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Curriculum Vitae 

JULIA MCQUILLAN 

706 Oldfather Hall, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0324 

402-730-1935, 402- 472-6070 (Fax), JMcQuillan2@unl.edu 

EDUCATION 

1998 Ph.D. University of Connecticut 

1991 M.A. University of Connecticut 

1989 B.A. University of Connecticut, Summa cum Laude 

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT 

2012-Present Chair, Department of Sociology 

2012-Present Director, Survey Research, Statistics and Psychometrics Core Facility. 

2011-Present Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

2005-2011 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 

1998-2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 

2005-2012 Director or Co-Director, Bureau of Social Research, University of Nebraska- 

Lincoln. 

2006-2007 Acting Director, Survey Research, Statistics and Psychometrics Core Facility, 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 

1997-1998 Assistant to the Director of Research (Judith Fifield), Department of Family 

Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center. 

HONORS AND AWARDS 

2007 Nebraska Association for Sociology Graduate Students Outstanding Faculty 

Mentor Award, University of Nebraska. 

2003 Arts and Sciences College Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of 

Nebraska. 

1999-2001 Parents Association and the Teaching Council, Certificate of Recognition for 

Contributions to Students, University of Nebraska. 

1998 Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society 

1998 Sociologists for Women in Society, Cheryl Allyn Miller Award for the Study of 

Women and Work. 

1997 Edward Victor Gant Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Student, University 

of Connecticut. 

PUBLICATIONS 

Refereed Articles 

McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, Karina M. Shreffler, Kari C. Gentzler, Patricia Wonch Hill, John 

Hathcoat. Forthcoming. “ Does the Reason Matter? Childlessness Specific Distress among 

U.S. Women.” Journal of Marriage and Family. 

Whitbeck, Les, Kellie Hartshorn, Julia McQuillan and Devan Crawford. Forthcoming. “Factors 

Associated with Growth in Daily Smoking among Indigenous Adolescents”. Journal of 

Research on Adolescence.

Greil, Arthur.L., Johnson, Katherine., Julia McQuillan, & Shreffler, Karina.M. Forthcoming. The 

Importance of Social Cues for Medical Helpseeking: The Case of Infertility. Social Inquiry. 

Tichenor, Veronica., McQuillan, Julia. Greil, Authur.L., & Shreffler, Katrina.M. 2011. The 

Importance of Fatherhood to U.S. Married and Cohabiting Men. Fathering. 9:3:232-251. 

Greil, Aurthur.L., McQuillan, Julia., Shreffler, Karina.M., Johnson, Kathleen., & Blevins-Slauson, 

Katherine. 2011. "Race and Medical Services for Infertility: Stratified Reproduction in a 

Population-Based Sample of U.S. Women" Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 

52:4: 493-50. 

Greil, Arthur L., Kathleen Johnson, Julia McQuillan, Naomi Lacy. 2011. "Are prior pregnancy 

outcomes relevant for models of fertility specific distress or infertility helpseeking?" Human 

Fertility 14:3:160-166. 

Greil, Arthur L., Karina M. Shreffler, Lone Schmidt, Julia McQuillan. 2011. "Variation in Distress 

among Infertile Women: Evidence from a Population-Based Sample". Human 

Reproduction. 26:8:2101-2112. 

Greil, Arthur L., Kathleen Slauson-Blevins and Julia McQuillan. 2011. “The Social Construction of 

Infertility”. Sociological Compass.5:8:736-746. 

Shreffler, Karina M., Juila McQuillan, and Arthur L. Greil. 2011. “Pregnancy Loss and Distress 

among U.S. Women.” Family Relations. 60:3:342-355. 

Greil, Arthur L., Julia McQuillan, Michele Lowry and Karina Shreffler. 2011. Infertility treatment 

and fertility-specific distress: A longitudinal analysis of a population-based sample of U.S. 

women. Social Science & Medicine. 73:1:87-94. 

McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, and Karina M. Shreffler. 2011. “Pregnancy Intentions among 

Women Who Do Not Try: Focusing on Women Who Are Okay Either Way.” Maternal and 

Child Health Journal. 15:2:178-187. 

Julia McQuillan 10/01/12 

Digest.2011. Distinct Profile Found Among Women Ambivalent about Pregnancy. 

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.42:3:216-217. 

Greil, Arthur L., Julia McQuillan, Maureen Benjamins, David R. Johnson, Katherine M. Johnson, 

and Chelsea R. Heinz. 2010. “Specifying the Effects of Religiosity on Medical Helpseeking: 

The Case of Infertility.” Social Science & Medicine. 71:4:734-742. 

Fifield, Judith, Julia McQuillan, Melanie Peele, Vitaly Nazarov, Andrea Apter, Thomas Babor, 

Joesph Burleson, Robert Cushman, Jeri Hepworth, Eric Jackson, Susan Reisine, Joseph 

Sheehan, and Joan Twiggs. 2010. “Improving Pediatric Asthma Control Among Minority 

Children Participating in Medicaid: Redesigning Practice to Deliver a Chronic Care Model.” 

Journal of Asthma.47:7:718-27. 

Greil, Arthur L. and Julia McQuillan. 2010. “Trying Times”: Medicalization, Intent, and Ambiguity 

in the Definition of Infertility.” Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 24:137–156. 

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Greil, Arthur L., Julia McQuillan, Katherine M. Johnson, Kathleen Slauson-Blevins, and Karina M. 

Shreffler. 2010. “The Hidden Infertile: Infertile Women without Pregnancy Intent in the 

United States.” Fertility and Sterility. 93: 2080-3. 

Greil, Arthur L., Kathleen Slauson-Blevins, and Julia McQuillan. 2010. “The Experience of 

Infertility: A Review of Recent Literature.” Sociology of Health and Illness. 32: 140-162. 

Shreffler, Karina M., Julia McQuillan, Arthur L. Greil, Naomi Lacy, and Christine Ngaruiya. 2009. 

“Odds of Having a Regular Doctor and Perceptions of Caring: Ethnic Patterns Among 

Women Aged 25 to 45.” Family Medicine. 41: 271-276. PMID: 19343558 

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/sociologyfacpub/61/ 

McGinnis, Lee, James Gentry, and Julia McQuillan. 2009. “Ritual-Based Behavior that Reinforces 

Hegemonic Masculinity in Golf: Variations in Women Golfers’ Responses.” Leisure 

Sciences. 31(1)19-36. 

Berdahl, Terceira and Julia McQuillan. 2008. “Occupational racial composition and Non-Fatal 

Work Injuries.” Social Problems. 55:549-572. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bosrfacpub/17/ 

McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, Karina M. Shreffler, and Veronica Tichenor. 2008. “The 

Importance of Motherhood Among Women in the Contemporary United States.” Gender & 

Society. 22: 477-496. 6 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bosrfacpub/7 

Jacob, Mary Casey, Julia McQuillan, and Arthur L Greil. 2007. “Psychological Distress by Type of 

Fertility Barrier.” Human Reproduction. 22: 885-894. 

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bosrfacpub/3 

McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, and Rosalie A. Torres Stone. 2007. “Infertility and Life 

Satisfaction Among Women.” Journal of Family Issues. 28:955-981. 


Stone, Rosalie Torres and Julia McQuillan. 2007. “Beyond Hispanic/Latino: The Importance of 

Ethnicity-Specific Earnings Analyses.” Social Science Research.36:175-200. 


White, Lynn and Julia McQuillan. 2006. "No Longer Intending: The Relationship Between 

Relinquished Fertility Intentions and Distress." Journal of Marriage and Family. 68(2) 478- 

490.http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bosrfacpub/11 

White, Lynn, Julia McQuillan, and Arthur L. Greil. 2006. “Explaining Disparities in Infertility.” 

Fertility & Sterility. 85:853-857. 

White, Lynn, Julia McQuillan, Arthur L. Greil, and David R. Johnson. 2006. “Infertility: Testing a 

Helpseeking Model.” Social Science & Medicine. 62:1031-1041. 


McGinnis, Lee, Julia McQuillan, and Connie Chapple. 2005. “I Just Want to Play: Women and 

Golf.” Sociology of Sport & Social Issues. 29:313-337. 



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Fifield, Judith, Julia McQuillan, Steven Armelli, Howard Tennan, Susan Reisine, and Glenn 

Affleck. 2005. “Strain, Daily Work Stress and Pain in Workers with Rheumatoid Arthritis: 

Do Job Characteristics Make a Bad Day Worse?” Work & Stress. 18:275-291. 


Chapple, Connie, Julia McQuillan, and Terceira Berdahl. 2005. "Gender, Social Bonds and 

Delinquency: A Comparison of Boys’ and Girls’ Models.” Social Science Research. 34:357- 

383. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bosrfacpub/10 

Greil, Arthur L. and Julia McQuillan. 2004. “Help-Seeking Patterns among U.S. Women.” The 

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 22:305-319. 


McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, Lynn White, and Mary Casey Jacob. 2003.” Frustrated Fertility: 

Infertility and Psychological Distress Among Women.” Journal of Marriage and Family. 

65:1007-1018. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bosrfacpub/13 

McGinnis, Lee, Seungwoo Chun, and Julia McQuillan. 2003. "A Review of Gendered 

Consumption in Sport and Leisure." Special issue on gender of Academy of Marketing 

Science Review. Online Journal: http://www.amsreview.org/articles/mcginnis05-2003.pdf 


McQuillan, Julia, Judith Fifield, Joseph Sheehan, Susan Reisine, Howard Tennen, Victor 

Hesselbrock, and Naomi Rothfield. 2003.” A Comparison of Self-Reports of Distress and 

Affective Disorder Diagnosis in RA: An ROC Analysis.” Arthritis & Rheumatism. 49:368- 

376.. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bosrfacpub/12 

McQuillan, Julia and Julie Pfeiffer. 2001. "Why Anne Makes us Dizzy: Reading Anne of Green 

Gables from a Gender Perspective." Mosaic. 34:17-32. 

Fifield, Judith, Julia McQuillan, Howard Tennen, T. Joseph Sheehan, Susan Reisine, Victor 

Hesselbrock, and Naomi Rothfield. 2001. “History of Affective Disorder and the Temporal 

Trajectory of Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis.” Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 23:34-41. 


Twiggs, Joan, Julia McQuillan, and Myra Marx Ferree. 1999. “Meaning and Measurement: 

Reconceptualizing Measures of the Division of Household Labor.” Journal of Marriage and 

the Family. 61:712-724. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/sociologyfacpub/32/ 

Fifield, Judith, Howard Tennen, Susan Reisine, and Julia McQuillan. 1998. “Depression and the 

Long-Term Risk of Pain, Fatigue and Disability in Patients with RA.” Arthritis & 

Rhuematism. 41:1851-1857. 


Ferree, Myra Marx and Julia McQuillan. 1998. “Gender-Based Pay Gaps: Methodological and 

Policy Issues in University Salary Studies.” Gender & Society. 12:7-39. 

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/sociologyfacpub/36 

Fifield, Judith, Susan Reisine, Joseph Sheehan, and Julia McQuillan. 1996. "Gender, Paid Work 


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and Symptoms of Emotional Distress in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients." Arthritis & 

Rheumatism. 39:427-435. 

Weakliem, David, Julia McQuillan, and Tracey Schauer. 1995. "Towards Meritocracy? Changing 

Social Class Differences in Intellectual Ability." Sociology of Education. 68: 271-286. 

Reisine, Susan, Julia McQuillan, and Judith Fifield. 1995. "Predictors of Work Disability in 

Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients - A Five Year Follow-up." Arthritis & Rheumatism. 38:1630- 

1637. 

Book chapters 

McQuillan, Julia and Myra Marx Ferree. 1997. "The Importance of Variation Among Husbands 

and the Benefits of Feminism for Families." Pp. 213-225 in Alan Booth (ed.) Men in 

Families. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 

Technical and Evaluation reports 

McQuillan, Julia, Bryner, Nicole.R., Richardson, Amanda., & Spiegel, Amy. N. 2011. World of 

Viruses Summative Evaluation Report: Study I Results. 2011. 

McQuillan, Julia and Amanda Penn Richardson. Membership Committee Report on Patterns in 

SWS membership and reasons for non-renewal for 2009 

McQuillan, Julia. Consultant for the American Bankruptcy Institute study of Fees. Stephen J. 

Lubben. "ABI Chapter 11 Professional Fee Study" (December 1, 2007). Available at 

SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1020477 

McQuillan, Julia and Cheryl Wiese. 1999. "Request for Proposals to Study the Death Penalty in 

the State of Nebraska, 1973-2000". Nebraska Crime Commission. 

McQuillan, Julia. 1996. Consultant. Truck Renting and Leasing Industry Report: Size, Growth 

and Purchasing Trends (Survey Based on 1994 Operations). 

McQuillan, Julia. 1993. Consultant. “World Presidents' Organization: Event Preferences Survey 

Results.” 

McQuillan, Julia. 1993. Consultant. Report of the Working Group on the Status of Women 

Faculty at the University of Connecticut Health Center. 

Abstract 

Book Reviews 

Jacob, M.C., McQuillan, J., Greil. A.L., White, L. 2003. Psychological distress by type of 

fertility problem. Program Supplement, 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society 

for Reproductive Medicine, p. S51. 

McQuillan, Julia. 2011. When Couples Become Parents: The Creation of Gender in the 

Transition to Parenthood. 25: 4: 536-538. 

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McQuillan, Julia. 2000. Review: Weaving Work and Motherhood. Anita Ilta Garey in Journal of 

Marriage and the Family. 63:595-596. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bosrfacpub/4 

McQuillan, Julia. 2000. Review: Challenges for Work and Family in the Twenty-First Century 

by Dana Vannoy and Paula J. Dubeck (Eds) in Social Science Quarterly. 

McQuillan, Julia. 1993. Review: Never Too Thin by Eva Szekely (1988) and Anorexia and 

Bulimia: Anatomy of a Social Epidemic by Richard Gordon. (1990) in Gender & Society 

(Pp. 473-475). 

Other Publications 

Shreffler, Karina.M., Julia McQuillan, Aurthur.L. Greil and Katherine.M. Johnson. 

2011. “On the Fence: New Insights on Pregnancy Ambivalence.” National 

Council on Family Relations Report 56(2): F7-9. 

Manuscripts under Review or Revision 

Shreffler, Karina, Julia McQuillan, Arthur L. Greil, and David R. Johnson. “Surgical 

Sterilization, Regret, and Race: Contemporary Patterns.” (R&R) 

McQuillan, Julia, Andrew Bedrous, Karina Shreffler, Arthur L. Greil, and Kellie Hagewen. 

“Importance of Motherhood and Fertility Intentions among U.S. Women.” (R&R) 

McQuillan, Julia, Katherine M. Johnson, Arthur L. Greil, and Karina M. Shreffler. Beyond 

Involuntary Childlessness: An Inclusive Framework for Understanding Fertility Barriers. 

(R&R) 

McQuillan, Julia, Arhur L. Greil, Andrew Bedrous, Amy Clark, Krina Shreffler, Veronica 

Tichenor. Meanings and Motherhoods among Black, Hispanic, Asian and White Women 

in the United States. 

Greil, A., Ophra Leyser-Whalen, Julia McQuillan, Karina M. Shreffler, Michele Lowry. 

"Identity as Someone with a Fertility Problem and Treatment-Seeking for 

Infertility: Combining Life Course and Stigma Perspectives with Identity 

Theory," 

Spiegel, Amy, Julia McQuillan, Peter Halpin, Camilla Matuk, and Judy Diamond. 

“Engaging Teenagers with Science through Comics”. 

Manuscripts in Progress 

Johnson, Katherine, Karina M. Shreffler, Arthur L. Greil, and Julia McQuillan. Fertility and 

Infertility: Toward the Integration of Two Research Traditions. 

McQuillan, Julia, Cynthia Williams and Dana Britton. “Conceptualizing Institutions of Higher 

Education as Gendered Organizations.” 

Chapple, Constance, Julia McQuillan and Barbara Costello. “A Matter of Control: Decomposing 

the Sex Gap in Delinquency”. 

Falci, Christina, Julia McQuillan, Megumi Watanabe and Mary-Anne Holmes. 

“Disconnected in the Ivory Tower: An Exploratory Study of Gender and Race 

Differences in STEM Faculty Networks.” 

Shreffler, Karina M., Julia McQuillan, and Arthur L. Greil. “Relationship Satisfaction and 

Fertility Intentions for Married and Cohabiting Couples.” 


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Kazyak, Emily, Nicholas Park and Julia McQuillan. Fertility Desires and Intentions among 

Lesbians. 

Colander, Colleen, Julia McQuillan and A. L. Greil. Perceived Fertility Problems: A Shared 

couple Stressor? 

McQuillan, Julia and Terceira Berdahl. "Changes in Health and Distress: the moderating effects 

of Race, Class and Gender." 

Wonch Hill, Patricia, Mary-Anne Holmes, and Julia McQuillan. “The New Faculty Profile: 

Rethinking Academic Institutions based on Partner Employment Status.” 

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS 

External 

Awarded 

2012 “Biology of Human: Understanding Ourselves Through the Lens of Current Biomedical 

Research” NIH 1R25OD010506. $1.3 Million. Judy Diamond (PI), Julia McQuillan (Co- 

Investigator), Charles Wood (Co-Investigator). SEPA proposal National Institute of 

Health. 

2012 “Expanding the Typology of Life Transitions in Women Using a Clinical Data- 

Based Approach” Kathy Kaiser (PI), Margaret Kaiser (Co-PI), Julia McQuillan 

(Co-PI). American Nursing Foundation. $7,500. 

2012 “Big Ten STEM Writing Retreat”. The Elsevier Foundation – New Scholars Grant 

Awardee. $45,000. Patricia Wonch Hill (PI), Mary Anne Holmes (Co- 

Investigator) and Julia McQuillan (Co-investigator). 

2010 “Introducing the National Survey of Fertility Barriers.” Workshop at the Population 

Association of America. $10,000. With Karina M. Shreffler, Julia McQuillan, Arthur L. 

Greil, and David R. Johnson. 

2008 “Advance Nebraska: NSF Institutional Transformation Grant.” HRD-0811250. Co- 

Principal Investigators Mary Anne Holmes, Julia McQuillan, Stephanie Adams, David 

Mandersheid, and Barbara Couture. $3.8 Million. 

2007 “Transition From High school for Students Who Have Received Special Services.” 

Nebraska Department of Education Special Populations. Stacia Halada and Julia 

McQuillan, to the Bureau of Sociological Research. $80,763. 

2004 “Infertility: Pathways and Psychosocial Outcomes.” R01 HD044144-01A. National 

Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). ($2,485,580). Principal 

Investigator Lynn White. Additional Co-investigators: Julia McQuillan, David R. 

Johnson, Larry Greil, Naomi Lacy, Mary Casey Jacob, Lauri Scheuble. 


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Internal 

2009 Minority Health-Related Research Projects – Tobacco Settlement Fund. Experiments on 

contact and cooperation with minority compared to non-minority survey participants in 

the Infertility: Psychosocial and Behavioral Outcomes study. University of Nebraska- 

Lincoln. $49,987. 

2007 Faculty Development Leave. University of Nebraska - Lincoln. One semester leave. 

2006 Laymann Fund Award. “Sustaining Breastfeeding after Employment: Assessing the Role 

of Child Care Providers.” With Patricia Wonch Hill. University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 

$7,747. 

2003 Haas Award Junior Faculty Summer funding. Department of Sociology, University of 

Nebraska - Lincoln. $2,500. 

2001 University of Nebraska-Lincoln and-University of Nebraska Medical Center Joint NIH 

Research Program Competition. David Johnson, Julia McQuillan, Janis J. Twiss, Naomi 

Lacy, Mary Casey Jacob, and Danelle Deboer, "Managing Infertility: Social Effects on 

Pathways and Psychological Well-Being." University of Nebraska-Lincoln. $50,000. 

2000 Gallup Research Professorship. "Intra-Individual and Intra-Couple Change in 

Family/Market Connections: Implications for Meeting Competing Demands." University 

of Nebraska-Lincoln. One course release. 

1999 Layman Fund Award. "Longitudinal Work and Family Project." University of 

Nebraska-Lincoln. $6,350 

1998 Faculty Summer Research Fellowship. “Assessing Causal Order Between Paid and 

Domestic Work Over Time Among Two-Earner Spouses”. University of Nebraska- 

Lincoln. $6,500. 

1998 Research Grand-In-Aid. “Following 24 Girls as They Become Women: 1992-1999”. 

University of Connecticut - Storrs. $2,517. 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS/PANELS 

2012 “Unanticipated Interconnections between Men in Families and Women in STEM” Phi 

Beta Kappa Initiation Ceremony Talk. University of Nebraska. April. 

2012 “STEM faculty Experiences by Gender, Race and Rank” Eastern Sociological Society 

Invited Panel on :Pathways and Potholes: Entry, Persistence, and Exit in STEM Fields – 

Mini-Conference: Women in Science. February 25. New York City. With Christina Falci, 

Megume Watanabe, Patricia Wonch Hill and Mary Anne Holmes. 

2012 “Overburdened by Home an Job Devotion: Raising Questions about Gender Assumptions 

to Bring Some Relief”. College of Arts and Sciences Staff Council. University of 

Nebraska-Lincoln. February 16, 2012. 3:00-4:00 pm. 


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2011 “Loaded Words: How Gender Stereotypes Can Backfire” Sponsored by the Women’s 

Commission. Weslyan University. December 1, 2011. 3:30pm. 

2011 McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, and Karina Shreffler. National Survey of Fertility 

Barriers: Lessons for Practitioners from Population Data. . University of Nebraska 

Medical Center. Department of Family Medicine. May 10, 2011. 

2011 McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, Karina Shreffler, Patricia Wonch Hill and John 

Hathcoat. “Identity, Stigma, and Childlessness Distress: Focusing on Reasons Why 

Women Have No Children.” Family Interest Group. University of Nebraska. April 15. 

2010 Wonch Hill, Patricia and Julia McQuillan. August, 2010. Work and Childcare Contexts 

on Breastfeeding. National Institute of Child Health and Development conference on 

Contextual Influences on Breastfeeding Decision-Making Processes 

2010 McQuillan, Julia, Christia Falci, Megume Watanabe, and Mary Anne Holmes. 

“Perceptions of Climate and Connectivity Among UNL STEM Faculty: Insights from 

STEM faculty at UNL from 2008: Part 2.” University of Nebraska-Lincoln. April. 

2010 Falci, Christina, Julia McQuillan, Megume Watanabe, and Mary Anne Holmes. 

“Perceptions of Climate and Connectivity Among UNL STEM Faculty: Insights from 

STEM faculty at UNL from 2008: Part 1”. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, February. 

2010 McQuillan, Julia. Guest Lecture Women’s Studies 101 – Transnational Feminism. 

“Global Infertility.” University of Nebraska. March. 

2009 “Trying to, Trying Not to, or Okay Either Way: Categorizing Women Who Do Not Plan 

Pregnancies.” University of Oklahoma. October. 

2009 “The Importance of Population Based Research for Understanding Women’s Health 

Issues.” Testimony to the Office of Research on Women’s Health. Strategic Planning 

Meeting. Brown University. Providence, RI. September. 

2008 “Utilizing Internal Funding Resources to Develop Successful Grant Proposals” Survey 

Research, Statistics and Psychometrics workshop. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 

September. 

2007 “Context and Change in Health Research: A Multilevel Model Approach.” University of 

Connecticut Health Center, Ethel Donaghue Center for Translating Research into Practice 

and Policy Seminar Series. Farmington, CT. September. 

2007 “Context and Change in Health Research: A Multilevel Model Approach.” Survey 

Research, Statistics and Psychometrics workshop. University of Nebraska- Lincoln 

September. 

2007 “Designing Evaluation plans for NSF Advance Grant Proposals” with Mindy Anderson- 

Knott. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. May. 


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2007 “Academic Survey Research Organizations: Transitions to New Directors.” Academic 

Survey Research Organizations (ASRO). Ann Arbor, MI. February. 

2007 “Interviewing for Academic Jobs.” Career Development Committee. Sociologists for 

Women in Society. New Orleans, LA. February. 

2002 “Gender and Power in Two Earner Marriages." LeMoyne College 

Survey Evaluation and Analysis Lab (SEAL). Syracuse, NY. March. 

2000 “Analysis of Hierarchical Data." Special Session sponsored by the Research and Theory 

Section of the National Council for Family Relations. Minneapolis, MN. 

November. 

SELECTED REFEREED PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS (FROM OVER 50) 

2011 Falci, Christina, Julia McQuillan, Megumi Watanabe, and Mary-Anne 

Holmes. “Gender and Isolation in the Ivory Tower: Insights from Social 

Network Analysis of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 

Departments.” Roundtable Presentation, American Sociological 

Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA August 2010 

2012 McQuillan, Julia. Critic for an “Author Meets Critic” Session on Sara 

Damaske “For the Family”, Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, 

Mn, March, 2012. 

2012 McQuillan, Julia, Aurthur L. Greil, Katherine M. Johnson, Katrina 

Schreffler. Reframing Reproduction. Paper session, Midwest Sociological 

Society, Minneapolis, MN, March, 2012. 

2011 Johnson, Katherine M. Arthur L. Greil, Julia McQuillan, Karina Shreffler. 

Fertility and Infertility: Toward the Integration of Two Research Traditions. 

National Council On Family Relations, Theory Construction and Research 

Methodology (TCRM). Orlando, FL. November 2, 2011. 

*Katherine Johnson received the award for the best student paper at the 

TCRM meeting. 

2011 Cooper, Ashley Frear, Julia McQuillan, Stacia Jorgensen and Amanda Richards. 

2011. Do Extra Efforts enhance Retention of Racial/Ethnic Subgroups in 

Longitudinal RDD Telephone Surveys? American Association of Public Opinion 

Research. Arizona. 

2011 Anderson-Knott, Mindy, Amanda Richardson, Ashley Frear Cooper, Julia 

McQuillan and Stacia Jorgensen. Text Box Formatting in a State Omnibus 

Survey: Content, Response and Perceptions. American Association of Public 

Opinion Research. Arizona. 


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2011 Shreffler, Karina, Katherine Stamps Mitchell, Julia McQuillan and Arthur L. 

Greil. American Women’s Pregnancy Histories: Patterns of Correlates and 

Intentions. American Sociological Association Session on Family Demography. 

2011 Berdahl, Terciera and Julia McQuillan. Aging and Intersectionality. American 

Sociological Association. 

2010 Cooper, Ashley Frear, Andrew Bedrous, Julia McQuillan, Stacia Jorgenson and 

David R. Johnson. Poster. “Why so Hard to Find? Using state-level cell-only, 

unemployment, and immigration rates to assess panel survey contact success.” 

Annual Meeting of the American Association of Public Opinion Research. 

Chicago, Il. May. 

2010 McQuillan, Julia, Karina Shreffler, and Arthur L. Greil. Presentation. “Infertile 

Women’s Reasons for Not Seeking Treatment: Values, Social Pressure, and 

Fertility Intentions among U.S. Women.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest 

Sociological Society. Chicago, IL. April. 

2010 Greil, Arthur L., Julia McQuillan, Karina Shreffler, Katherine M. Johnson, and 

Kathleen Slauson-Blevins. Presentation. “The Importance of Social Cues for 

Medical Helpseeking: The Example of Infertility.” Annual Meeting of Eastern 

Sociological Society. Boston, MA. March. 

2009 Greil, Arthur .L., Karina M. Shreffler and Julia McQuillan. Presentation. 

“Explaining Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Helpseeking: The Case of Infertility.” 

Presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting. San 

Francisco, CA. August. 

2009 Burch, Andrea R., Arthur L. Greil and Julia McQuillan. Poster. “Types of 

Infertility and Distress: Results for a Nationwide Sample of Women.” American 

Psychological Association. Toronto, Ontario. August. 

2009 Shreffler, Karina M., Patricia Hill, Arthur L. Greil, and Julia McQuillan. 

Presentation. “Distress among US Women by Type of Pregnancy Loss.” 

American Sociological Association. SanFransisco, CA. August. 

2009 McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, and Karina M. Shreffler. Roundtable 

Presentation. “Importance of motherhood and fertility intentions.” American 

Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA. August. 

2009 McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, and Karina. Shreffler. Presentation. ”Okay 

Either way.” Midwest Sociological Society Meeting. DeMoines, IA. April. 

2009 McQuillan, Julia. Raleigh Contreras, Arthur L. Greil, and Karina M. Shreffler. 

Presentation. “Importance of Fatherhood in the lives of Men in Relationships 

with Women.” Eastern Sociological Society. Baltimore, MD. March. 


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2009 Falci, Christina, Megumi Watanabe, Julia McQuillan and Mary-Anne 

Holmes. “STEM Faculty Network Marginalization within Departments by 

Gender and Race” Poster session at the NSF ADVANCE Conference, 

Washington, D.C. October 2009. 

2008 Shreffler, Karina M., Arthur l. Greil, and Julia McQuillan. Symposium 

Presentation. “Relationship Satisfaction and Fertility Intentions for Married and 

Cohabiting Couples.”National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting. 

Little Rock, AR. November. 

2008 Shreffler, Karina, Cheyl Delk, Julia McQuillan, Arthur L. Greil. Poster. 

”Racial/Ethnic Differences in Surgical Sterilization: Rates, Regrets and Distress.” 

National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting. Little Rock, AR. 

November. 

2008 Hathcoat, John, Karina M. Shreffler, Julia McQuillan and Arthur L. Greil. 

Poster. “Childlessness Distress and Psychosocial Well-being.” National Council 

on Family Relations Annual Meeting. Little Rock, AR. November. 

2008 Greil, Arthur L., Julia McQuillan, and Karina M. Shreffler. Presentation. “The 

Importance of Motherhood and Medical Help-seeking among Infertile Women.” 

Society for the Study of Social Problems. Boston, MA. August. 

2008 Greil, Arthur L., Julia McQuillan, David R. Johnson, and Andrea R. Burch. 

Presentation. “Dissecting the Effects of Religiosity on Medical Helpseeking: The 

Case of Infertility.” Association for the Sociology of Religion. Boston, MA. 

November. 

2008. Greil, Arthur, Kathleen Slauson-Blevins and Julia McQuillan. Presentation. 

“The Experience of Infertility: A Review of Recent Literature.” Conference on 

Reproductive Health Challenges.” Oslo, Norway. August. 

2008 McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, and Raleigh Contreras. Presentation. “Self- 

Identifying as Infertile: A Preliminary Investigation.” Conference on 

Reproductive Health Challenges. Oslo, Norway. August. 

2008 Greil, Arthur L., Julia McQuillan, and Andrea R. Burch. Presentation. Stages in 

Infertility Helpseeking: Findings from a Representative Sample of US Women. 

Conference on Reproductive Health Challenges; Oslo, Norway. August. 

2008 Jacob, Mary Casey, Julia McQuillan, and Arthur L. Greil. Poster. “ Fertility 

barriers and psychological distress.” American Psychological Association, 

Boston, MA. August. 

2007 McQuillan, Julia and Ann Hobbes. Presentation. “The Effect of Divorcing on 

Perceived Sacredness of Marriage.” National Council on Family Relations. 

Pittsburgh, PA. November. 


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2007 McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, Karina M. Shreffler, Veronica Tichenor. 

Presentation. “The Salience of Motherhood among Women in the Contemporary 

United States.” American Sociological Association. New York, NY. August. 

2007 Shreffler, Karina M., Julia McQuillan, Arthur L. Greil, and Christina Ngaruiya. 

Presentation. “Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities for Women of Childbearing Age: 

Continuity and Perceptions of Care. American Sociological Association. New 

York, NY. August. 

2006 Hill, Patricia and Julia McQuillan. Poster. “Sustaining Breastfeeding after 

Employment: Assessing the Role of Child Care Providers.” National Council on 

Family Relations. Minneapolis, MN. November. 

2006 Berdahl, Terceira and Julia McQuillan. Presentation. “Occupational Racial 

Composition and Non-Fatal Work Injuries”. American Sociological Association. 

Montreal, Quebec. August. 

2006 Torres Stone, Rosalie and Julia McQuillan. Presentation. “Labor Market Effects 

on the Children to Mothers’- Hourly-Wage Relationship.” Annual Meeting of the 

American Sociological Association. Montral, Quebec. August. 

2005 Torres Stone, Rosalie, Julia McQuillan and Florence Maätita. Presentation. 

“The Importance of Ethnicity-Specific Analyses in the Exploration of the 

Motherhood wage penalty.”Society for the Study of Social Problems. 

Philadelphia, PA August. 

2005 McQuillan, Julia and Arthur L. Greil. Presentation. “Thinking about 

Motherhood.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. 

Philadelphia, PA. August. 

2005 Greil, Arthur L. and Julia McQuillan. Presentation. “Exploring the Ambiguities 

of Fecundity Status.” Reproductive Disruptions Conference. Ann Arbor, MI. 

May. 

2004 Greil, Arthur L., Julia McQuillan, and Rosalie Torres Stone. Presentation. 

“Fertility Problems and Life Satisfaction among Women”. American 

Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA. August. 

2003 McQuillan, Julia, Arthur L. Greil, Lynn White and David R. Johnson. 

Frustrated Fertility. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American 

Sociological Association. August. 

2002 Greil, Arthur L., Julia McQuillan, Lynn White and David R. Johnson. 

Presentation. “Infertility, Treatment-Seeking, and Psychological Distress.” 

International Conference on Infertility. Goa, India, October. 

2001 Chapple, Connie, Julia McQuillan and Terceira Berdahl. Presentation. “Gender, 

Delinquency, and Social Control Theory: Addressing a Persistent Critique.” 

American Society of Criminology. Atlanta, GA. November. 


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TEACHING 

Courses Taught 

1999 McQuillan, Julia and Myra Marx Ferree. Presentation. “Gender and Grievances 

among Two Earner Couples.” American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. 

August. 

1999 McQuillan, Julia and Julie Pfeiffer. Presentation. “Gender Vertigo: Or Why 

Anne makes us Dizzy”. Conference on Modern Critical Approaches to 

Children’s Literature. Nashville, TN. March. 

1996 Twiggs, Joan and Julia McQuillan. Presentation. "The Division of Household 

Labor: Toward a Gender Hierarchy of Task Measurement". Eastern Sociological 

Society, Baltimore, MD. April. 

1996 McQuillan, Julia. Presentation. "Gender Based Pay Gaps: Institutional versus 

Individual Explanations." Eastern Sociological Society. Boston, MA. March. 

1995 McQuillan, Julia and Myra Marx Ferree. Presentation. "The Importance of 

Variation Among Husbands and the Benefits of Feminism for Families: 

Comments on John Gottman's ‘Toward a Process Model of Men in Marriages 

and Families.’" Conference on Men in Families, The Pennsylvania State 

University, State College, PA. November. 

1994 Reisine, Susan, Judith Fifield, and Julia McQuillan. Presentation. "Chronic 

Illness and Work Status Over Time." Eastern Sociological Society. Baltimore, 

MD. March. 

Presentation to the University of Nebraska Community 

2011 Falci, Christina, Julia McQuillan and Megumi Watanabe. “STEM Faculty 

Networks across Social Status and Climate.” Department of Sociology 

Colloquium, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE March 2011. 

2010 McQuillan, Julia and Christina Falci. “Perceptions of Climate and Connectivity 

among UNL STEM Faculty: Insights from STEM faculty at UNL from 2008.” 

ADVANCE-Nebraska results presentation to STEM Faculty. University of 

Nebraska, Lincoln, NE April 2010. 

2010 Falci, Christina and Julia McQuillan. “UNL STEM Faculty Networks and 

Climate.” ADVANCE-Nebraska results presentation to STEM Faculty. 

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE February 2010. 

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Social Problems 

Social Psychology 

Sociology of Health and Health Professions 

Introduction to Research II 

Marriage and Family 

Family Diversity 

Advanced Statistics 

Seminars in Family, Gender, Social Psychology, Multilevel Modeling, Publishing 

Ucare Students (Undergraduate Research Experience) 

Raleigh Contraras (2009), Divya Gopal (2010-2011), Mandy Arter (2010-2011), Chan Wai 

(2010-2011), Catherine Tran (2012) 

Chair of Undergraduate Thesis 

Nelson, Amber. 2001. “Single Motherhood: The Struggle for self-sufficiency” 

Ngariyua, Christine. 2006. “Odds of having a regular doctor by Race.” 

Member of Undergraduate Thesis Committee 

Eric Barth* (Environmental Studies 2012), Brian Trump (History, 2011)*, Rachel West 

(Sociology 2000), Michaela Wolf* (Environmental Studies 2011)* 

Current Chair or Co-Chair 

Stacy Teimeyer (Ph.D.), Renita Tyrance (Ph.D.) 

Current Member 

Katheryn Bass (Ph.D.), Anna Bellatorre (Ph.D.), Kate Hunt* (Ph.D.), Micheal Leber (Ph.D.), 

Lesa Johnson (Ph.D.), Rebecca Power* (MA), Kayla Pritchard (Ph.D.), Micheal Stevens (Ph.D.), 

Megume Watanabe (Ph.D.), Deadric Williams (Ph.D.) 

Member of Completed M.A. Thesis for the following students 

Abi Ati, Rachel Brown, Lyndie Christensen, Tucker Handley, Rebecca Harris, Alian Kasabian, 

Nathan Palmer, Nicholas Park, Deb Ruigh, Kayla Sanders, Alexis Swenderer, Jill Thayer, Misty 

Thomas, Yan Wang, Rachel West, Angela Wheeler 

Member of Completed Ph.D. Thesis 

Dr. Kathy Acosta, Dr. Shannon Bader*, Dr. Terciera Berdahl, Dr. Mohyin Chang, 

Dr. Albert Chu*, Dr. Suraj Commuri*, Dr. Chris Garneau, Dr. Jie Gao Fowler*, Dr. Andrew 

Garbacz*, Dr. Tanya Gladney, Dr. Mu Wan. Huang*, Dr. Levi Littvay*, Dr. Lee McGinnis*,Dr. 

Paul Olson, Dr. Nicholas Park, Dr. Aaron Peaks, Dr. Cassandra Uclair Unger*, Dr. Allison 

Vetter, Dr. Jeffrey Willett, Dr. Susan Wortmann, Dr. Tiffany Widdington*, Chad Wertley* 

*Indicates a student in a department other than Sociology. 

Chair of M.A. Thesis 

Straley, Beth. 2012. “Abortion and Distress: The Role of State-Level Restrictive Policies 

Regarding Reproduction” 


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Shanahan Gentzler, Kari. 2011. Motherhood Situation and Life Satisfaction: Are Reasons for 

Having No Children Important? 

Bennette, Jana. 2007. “Under Construction: Evaluating Social Constructions of Stalking in Social 

Science Research”. 

Sheffield, Tiffany. 2007. “Does Wanting it Matter?” 

Ades, Laci. 2006. “Horror in the Halls: Examining Adolescent Fear of Crime and Academic 

Difficulty.” 

Thaden, Brooke. 2001. “Lives Put on Hold: Families Caught in a Corporate merger.” 

Chair or Co-chair of completed Ph.D. Dissertations 

Snyder, Bryan. 2012.” Hard Work, Overcoming, and Masculinity: An Ethnographic Account of 

High School Wrestlers' Bodies and Cultural Worlds” 

Park, Amy. 2012. “A Phenomenology of the Meaning of Motherhood for African American and 

Hispanic Women Who Do Not Have Children in the United States.” 

Hobbes, Anne . 2011. “Aversive racism and implicit biases in civil rights workers in the United 

States” 

Slauson, Blevins, Kathleen. 2011. “Infertility help seeking and social support: Do conventional 

theories explain internet behaviors and outcomes?” 

Wonch Hill, Patricia. 2010. “The Relationship Between Breastfeeding and Child Care for 

Working Mothers in the United States.” 

Bedrous, Andrew V. 2010. “Comparing Individual- and National- Level explanations of 

Environmental Attitudes.” 

Edwards, Crystal. 2005. “A Mixed Method Analysis of Mental Health Related Foster Care 

Placement.” 

Norwood, Carolette. 2004. “Microeconomic Schemes in Rural Ghana: A Mixed Method 

Evaluation of microcredit on Women’s Empowerment and Family Planning Studies.” 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 

Association roles 

2012 Sociologists for Women in Society ByLaws Strategic Planning Committee 

2011-2012 Sociologists for Women in Society Publications Committee (Co-Chair) 

2010-2012 Editorial Board, Journal of Marriage and Family 

2010 Academic Association of Survey Research Organization. Membership and 

Advocacy Committee. 

2010 Goode Book Award Committee for the American Sociological Association 

Family Section 

2008-2010 Membership Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) Membership 

Committee – Analyzed membership patterns, conducted a membership survey, 

and wrote a report. 

2006-2011 Editorial Board, Gender & Society 

2005-2007 Nebraska State Director of the Midwest Sociological Society 

2004 Goode Book Award Committee for the American Sociological Association 

Family Section 

2002-2006 Sociologists for Women in Society Social Action Committee 

Sessions organized 


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2012 “Sociological Perspectives on Parenthood and the Life Course” Midwest Sociological 

Association Meeting 

2010 “Parenthood” for the Family section of the American Sociological Association. 

2007 “NSF Advance Planning Meeting.” University of Nebraska –Lincoln. 

2006 “Analyzing Longitudinal and Panel Data: Options and Possibilities” for the Midwest 

Sociological Society 

2005 “Meaning in Families” for the Family section of the American Sociological 

Association 

2005 “ABS/SWS Sister-to-Sister Task force on Collaboration Opportunities” at the Sociologists 

for Women in Society meeting. 

Departmental Service 

2010-2012 Sociology Department, Graduate Committee 

2008-2010 Sociology Department, Executive Committee 

2006 Sociology Department, search chair, Advanced statistics 

2005 Sociology Department, search chair, Health and Advanced Statistics 

2005-Present Director, Bureau of Sociological Research 

2004 Co-Director, Bureau of Sociological Research 

1998-2004 Executive Committee, Bureau of Sociological Research 

2003-2004 Co-Chair, Bruhn Chair Search Committee 

2000-2002 Chair, Resources and Planning Committee 

1998-2000 Member, Graduate Committee 

1994-1997 Student Representative, Recruitment Committee, University of Connecticut 

1992-1993 Student Representative, Executive Committee, University of Connecticut 

1989-1991 Student Representative, Colloquium Committee, University of Connecticut 

University Service 

2011 Facilitated (With Jan Deeds) Planning a Civil Rights Conference with the 

President’s University Wide Gender and Diversity Committees 

2011 Search Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, UNL, Associate Dean 

2011 STEM Department Chair Data Breakfast 

2010-2012 Arts and Sciences Dean’s Executive Council 

2008-2010 U-Wide Gender Equity Committee 

2008-2010 Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women 

2008-2009 University of Nebraska Medical Center Leadership-Management Series 

2006-2007 Acting Director, Survey Research, Statistics and Psychometrics (SSP) 

2006-2007 Search Chair, Survey Research, Statistics and Psychometrics (SSP) 

2005-2010 Advisory Committee, Survey Research, Statistics and Psychometrics (SSP) 

2005-2006 College Committee on Academic Rights and Responsibilities 

2005-2007 College Committee on Academic Distinction and Awards 

2006-2007 President, Phi Beta Kappa 

2005-2006 Vice President, Phi Beta Kappa 

2003-2006 Women’s Studies Advisory Committee 

2003 Nominator. Lynn White for an Outstanding Research/Creative Activity Award 

2000-2010 Faculty Member, Women's and Gender Studies. 

2000-2002 Graduate Fellowship Committee. 


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1999-2001 Ronald E. McNair Advisory Committee.. 

Service to the Discipline 

2011 Academic Program Review, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

2006- External Reviewer for Tenure Cases (approximately 1-2/year) 

Ad hoc Article Reviews 

American Journal of Sociology 

American Sociological Review 

Arthritis Care and Research 

British Journal of Sociology 

Children’s Literature 

Demography 

Health Psychology 

Journal of Family Issues 

Journal of Marriage and Family 

Journal of Reproductive Medicine 

Sex Roles 

Social Science and Medicine 

Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy 

Ad Hoc Grant Reviews For 

Office of Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 

National Science Foundation Methodology Section. 

Professional Memberships 

American Association of Public Opinion Research 

American Association of University Professors 

American Association of University Women 

American Sociological Association 

Association of Academic Survey Research Organizations 

Eastern Sociological Society 

Midwest Sociological Society 

National Council on Family Relations 

Phi Beta Kappa 

Society for the Study of Social Problems 

Sociologists for Women in Society 

Community Service 

2009–2012 School Neighborhood Advisory Committee for Prescott Elementary School and 

the Community Learning Center 

2000-2002 Healthy Kids 2010: Mayors Commission on Breastfeeding 

2011 Milkworks: Corporate Fundraising 


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References 

Kimberly Andrews Espy, Ph.D. 

Vice President for Research and Innovation 

Dean of the Graduate School 

Professor of Psychology 

1266 University of Oregon, 

Eugene, OR 97403-1266 

(541) 346-2090 

kaespy@uoregon.edu 

Ralph J. De Ayala 

Chair & Professor of Educational Psychology 

114 Teachers College Hall 

Lincoln NE 68588-0345 

(402) 472-2736 

rdeayala2@unl.edu 

Unive Myra Marx Ferree 

Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology 

University of Wisconsin-Madison 

1180 Observatory Drive 

Madison WI 53706 USA 

(608)-263-5204 

mferree@ssc.wisc.edu 

regon, Eugene, OR 97403-1266 · (541) 346-2090 


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