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Faculty

Anita Ilta Garey

Associate Professor

Department of Human Development & Family Studies
University of Connecticut
348 Mansfield Road, Unit 2058
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2058

Phone: (860) 486-6266
Fax: (860) 486-3452
E-Mail: anita.garey@uconn.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Educational Background:

Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1993
M.A. Political Science, California State University, Sacramento
B.A., English, California State University, Sacramento

Research Interests:

Sociology of Families; Sociology of Gender; Social Demography; Symbolic Interaction; Methodology.

Professional Interests:

  • The intersection of families with other social institutions
  • Sociology of motherhood
  • Families and Employment
  • Sociology of gender
  • Qualitative Methods

Selected Professional Accomplishments:

  • Editorial Board, Gender & Society, 2003-2005
  • Fellow, University of Connecticut Humanities Institute, 2002-03
  • 2000 William J. Goode Book Award for Weaving Work and Motherhood, from the American Sociological Association Family Section
  • Fellow, Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley, 1999
  • Fellow, Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, 1997-98

Selected Publications:

Selected Presentations:

  • Garey, A.I. (2006). Monitored selves: Children & parents in family court,” paper presented at the annual Meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, February 23-26
  • Garey, A.I. (2006). Invited panelist, Career trajectories in sociology,” organized by the Committee on the Status of Women, Eastern Sociological Society at the annual Meetings of the ESS, Boston, February 23-26
  • Townsend, N., Madhavan, S., & Garey, A.I. (2005).  Father presence in rural south Africa: Incorporating social connection and life course experience,” (Nicholas Townsend, Sangeetha Madhavan, and Anita Garey), paper presented by Anita Garey at the 2005 Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, August 13-16
  • Garey, A.I. (2005).  Multi-institution team approaches and family policies.  Paper presented in the “Mini-Conference on Public Policies for Working Families” at the Annual Meetings of the Eastern Sociological Association, Washington D.C., March 17-20
  • Garey, A.I., (2005).  Doing family in family court.  Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Eastern Sociological Association, Washington D.C., March 17-20