Kathleen Gerson

Kathleen Gerson is Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts & Science at New York University. The recipient of numerous honorary awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, she is considered an authority on the intertwined revolutions in gender, work, and private life now unfolding in the United States and across the globalizing world. Her work draws on depth interviewing and other research techniques to uncover the ways changing institutions intersect with personal biographies to shape the contours of large-scale social change. She is the author of numerous books and articles, including "The Science and Art of Interviewing" and “The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family." Currently at work on a book tracing the emerging forms of work and caregiving in the new economy, Kathleen regularly contributes to printed and broadcast media, including The New York Times, CNN, NPR, and others. She has served as President of Sociologists for Women in Society and the Eastern Sociological Society and as Vice President of the American Sociological Association. To find out more, visit www.KathleenGerson.com.