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Jerry A. Jacobs

Jacobs

Professor of Sociology

jjacobs@sas.upenn.edu215-898-1536

365 McNeil

Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University, 1983

Jerry A. Jacobs has been a member of the faculty in sociology at Penn since 1983, when he completed his Ph.D. in sociology at Harvard. He was on leave during the 2018-2019 acaemic year as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University.  

Jacobs has served as the Editor of the American Sociological Review and is the Founding President of the Work and Family Researchers Network. His research has addressed a number of aspects of women's employment, including authority, earnings, working conditions, part-time work and work-family conflict, and entry into male-dominated occupations. He has authored or edited 10 books and journal special issues, published 80 academic papers and received more than 30 research grants. Jacobs’ study of interdisciplinary scholarly communication, In Defense of Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity, Specialization and the Research University, published in 2014 by the University of Chicago Press. His other books include The Changing Face of Medicine, with Ann Boulis, (Cornell University Press, 2008), The Time Divide, with Kathleen Gerson (Harvard University Press, 2004), and Revolving Doors: Sex Segregation and Women's Careers (Stanford University Press, 1989). His current projects include a multi-faceted exploration of the future of work, which includes a case study of technological change and elder care. In conjunction with his course on Social Problems and Public Policy, he is making the case for international and global approaches to social issues.   

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  • Minnesota Demography and Aging - Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation : Jerry A. Jacobs on Re-conceptualizing Technology and Healthy Aging

  • Institute for Women’s Policy Research: Jerry A. Jacobs on Artificial Intelligence and Computerization

  • IWPR & WFRN Congressional Briefing: Jerry A. Jacobs on Work-Family Research

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  • A Global Turn in Sociology: Approaching Social Problems from an International Vantage Point
  • Receptivity Curves: Educational Research and the Flow of Ideas: Expanded Version
  • The Contribution of Sociology to the Emergence of Applied and Pre-professional College Majors
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September 29, 2021

NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)

March 30, 2021

Jerry Jacobs featured in Penn Today

July 18, 2016

Jerry A. Jacobs examines reliance on journal impact scores for tenure decisions in new Inside Higher Ed article.

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The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) was founded in 1962 and stands as an international leader in research and training on the dynamic structure, organization, and health and well-being of human populations. The services that PSC provides have been funded by infrastructure grants awarded by the Population Dynamics Branch at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) since 1978. The center and its associates are also supported by research grants and contracts awarded by federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation and by private foundations. Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences is the administrative home of the PSC and provides generous dedicated support to the center.

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