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CURRICULUM VITA
GARY D. SANDEFUR NOVEMBER 2011
ADDRESS:
College of Letters and Science
105 South Hall
1055 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706-1394
Office Phone: 608-263-2303
Fax: 608-265-3564
Email: gsandefur@ls.admin.wisc.edu
EDUCATION:
B.A. University of Oklahoma: Norman, OK August, 1974 (Major: Sociology)
Ph.D. Stanford University; Stanford, CA August, 1978 (Department of Sociology) (Dissertation
Title: Occupational Characteristics, Organizational Boundaries and Job Mobility)
POSITIONS:
Dean, College of Letters and Science, August 2004 – present
40 departments in the Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences
5 professional schools (Journalism, LaFollette Institute for Public Affairs, Music, Social
Work, Library and Information Studies)
50 interdisciplinary centers and programs
21,000+ students
Approximately 3,000 employees including approximately 900 faculty members
Responsibilities include policy development (in collaboration with the Associate Deans
and the Academic Planning Council), academic program review, strategic planning,
resource development and allocation, faculty recruitment and retention, and external
relations.
Budget: $350M +
Development activities in conjunction with the L&S team at the University of Wisconsin
Foundation; total endowment for college programs over $330M
o Establish fund-raising priorities
o Work with and modify the college development plan
o Work with a college and several departmental boards of visitors
o Host events on and off campus
o Visit donors and alumni throughout the country
o Oversee the activities of the seven members of the College development staff
University service

o Campus Planning Committee (oversee long-range facilities and building program)
o University Academic Planning Council (program creation, cessation, and review)
o Leadership Council (deans, chancellor, provost, vice chancellor for finance)
o Bio-deans (deans with biological sciences in their colleges)
Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, January – September 2001
• Chief Academic Officer of the University
• Faculty development and personnel oversight
• Deputy Chancellor in Chancellor’s absence
• Chair, monthly Deans’ and Leadership team meetings; planning with schools and
colleges
• Participated in bi-weekly meetings of Chancellor’s Group
• Planning with the General Library System and the Vice Chancellor for
Administration and Finance
• Planning with the Division of Information Technology and the Vice Chancellor for
Administration and Finance
• University budget planning and strategic planning
• Worked with shared governance groups
Chair, Department of Sociology, September – December 2000
• Chief academic officer of department
• Faculty and staff hiring
• Faculty and staff development and personnel oversight
• Timetable planning
• Facilitate department and executive committee meetings
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
September 1, 1992-June30, 1996
• Worked with three Provosts (David Ward, Richard Barrows, and John Wiley)
• Minority Faculty and Student Issues
• Faculty Development Awards, including sabbaticals
• Undergraduate education, including central administration liaison with groups planning
the new general education requirements (1994-1996)
Director, American Indian Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
September, 1989 – May, 1992
• Participated in hiring three new faculty with joint appointments in Anthropology, English,
and History
• Participated in developing and promoting cultural activities involving American Indian
poets, writers, musicians, and story-tellers
• Worked closely with Wunk Sheek and Native American students
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Associate and Full Professor, Department of Sociology and School of Social Work , University
of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Oklahoma, 1978-1984
ADVISORY POSITIONS:
Consultant-Evaluator, Higher Learning Commission (regional higher education accreditation
agency), 2005 -
Co-Chair, Social Environment Working Group, National Children’s Study (work on planning
NICHD/CDC/EPA study of 100,000 pregnant women following their children until age
21), 2003-2004
National Research Council, Committee on Assessing Behavioral and Social Science Research on
Aging, 2004-2006
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
Family and Child Well-Being Research Network, 1999-2005
National Research Council/Institute of Medicine, Board on Children, Youth, and Families,
1999-2005
National Research Council/Institute of Medicine, Committee on Family and Work Policies,
2001-2002
Committee of Visitors, National Science Foundation: Sociology Program, April 2000
Neuroscience, Behavior, and Sociology of Aging, Subcommittee B, Study Section,
National Institute on Aging, 1996-2000
Chair, Committee of Visitors, National Science Foundation: Sociology Program, June, 1996
Editorial Board, American Sociological Review, 1994-1996
National Science Foundation, Sociology Panel, 1991-1993
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Board of Overseers, 1990-1996
National Institutes of Health, Social Sciences and Population Study Section, 1983-1987
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Governor’s Award, State Employee Combined Campaign, 2008 (criteria: creativity, integrity,
enthusiasm, leadership)
Distinguished Alumnus, University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences, 2006
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Elected 2003
Kellett Mid-Career Research Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
William J. Goode Award, ASA Family Section 1995, and Otis Dudley Duncan Award,
ASA Population Section 1996, (for Growing Up with a Single Parent)
Sociological Research Association, elected 1995
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Ford Foundation Fellowship for Native Americans, 1977-1978
American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship, 1974-1978
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
Selected Publications:
Sandefur, Gary D., Ronald Rindfuss, and Barney Cohen (Eds.).1996.
Changing Numbers, Changing Needs: American Indian Demography and Public
Health. Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press. (Selected chapters also appeared
in a 1997 special issue of Population Research and Policy Review edited by Ronald
Rindfuss, Gary Sandefur, and Barney Cohen.)
Danziger, Sheldon, Gary D. Sandefur, and Daniel Weinberg (Eds). 1994.
Confronting Poverty: Prescriptions for Change. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
McLanahan, Sara and Gary D. Sandefur. 1994.
Growing Up with A Single Parent: What Hurts? What Helps? Cambridge: Harvard
University Press.
Sandefur, Gary D. and Marta Tienda (Eds). 1988.
Divided Opportunities: Minorities, Poverty, and Social Policy. New York: Plenum
Press.
Park, Hyunjoon and Gary Sandefur, “Transition to Adulthood in Japan and Korea: An
Overview,” in Loretta E. Bass (Guest Ed.) Sociological Studies of Children and Youth,
2005: 43-74.
Haveman, Robert, Gary Sandefur, Barbara Wolfe, and Andrea Voyer, “Trends in Children’s
Attainments and their Determinants as Family Income Inequality has Increased,” in
Katherine Neckerman (Ed.), Social Inequality, New York: Russell Sage Foundation,
2004.
Sandefur, Gary D., Mary Campbell, and Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck, “The Implications of Racial
and Ethnic Identity for Understanding Disparities in Health among the Elderly,” in
Norman Anderson, Rudolfo Bulatao, and Barney Cohen (Eds.), Critical Perspectives on
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life., Washington, D.C.: National
Academy Press, 2004.
Wells, Thomas, Gary Sandefur, and Dennis Hogan. 2003. “What Happens after the High School
Years among Young Persons with Disabilities,” Social Forces 82: 803-832.
Sandefur, Gary D., Molly Martin, Jennifer Eggerling, Susan Mannon, and Ann Meier, “An
Overview of Racial and Ethnic Demographic Trends,” in Neil Smelser, William Julius
Wilson, and Faith Mitchell (Eds.), America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their
Consequences. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2001.
Sandefur, Gary D. and Molly Martin, “Evaluating the Impacts of W-2 on Family Structure and
Maternal and Child Health,” in Burt S. Barnow, Thomas Kaplan, and Robert A. Moffitt
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(Eds.), Evaluating Comprehensive State Welfare Reform: The Wisconsin Works
Program. Washington, D.C.: Rockefeller/Brookings Institution Press, 2000.
Sandefur, Gary D., Molly Martin, and Thomas Wells, "Poverty as a Public Health Issue: Poverty
since the Kerner Commission Report of 1968," in Fred Harris and Lynn Curtis (Eds.),
Locked in the Poorhouse, Boulder, CO: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999.
Sandefur, Gary D. and Thomas Wells, 1999. “Does Family Structure Really Affect Educational
Attainment,” Social Science Research 28: 331-357.
Sandefur, Gary D. and Steve Cook, "Permanent Exits from Public Assistance: The Impact of
Duration, Family, and Work," Social Forces 77 (2, December, 1998): 763-788.
Sandefur, Gary D. "Race, Ethnicity, Families, and Education," in H.L. McCubbin, E. A.
Thompson, A.I. Thompson, and J.E. Fromer (Eds.), Resiliency in Ethnic Minority
Families, Vol. I: Native and Immigrant American Families. Madison, WI: University
of Wisconsin System, 1995.
Manski, Charles F., Gary D. Sandefur, Sara McLanahan, and Daniel Powers, "Alternative
Estimates of the Effect of Family Structure during Adolescence on High School
Graduation," Journal of the American Statistical Association 87, No. 417 (March,
1992): 25-37.
Sandefur, Gary D., Sara McLanahan, and Roger Wojtkiewicz, "The Effects of Parental Marital
Status during Adolescence on High School Graduation," Social Forces 71, No. 1
(September, 1992): 103-122.
Selected External Funding Received:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), June 2005 – May 2008,
“Social Demography and Adolescent Obesity.” (Principal Investigator: Sandefur;
transferred bulk of work to co-investigators at Penn State)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIHCD), April 1999 – March 2005,
“Social Capital and Adolescent Well-being,” one of 9 PI’s in the NICHD Family and
Child Well-being Research Network. (Principal Investigator: Sandefur)
State of Wisconsin, November, 1997 - 2004, “Wisconsin Works Child Support Waiver
Demonstration Evaluation.”(Principal Investigators: Dan Meyer and Maria Cancian)
Russell Sage Foundation, August 2000 – July 2004, “The Family Capital Project.” (Principal
Investigators: John Karl Scholtz and Barbara Wolfe)
National Science Foundation, Sociology Program,“Family Change during Adolescence and
School Performance,” July 1, 1997-June 30, 2000. (Principal Investigator: Sandefur)
National Institute on Aging, 1996-1997, “Families, Social Support, and Health,” October 1,
1997-September 30, 1999. (Principal Investigator: Sandefur)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1988-1992, "Intergenerational
Consequences of Family Disruption" (Principal Investigators: McLanahan, Bumpass,
&Sandefur)
National Institute of Child and Human Development, 1986-1989, "Dynamic Migration Models
Applied to U.S. Longitudinal Data. (Principal Investigator)
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NIMH, 1984-88, "American Indians in Community Mental Health," School of Social Work,
University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Director)
NIMH,1980- 1983, Applied Sociology for Urban Native American Agencies, Department of
Sociology, University of Oklahoma. (Co-Director)
TEACHING Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised:
Hyunjoon Park, 2005, “Educational Achievement in Comparative Perspective,” Assistant
Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania.
Carol Hand, “Child Welfare in an American Indian Community,” 2003, Assistant Professor of
Social Work, University of Montana.
Ann Meier, “The Consequences of Early Sexual Activity,” 2003, Assistant Professor of
Sociology, University of Minnesota.
Molly Martin, “Family Formation and Status Attainment,” 2003, Assistant Professor of
Sociology, Pennsylvania State University.
William Lugo, 2003, “Fighting Alcohol Abuse among Students on College Campuses,”
Assistant Professor, Eastern Connecticut State University.
Thomas Macias, “Identity among Third Generation and Higher Mexican Americans,” 2002,
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Vermont.
Mei-chen Hu, “Maternal Employment and Child Well-Being,” 2002, Staff Associate, Sociomedical
Sciences, Columbia University.
Carolyn Liebler, “Fringes of American Indian Identity,” 2001, Postdoctoral Fellow, Minnesota
Population Center, University of Minnesota.
Ibtisam Ibrahim, “Israeli Policies Toward Arab Religious Groups,” 2000, Assistant Professor of
Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, Washington College.
Thomas Wells, “Using the Two-Sided Logit Model to Elucidate the Determinants of
Occupational Attainment,” 2000.
Enilda Delgado, “Assessment of Factors that Lead to the Legitimization of a Premarital Birth,”
2000, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse.
Ann Bagchi, “Migrant Networks and the Immigration of Professional Workers,” 1999, Research
Associate, Mathematica, Princeton, New Jersey..
Jane Mosley, “Do Income Sources Matter for Child Outcomes?”, 1997.
Dwain Pellebon, “The Effects of Ethnicity, School Interracial Climate, and Minority Status on
Adolescent Ethnic Identity Development,” 1996, Associate Professor, School of Social
Work, University of Oklahoma.
Tracy Dietz, "An Evaluation of a Continuing Education Program for Health Care Professionals,"
1994, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Texas Christian University.
Michael Yellowbird, "American Indian Health Care Utilization," 1994, Associate Professor,
Indigenous Nations Studies, University of Kansas.
Jiwon Jeon, "The Problems of the Uninsured among the Poor," 1992. Occasional Lecturer,
University of Texas at Austin.
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Ramon De Souza Torrecilha, "Entering and Exiting Poverty in Nonmetropolitan America," 1991,
Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Mills College.
Daniel A. Powers, "Inactivity: Transitions Into and Out of Idleness, 1991, Associate Professor of
Sociology, University of Texas at Austin.
Helen Petracchi, "The Educational Consequences of Teenage Fatherhood," 1991, Associate
Professor of Social Work and Director, BASW Program, University of Pittsburgh.
Thomas Russell Barton, "Evaluating a Jobs Prototype: The Kenosha County, Wisconsin Work
Experience and Job Training Program," 1990, Associate Professor, Department of
Rehabilitation, Social Work, and Addictions, University of North Texas.
Theresa Myadze, "Black/White Differences in Employment," 1989, Associate Professor and
Field Practicum Coordinator, Social Work, Wright State University.
Kathleen Mary McInnis-Dittrich, "Income Packaging Strategies among Native and Foreign Born
Female Heads of Household," 1987, Associate Professor of Social Work, Boston
College.
SERVICE:
At large member of the Board, Consortium of Social Science Associations (2009-)
Chair, Advisory Committee, Personnel System Redesign, (2011-)
Member, Search and Screen Committee, Director, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental
Studies (2011-)
Member, Search and Screen Committee, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, (2010-
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Chair, Search and Screen Committee for Director of Human Resources (2009)
Member, Search and Screen Committee for Director of Administrative Legal Services, 2007-
2008
Chair, University Campaign for Charitable Giving (Partners in Giving), 2005-2010
Member, Provost Search and Screen Committee, 2005-2006
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