and Fathers Differ?” finalist:
Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, best 2005 research paper, 2006.
Best Poster Presentation (Blue Ribbon) Award, Work and Family Session, PAA annual meeting, 2002.
“Is Anyone Doing the Housework? Trends in the Gender Division of Household Labor,” finalist:
Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, best 2000 research paper, 2001.
“Playing all the Roles: Gender and the Work-Family Balancing Act,” nominated: inaugural Rosabeth Moss
Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, best 1999 research paper, 2000.
Morris Rosenberg Mentorship Award, University of Maryland Department of Sociology, for mentoring of
graduate students, 2000.
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Maryland, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 1999.
Celebrating Teachers: Teaching Excellence Award. Recognized for significant influence and contributions
to the education of an outstanding graduating senior, 1997.
Dissertation Year Fellowship, Research & University Graduate School, Indiana University, 1994-95.
Pre-doctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Identity, Self, Role, and Mental
Health, 1991-94.
University Fellowship, Indiana University, 1988-1990.
Phi Beta Kappa, Indiana University, 1987.
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
2014 Milkie, Melissa A., “Status Safeguarding: Mothering Work as Safety Net.” To be presented at the
American Sociological Association (ASA) annual meeting, San Francisco, August. (Thematic
Session; Invited).
2014 Milkie, Melissa A., Joanna Pepin and Scott Schieman. “Workplace Location, Family Relationships
and Health.” To be presented at the Work-Family Researchers Network (WFRN) biannual
meeting, New York, June. (Invited).
2014 Raley, Sara, Liana Sayer and Melissa A. Milkie. “How Extensive and Unhealthy is the ‘Second
Shift’? A Study of 12 Countries.” Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) annual
meeting, Baltimore, February.
2013 Milkie, Melissa A., Kathleen E. Denny and Joanna Pepin. “What Kind of War? A Content
Analysis of the “Mommy Wars” Discourse in Canadian and U.S. News, 1989-2013.” Presented at
“Communicating Motherhood/Mothers’ Communicating: High Culture to Pop Culture to New
Social Media” Conference. Motherhood Initiative for Research & Community Involvement
(MIRCI), June, Toronto.
2013 Denny, Kathleen E., Shanna Brewton-Tiayon, Lucia Lykke and Melissa A. Milkie. “Who’s to
Blame? Framing Low Father Involvement as a Social Problem in the 20th and 21
st Centuries.”
Presented at ESS annual meeting, Boston, March.
2012 Milkie, Melissa A. and Rashawn Ray. “Social Pyschological Perspectives on Social Class
Inequality.” Presented at the ASA annual meeting, Denver, August. (Thematic Session; Invited).
2012 Nomaguchi, Kei M. and Melissa A. Milkie. “Gender, Beliefs about Spouse’s Work-Family
Conflict, and Relationship Quality.” Presented at the WFRN inaugural meeting, New York, June.
(Invited).
2012 Milkie, Melissa A. Critic for author (Sarah Damaske “For the Family”) meets critic session,
WFRN inaugural meeting, New York, June (Invited).
2011 Milkie, Melissa A. “Intensive Mothering and Children’s Well-being: Cultural Discourse versus
Efficacy of Mother-Child Time Together.” Presented at International Conference on Motherhood
Activism, Advocacy, Agency, Motherhood Initiative for Research & Community Involvement
(MIRCI), May, Toronto.
2011 Milkie, Melissa A. and Kathleen E. Denny. “Cultural Complexities of Father Involvement:
Changes in Descriptions of Benefits to Fathers, Children, and Mothers in Parents’ Magazine
1926-2006.” Presented at the ESS annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2010 Milkie, Melissa A, Sarah M. Kendig, Kei M. Nomaguchi and Kathleen E. Denny. “Time with
Children, Children’s Well-Being, and Work-Family Balance among Employed Couples. Presented
at “What Mothers Want: Innovative Policies for the 21st Century Workplace” Conference, Rutgers
University, October. (Invited)
2009 Milkie, Melissa A., Dawn R. Norris and Alex Bierman. “The Long Arm of Offspring: Teenage
Troubles and Elderly Parents’ Mental Health.” ASA, San Francisco, August.
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (con’t)
2009 Milkie, Melissa A. “Children’s Problems and Turning Points in Mothers’ Work Lives.” ESS,
Baltimore, March. (Invited).
2008 Milkie, Melissa A. “The Quality of Schools and Children’s Mental Health.” ASA, Boston, August.
2008 Milkie, Melissa A, Sara B. Raley and Suzanne M. Bianchi. “Taking on the ‘Second Shift’: Time
Allocations and Pressures of U.S. Parents with Preschoolers.” ASA, Boston, August.
2007 Norris, Dawn R. and Melissa A. Milkie. “Considering Mutability and Visibility of Stigmatized
Identities: Impression Management by Homeless Adults in Shelters.” ASA, New York, August.
2007 Warner, Catharine and Melissa A. Milkie “Race, Class and the Concerted Cultivation of U.S.
Third Graders.” ASA, New York, August.
2006 Bianchi, Suzanne M., John P. Robinson and Melissa A. Milkie. 2006. Changing Rhythms of
American Family Life. ASA, Montreal, August.
2006 Milkie, Melissa A. “Taking on the Second Shift: Gender and the Time Allocations and Time
Pressures of U.S. Parents with Preschoolers.” Ohio State University Faculty Forum, Feb. (Invited).
2005 Milkie, Melissa A. “Children’s Behavior and Evaluation for Mental Health Problems: Social
Statuses and Social Construction Processes.” ASA, Philadelphia, August.
2005 Milkie, Melissa A. Panelist at the UMCP Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity Graduate
Colloquium on Interdisciplinary Job Talks, Nov. (Invited).
2004 Milkie, Melissa A Panelist at the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition annual National Conference
on Gender, Washington, D.C., May. (Invited).
2003 Milkie, Melissa A. with other panelists. “Strategies for Getting Tenure.” Sociologists for Women
in Society (SWS) meeting, Atlanta, August. (Invited).
2002 Milkie, Melissa A. and Diana Elliott. “Antecedents and Consequences of Older Adults’ Life
Course Mastery.” Gerontological Society Association meeting, Boston, Nov.
2002 Fazio Elena, Alex Bierman, and Melissa A. Milkie. “The Advantaged Mental Health of
the Married: Psychological, Financial, or Social Resources?” ASA, Chicago, August.
2002 Milkie, Melissa A., Marybeth J. Mattingly, Kei Nomaguchi, and John P. Robinson. “Feelings
about Time with Children: The Influence of Employment, Family Structure, and Gender.”
Population Association of American (PAA) meeting, Atlanta, May.
2001 Bianchi, Suzanne M. and Melissa A. Milkie. “So Little Time..: Subjective Perceptions and
Objective Measures of Fathers’ and Mothers’ Time With Children.” Society for Research in Child
Development (SRCD), Minneapolis, April. (Invited).
2001 Milkie, Melissa A. “Assessing Media Power: Understanding Girls’ Resistance to Cultural Images
of Femininity.” Annual Diversity Forum on Race, Gender and Identity, Univ. of Maryland, March.
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (con’t)
2001 Nomaguchi, Kei M. and Melissa A. Milkie. “The Joys and Burdens of Children: The Well-Being
of Men and Women Becoming Parents Versus Remaining Childless.” PAA, Wash., D.C., March.
2001 Peltola, Pia, Melissa A. Milkie and Stanley Presser. “The ‘Feminist’ Mystique: Culture, Social
Change, and the Attitude-Identity Paradox.” ASA, Anaheim, August.
2000 Milkie, Melissa A. “Perceptions of Parenting Across Generations: How Involved are Fathers?”
ASA, Washington, D.C., August.
2000 Milkie, Melissa A., Suzanne M. Bianchi and Marybeth J. Mattingly. “How Involved are Fathers?
Ideals, Realities and the Relationship to Family Well-Being.” American Association of Public
Opinion Research (AAPOR) meeting, Portland, May.
2000 Milkie, Melissa A., Suzanne M. Bianchi and Marybeth J. Mattingly. “How Involved are Fathers?
Ideals, Realities and the Relationship to Family Well-Being.” Conflict and Cooperation in Families
conference; sponsored by the MacArthur Network on the Family & Economy and NICHD Family
and Child Well-being Research Network. Bethesda, MD, March. (Invited).
1999 Bianchi, Suzanne M., John P. Robinson, Liana C. Sayer and Melissa A. Milkie. “Is Anyone Doing
the Housework? Trends and Gender Differentials in America’s Least Favorite Activity.” ASA,
Chicago, August; AAPOR, St. Petersburg, FL, May.
1999 Bianchi, Suzanne M., John P. Robinson, Liana C. Sayer and Melissa A. Milkie. “Is Anyone Doing
the Housework? Trends and Gender Differentials in America’s Least Favorite Activity.” Alfred P.
Sloan Conference, University of Chicago, May. (Invited).
1998 Milkie, Melissa A. and Pia Peltola. “Playing All the Roles: Gender and the Work-Family
Balancing Act.” ASA, San Francisco, August.
1997 Milkie, Melissa A. and John P. Robinson. “The Joys of Cooking and Cleaning? Social Status
Differences in the Enjoyment of Housework.” ASA, Toronto, August.
1997 Pescosolido, Bernice A., Elizabeth Grauerholz and Melissa A. Milkie. “The Presentation of Race
in Children’s Books.” Southern Sociological Society meeting, New Orleans, April.
1996 Milkie, Melissa A., Robin W. Simon and Brian Powell. “Through the Eyes of Children: Youths’
Perceptions of Maternal and Paternal Roles.” ASA, New York, August.
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TEACHING AND MENTORING
COURSES
Undergraduate Courses taught at University of Maryland
* The Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (Research Practicum) (Socy 448)
* The Sociology of the Self-Concept (Socy 440)
* Introduction to Social Research Methods (Socy 202)
* Sociological Social Psychology (Socy 230)
* Sociology of Gender (Socy 325)
* Independent Study (Socy 399); Experiential Learning (Socy 386); Honors Thesis Research in Sociology
(Socy 380;381;383)
Graduate Courses taught at University of Maryland
* The Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (Socy 642)
* Sociology of the Self-Concept (Socy 645)
* Lives and Times: Socialization Across the Life Course (Socy 624)
* Contemporary Sociological Methods (Socy 699D); Content Analysis (Socy 699Y)
* Issues in the Study of Gender, Work and Family (with colleagues) (Socy 858)
* Theories of Social Psychology (Socy 660)
* Explorations in the Sociology of Aging and the Life Course (with colleagues) (Socy 899)
Other Teaching Activities
* Participation in Inter-University Teaching Portfolio Development Program
* Participation in Center for Teaching Excellence and Honors Center for Learning workshops
* Organized and Facilitated Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar on Health and Society
MENTORING AND ADVISING
Dissertation and M.A.Thesis/2nd
-year paper Committees (by year and type of student’s degree awarded)
2014 Ph.D.: Kathleen Denny (chair), Sidra Montgomery, Candace Shannon (chair), Andrew Timleck.
2nd
-year paper: Joanna Pepin (chair); Shengwei Sun (chair); Yangzi Yu (chair).
2013 Ph.D: Megan Bears Augustyn (Criminology), Javier Garcia, Amber Nelson, Mike Ryan (co-chair);
Michelle Smirnova; 2nd
-year paper: Shanna Brewton-Tiayon (chair);
2012 Ph.D.: Dawn Norris (chair), Betsy Thorn; 2nd
-year paper: Sharon Edens, Daniel Swann (chair).
2011 Ph.D.: Catharine Warner (chair); 2nd
-year paper: Beverly Pratt (chair).
2010 Ph.D.: Stephanie Eckman (JPSM), Sarah Kendig (chair); Heather Ridolfo (chair), David Smith.
2nd
-year paper: Kathleen Denny (chair), Nanae Nakamoto (chair).
2009 Ph.D.: Jill Farrell (Criminology), Simone Gibson (Education); Fawn Mitchell (Criminology).
2008 Ph.D.: Diana Elliott, Rong Wang, Vanessa Wight. M.A.: Chaowen Chan, Karin DeAngelis,
Michelle Smirnova.
2007 Ph.D.: Alex Bierman (chair), Elena Fazio (chair), Darlene Iskra, Janet Liechty (Family Studies).
M.A.: Jon Lemich; Vanessa Lopes; Dawn Norris (chair), Heather Ridolfo (chair).
2006 Ph.D.: Jennifer Lucas (Political Science). M.A.: Sarah Kendig, Amber Nelson.
2005 Ph.D.: Mauricio Florez-Morris (chair). M.A.: Thomas Bern (co-chair), Betsy Thorn.
2004 Ph.D.: Virginia Smith Major (Psychology), Pia Peltola. M.A.: Karolyn Eworo-Enfumo (co-chair),
Tetyana Pudrovska.
2003 Ph.D.: Stephen Meersman, Kei Nomaguchi. M.A.: Darlene Iskra, Todd Woodruff.
2002 Ph.D.: Stephani Hatch, Mark Pioli. M.A.: Alex Bierman, Diana Elliott (chair), Elena Fazio, Julia
Overturf.
2001 Ph.D.: Amy McLaughlin, Liana Sayer. M.A.: Laura Adler, Elizabeth Novatny.
2000 Ph.D.: Peter Catina (Kinesiology), Catherine Gallagher (Criminology). M.A.: Yuko Kurashina,
Marybeth Mattingly.
1999 Ph.D.: Wan He. M.A.: Brad Hepler, Kei Nomaguchi, Angela Romano Papillo, Tavia Simmons.
1998 Ph.D.: Lee Martin, Gladys Martinez, Laura Moore.
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MENTORING AND ADVISING (con’t)
Mentoring to Junior Faculty
2009-2013 Faculty Mentor to Dr. Kris Marsh, Asst. Professor
Advising to Sociology Department Summer Research Fellows (established 2009)
2013: Mandi Martinez; 2010: Michelle Smirnova; 2009: Kathleen Denny; Dawn Norris; Catharine Warner
Advising to Undergraduate Honors Students/Chair of Thesis
2012: Fatemah Alqabandi; 2008: Keri Smyth; 2000: Amy Shimshak; 1999: Sonia Columbano; 1998:
Margarita Ortiz
Advising to 1st- and 2
nd-Year Graduate Students
2013-14: Megan Wilhelm; 2012-13: Joanna Pepin; 2011-12: Shanna Brewton-Tiayon; 2009-2010: Meg
Austin; 2008-2009: Kathleen Denny; 2007-2008: Mary Kniskern; 2004-2005: Sarah Kendig, Catharine
Warner; 2002-2003: Suzanna Carr, Tetyana Pudrovska; 2001-2002: Anthony Hatch, Iulia Patricu, Andrew
Timleck; 2000-2001: Diana Elliot; Amy Erdman; 1999-2000: Allison Gibbons; 1998-1999: Tavia
Simmons.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ASSOCIATIONS
2013-2015 Deputy Editor, American Sociological Review
2011-2016 Deputy Editor, Gender & Society
2014 Presider, Thematic Session of ASA meeting, with Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In author
2013 Organizer, Presider & Discussant; Regular Session on Parenthood, ASA annual meeting
2011-2014 Council Member, Social Psychology Section of the ASA
2011-2013 Associate Editor, Society and Mental Health
2009-2013 Chair, Committee on Publications, Mental Health section, ASA
2003-2013 Occasional Reviewer, National Science Foundation
1994-2013 Reviewer for professional journals including American Sociological Review, American
Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social
Psychology Quarterly, Gender & Society, Journal of Marriage and Family.
1990-2013 Member, ASA and Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)
2011-2012 Program Committee, Work and Family Researchers Network, Inaugural Work-Family
Conference, New York, June 2012.
2009-2012 Editorial Board, Journal of Health and Social Behavior
2011 Discussant, Thematic Session for ASA: “Conflicting Visions of the American Family”
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ASSOCIATIONS (con’t)
2010 Goode Book Award Committee, for book-length contributions to family sociology
published in 2008 or 2009, ASA Family section
2003-2010 Member, National Council on Family Relations (NCFR); Pop. Assoc. of America (PAA)
2009-2010 Nominations Committee, Social Psychology section, ASA
2009-2010 Editorial Board, Social Forces
2009 Organizer for Social Psychology section, ASA meeting, San Francisco, August.
2007 Organizer of Household sessions and Presider for International Association for Time Use
Research (IATUR) Conference, Washington D.C., October.
2006 Organizer for Mental Health section, ASA meeting, Montreal, August.
2006 Editorial Board, Journal of Marriage and Family (volume 68)
2003-2006 Editorial Board, Social Psychology Quarterly.
2006 Goode Book Award Committee, for book-length contributions to family sociology
published in 2004 or 2005, ASA Family section.
2004 Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
2003 Organizer and Chair of Career Workshop on “Balancing Teaching and Research
Expectations in the Early Faculty Career,” ASA, Atlanta, August.
2002 Organizer for Gender regular session, ASA, Chicago, August.
2001 Discussant for Gender and Work regular session, ASA, Anaheim, August.
1999 Discussant for Gender and Social Psychology regular session, ASA, Chicago, August.
1993-1995 Council Member (student representative), Social Psychology Section of the ASA.
1994 Presider and Discussant, Sociology of Culture refereed roundtables, ASA, Los Angeles,
August.
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SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE and UNIVERSITY
Sociology Department
2013-2014 Gender, Work & Family comps committee (fall-chair); Social Psychology comps
committee (fall); IRB committee; tenure committee (Kris Marsh, chair)
2012-2013 Gender, Work & Family comps committee (fall-chair); Ad-hoc Hiring committee (fall);
Graduate committee (fall/spring); Policy committee (fall/spring); GWF head
2011-2012 Social Psychology comps exam committee (fall-chair); Policy committee (fall/spring);
Methods/Statistics committee (fall/spring), Gender, Work & Family comps committee
(spring-chair); alternate comprehensive exams (Pratt, co-chair); Social Psychology head
2010-2011 (sabbatical year); alternate comprehensive exams (Vikram, chair)
2009-2010 Qualitative methods search committee (chair; fall/spring); Policy committee (fall/spring);
Target of Opportunity hiring committee (fall); Social Psychology comps exam committee
(spring); Gender, Work & Family comps committee (spring-chair); Mady W. Segal
emerita review committee (spring-chair); alternate comprehensive exam (Jurgenson).
2008-2009 Sociology search committee (chair; fall); Social Psychology comps exam committee (fall);
Gender, Work & Family comps committee (fall); Social committee.
2007-2008 Demography search committee (spring); Policy committee (fall/spring); Laura Mamo
tenure review committee (fall); Departmental Review committee (fall/spring); Social
Psychology comps exam committee (fall/spring-chair); Gender, Work & Family comps
committee (fall).
2006-2007 Policy committee (fall/spring); Undergraduate committee (fall/spring); Departmental
Seminars committee (fall/spring); Social Psychology comps exam committee (spring-
chair); Gender, Work & Family comps committee (spring); Social committee (spring).
2005-2006 Organizer of Faculty Research Forum Series (fall/spring); Social Psychology comps exam
committee (fall-chair/spring-chair); Gender, Work and Family comps exam committee
(fall); Graduate committee (fall/spring); Jeff Lucas tenure review committee (fall).
2004-2005 Social Psychology comps exam committee (fall-chair/spring-chair); Gender, Work and
Family comps exam committee (spring); Senior Faculty search committee (fall).
2003-2004 (sabbatical year) Social Psychology search committee
2002-2003 Social Psychology area coordinator (spring) Statistics/methods committee; Social
Psychology comps exam committee (fall/spring); Gender, Work and Family comps exam
committee (spring).
2001-2002 Theory search committee; Statistics/methods committee; Social Psychology comps exam
committee (fall)
2000-2001 Organized Social Psychology seminars (fall); Policy committee; Statistics/methods
committee; Awards committee; Social Psychology comps exam committee (spring)
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SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE and UNIVERSITY (con’t)
Sociology Department (con’t)
1999-2000 Organized Social Psychology seminars (fall/spring); Policy committee; Statistics /methods
committee; Awards committee; Social Psychology comps exam committee (fall/spring);
Gender, Work and Family comps exam committee (fall)
1998-1999 Organized Social Psychology seminars (fall/spring); Statistics/methods committee; Social
Psychology comps exam committee (spring)
1997-1998 Organized Social Psychology seminars (fall/spring); Undergraduate program committee;
Statistics/methods committee
1996-1997 Organized Social Psychology seminars (fall/spring); Undergraduate program committee;
Statistics/methods committee; Social Psychology comps exam committee (fall/spring)
1995-1996 Undergraduate program committee; Statistics/methods committee
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) / University of Maryland (UMD)
2013-14 NSF ADVANCE Professor for Inclusive Excellence
2012 African-American Studies Tenure committee (chair)
2008-2010 Maryland Population Research Center Executive Board
2009 Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM) Tenure committee
2005-2006 BSOS: Sociology Department Chair search committee
2004-2006 UMD: General Research Board committee
2000 BSOS: Excellence in Teaching Award Selection committee