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Elizabeth Miklya Legerski
Curriculum Vitae, November 2012
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Elizabeth Miklya Legerski, Ph.D.
University of North Dakota
Department of Sociology
Gillette Hall, Room 205
225 Centennial Drive, Stop 7136
701-777-4414
elizabeth.legerski@email.und.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Kansas, Sociology: August 2010. Dissertation: “Hierarchies of Risk: The
Longitudinal Dynamics of Family, Work, Welfare, and Health Insurance in Low-Income
Women’s Lives.” Honors.
2006 Summer Institute program participant, “Health Care and Social Policies in Sweden and
Finland.” Traveled to Stockholm and Helsinki to study Nordic welfare states.
M.S. Brigham Young University, Sociology: August 2004. Thesis: “Women’s Response to
Spousal Unemployment: Gender, Family, and Labor Market Constraints.”
B.S. Brigham Young University, Sociology, Research and Analysis emphasis: December
2002. Cum Laude.
POSITIONS HELD:
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of North Dakota, August 2010-Present
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Social Inequality, Gender & Feminist Theory, Social & Health Policy, Carework, Globalization,
Mixed-Methods Research
PUBLICATIONS:
2012 Legerski, Elizabeth M. "The Cost of Instability: The Effects of Family, Work, and Welfare
Change on Low-Income Women’s Health Insurance Status." Sociological Forum
27(3):641-657.
2010 Legerski, Elizabeth M., and Marie Cornwall. “Working-Class Job Loss, Gender, and the
Negotiation of Household Labor.” Gender & Society 24(4):447-474.
2010 Zimmerman, Mary K., and Elizabeth M. Legerski. “The Role of Governments in Health
Care: Implications for Women’s Health and Access to Care.” Women’s Health Issues
20:87-91.
2007 Cornwall, Marie, Brayden G King, Elizabeth M. Legerski, Eric C. Dahlin and Kendra S.
Schiffman. “Signals or Mixed Signals: Why Opportunities for Mobilization are not
Opportunities for Policy Reform.” Mobilization: An International Quarterly 12:239-54.
2007 Legerski, Elizabeth M. “United States Census.” Pp. 569-572 in Encyclopedia of Privacy,
Volume 2, edited by William G. Staples. Greenwood Press: Westport, CT.
2006 Legerski, Elizabeth M., Marie Cornwall, and Brock O’Neil. “Changing Locus of Control:
Steelworkers Adjusting to Forced Unemployment.” Social Forces 84(3):1521-1537.

Elizabeth Miklya Legerski
Curriculum Vitae, November 2012
BOOK REVIEWS:
2012 Invited Review of Intimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies, and the Politics of Care.
2010. Edited by Eileen Boris and Rhacel Salazar Parreñas. Stanford, CA: Stanford
University Press. Gender & Society 26(1):130-132.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of North Dakota:
Soc 110: Introduction to Sociology
Soc 250: Diversity in American Society
Soc 253: Juvenile Delinquency
Soc 326: Sociological Statistics
Soc 335: The Family
Soc 436: Social Inequality
Soc 539: Seminar in Sociology: Comparative Social Policy
Graduate Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas:
Soc 160: Social Problems and American Values
Soc 310: Introduction to Research Methods
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Program Participant, ICPSR Workshop Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, July 21-23, 2008
Accepted to an intensive 3-day workshop co-sponsored by the Data Sharing for
Demographic Research (DSDR) Project and the Child Care & Early Education
Research Connections (CCEERC) group at the Inter-University Consortium for Political
and Social Research (ICPSR) in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Research Assistant, Institute for Policy & Social Research, University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kansas, June 2005
Worked with Professors Shirley Hill and Mary Zimmerman exploring the effects of
social-environmental risk factors on birth outcomes using Census data. Analysis
required use of SPSS and ArcView GIS. Responsibilities also included compiling a
review of academic literature.
Research Assistant, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, Jan. 2003 – Aug. 2004
Worked on Geneva Steelworkers project with Professors Marie Cornwall, Ralph Brown,
and Carol Ward. Participated in the production of two surveys – one longitudinal, the
other a community comparison. Conducted 40 interviews with unemployed steelworkers
and their wives. Assisted in the coding of 90 completed interviews (using QSR N6).
Oversaw aspects of the research design and data collection processes. Acted as Data
Manager for the project dataset. Created tables and charts and ran analyses (using
SPSS 11.5 and Amos 4.0). Also acted as a graduate mentor to undergraduate students
working with the dataset.
Research Assistant, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, Sept. 2001 – Dec. 2002
Worked with Professor Marie Cornwall on a Woman Suffrage historical research project
funded by the National Science Foundation.
Assisted in organization and management of the Woman Suffrage dataset (using
Microsoft Access). Assignments included data entry in addition to census and archival
work. Created tables, charts, and maps (using ArcView GIS 3.2) and conducted
analyses (using Stata 7.0).
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RESEARCH GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS:
2009-2010 Morris C. Pratt Dissertation Fellowship, KU Dept of Sociology, $12,000 Stipend
plus Full Tuition
2009 Christopher Gunn Graduate Student Scholarship, KU Dept of Sociology, $1,185
2009 KU Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship, $5,000
2004-2007 KU Graduate School Supplemental Scholarship, $4,000 Annual Award
2004 Ella Carpenter Jensen Fellowship, BYU, $2,000
2003-2004 Merlin and Edna Sant Graduate Scholarship, BYU, Full Tuition
2002 NSF Law & Social Science Research Experience for Undergraduates, $6,000
Funded as part of National Science Foundation Grant #0095224, Principle
Investigator: Marie Cornwall
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Pass with Honors, Dissertation Defense, KU Department of Sociology, May 2010
1 st Place, SWS Feminist White Paper Competition on Health Care Reform, April 2009
Pass with Honors, Oral Comprehensive Exam, KU Department of Sociology, March 2009
Carroll D. Clark Teaching Excellence Award, KU Department of Sociology, Dec 2007
Distinguished Service Award, KU Graduate School, May 2007
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, KU Graduate School, May 2007
2 nd Place, KU GIS Day Graduate Research Presentation Competition, November 2006
Carroll D. Clark Post-MA Award, KU Department of Sociology, May 2006
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND POSITIONS HELD:
2012-2013 UND Sociology Department Essential Studies Committee
2012-2013 UND Sociology Department Alpha Kappa Delta Advisor
2012-2013 UND Women Studies Student Relations Committee
2012-2013 Nominations and Elections Committee, Midwest Sociological Society
2005-2012 Reviewer for Sociological Quarterly; Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion;
Gender & Society; Great Plains Sociologist; Journal of Poverty; Qualitative
Sociology; Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
2011 UND Women Studies Bylaws Committee
2010-2011 Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society 2011 Annual Meeting
2008-2009 KU Sociology Dept. Graduate Studies Committee, Graduate Student Rep
2005-2007 Editor, Social Thought and Research
2005-2006 Graduate Student Rep, KU Sociology Dept. Faculty Search Committee
2004-2005 Treasurer, KU Graduate Association of Sociological Students
2003-2004 President, BYU Chapter, AKD, International Sociological Honor Society
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Elizabeth Miklya Legerski
Curriculum Vitae, November 2012
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Great Plains Sociological Association
American Sociological Association
Midwest Sociological Society
Sociologists for Women in Society
The Carework Network
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
2012 “How States Matter: The Effects of State Characteristics on Women’s Health and
Lives.” KU Medical Center, Dept of Health Policy & Management, October 19, Kansas
City, KS
2012 Dissertation Workshop, “How to Write a Dissertation.” Led four sessions with PhD
students covering topics such as “Selecting a Research Topic,” “Collecting and
Analyzing Data,” “Writing the Dissertation,” and “Barriers to Finishing.” KU Medical
Center, Dept of Health Policy & Management, October 18-19, Kansas City, KS
2012 Reproductive Choices Panel Participant, discussed how recent political and state-level
social movements may constrain women’s reproductive choices. UND’s Pro-Choice
Voice (student club) meeting, October 2, Grand Forks, ND
2011 Panel Participant, discussed how social and health policies constrain women’s
reproductive choices. UND’s Pro-Choice Voice (student club) meeting, November 21,
Grand Forks, ND
2011 Respondent to presentation by Assistant Professor Dheeshana Jayasundara titled "The
Global Reproductive Health Movement: Past to Present." UND Women Studies Lecture
Series, March 9, Grand Forks, ND
2010 “The Dynamics of Family, Work, Welfare, and Health Insurance.” KU Medical Center,
Dept of Health Policy & Management, October 22, Kansas City, KS
2010 Dissertation Workshop, “How to Write a Dissertation.” Led four sessions with PhD
students covering topics such as “Selecting a Research Topic,” “Collecting and
Analyzing Data,” “Writing the Dissertation,” and “Barriers to Finishing.” KU Medical
Center, Dept of Health Policy & Management, October 21-22, Kansas City, KS
2010 Panel Participant, “Diversity in Law, Business, & Politics.” Red River Women’s Studies
Conference, October 1, Grand Forks, ND
2010 Discussant, “Contemporary Gender Issues.” American Sociological Association Annual
Meeting, August 14-16, Atlanta, GA
2010 “The Dynamics of Family, Work, Welfare, and Health Insurance: Examining Change in
Low-Income Women’s Lives.” BYU Women’s Studies Colloquium Series, April 1, Provo,
UT
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PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
2012 “The Effects of State Policy Contexts on Women’s Health, Well-being, and Access to
Care.” With Kaleigh Frey (undergraduate student), Great Plains Sociological
Association Annual Meeting, Oct. 25-26, Sioux Falls, SD
2012 “The Effects of Spatial Patterns of Neighborhood Risk Factors on Adverse Birth
Outcomes.” With Jonathan B Thayn. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting,
March 29-31, Minneapolis, MN
2011 “Hierarchies of Risk: Family, Work, Welfare, and Health Insurance Access among Low-
Income Women.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 20-23,
Las Vegas, NV
2009 “Universal Health Care Policy as Care Work Policy.” Sixth International Carework
Conference, August 7, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Mapping Birth Outcomes: The Effects of Neighborhood Race and Socio-Environmental
Inequalities.” Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting, February 5-8,
Savannah, GA
2008 “Teaching ‘Gender Regimes’ as a Key Concept in the Sociology of Gender.” With Mary
Zimmerman. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, July 31- August 4,
Boston, MA
2008 “Making Sense of Forced Unemployment: Divergent Perceptions of Job Loss among
Husbands and Wives.” Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting, February 7-
10, Las Vegas, NV
2007 “Why Unemployed Men Won’t Pick Up the Slack: Unemployment, Household Division of
Labor, and Carework.” With Marie Cornwall. American Sociological Association Annual
Meeting, August 11-14, New York City, NY
2007 “Conceptualizing Care Work in the Context of Job Loss and Unemployment: What We
Learn from White Working Class Women Married to Unemployed Men.” With Marie
Cornwall. Fifth Annual Carework Conference, August 10, New York City, NY.
2007 “Consistent Devotions: Work and Family among Working Class Women.” Midwest
Sociological Society Meetings, April 4-7, Chicago, IL.
2006 “Mapping Racial and Socio-Environmental Inequalities in Birth Outcomes.” Research
presented at the 5 th Annual KU GIS Day Symposium, November 15, Lawrence, Kansas.
2006 “Cultural Constructions of Work and Family: The Case of Women Married to
Unemployed Men.” Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, March 30-April 2,
Omaha, NE
2006 “Holding the World Together: Carework, Married Women, and Displaced Men.” With
Marie Cornwall. Families and Work Research Conference, March 20-22, Provo, UT
2005 “Changing Locus of Control: Steelworkers Adjusting to Forced Unemployment.” With
Marie Cornwall. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 13-16,
Philadelphia, PA
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PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (CONTINUED):
2004 “Unemployed Men and the Women Who Love Them: Women’s Response to Spousal
Unemployment.” With Marie Cornwall. American Sociological Association Annual
Meeting, August 14-17, San Francisco, CA
2004 “Out of Time and Money: The Double Burden of Paid and Unpaid Carework on Women
with Unemployed Spouses.” With Marie Cornwall. Fourth International Carework
Conference, August 13, San Francisco, CA
2004 “Do Families With Secondary Wage Earners Fare Differently than Families Without
During Unemployment?” With Patti Steflik. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological
Association Meetings, April 14-16, San Francisco, California.
2004 “Changing Perceptions of Control and Identity: Blue-Collar Men and Employment
Ambiguity.” With Ralph B. Brown. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological
Association Meetings, April 14-16, San Francisco, California.
2003 “The Effects of Social Movement Strategies: Full and Partial Suffrage Legislative
Success.” With Marie Cornwall. American Sociological Association Meetings, August
16-19, Atlanta, GA
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