Curriculum Vitae
Sheryl L. Skaggs, Ph.D.
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
Sociology and Public Policy
Educational History
Ph. D. in Sociology, 2001, North Carolina State University, Sociology
Dissertation title: “Discrimination Litigation: Implications for Women and Minorities in Retail Supermarket Management.” Chair: Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
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- Concentration areas: Work, Organizations, and Industry; Inequality
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M.A. 1997, University of Texas at Arlington, Sociology
Thesis title: “Industry Sectors, Income Differentials, and Engineering Occupations.” Chair: Dana Dunn
B.A. 1988, University Center at Tulsa, Sociology
Additional Training
ICPSR, Summer Program Workshop, Introduction to R (2023)
ICPSR, Summer Program Workshop, Introduction to LISREL Models, (1998)
ICPSR, Summer Program, Summer Program, Regression Analysis; Categorical Data Analysis (1996)
Professional Experience:
Principal Positions:
2016 – Present Professor, Sociology, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
2015 – 2016 Program Head, Sociology, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
2012 – 2015 Program Head, Public Affairs and Social Policy, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
2009 – 2015 Assoc. Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
2010 – 2011 Assoc. Program Head, Sociology, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
2002 – 2009 Assist. Professor of Sociology, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
2001 – 2002 Research Associate and Instructor, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
2000 – 2001 Instructor, Department of Sociology, Dallas College, Richland Campus
1997 – 2000 Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, NC State University
1995 – 1997 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Other Employment:
2002, Spring Visiting Assist. Professor of Sociology, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
2001, Fall Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
2001, Summer Research Consultant, Cornerstone Assistance Network
1997 Instructor, Dept. of Sociology, Tarrant County College
1997 Instructor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
1992 – 1995 Investigative Specialist, TX Dept. of Protective & Regulatory Services
1991 – 1992 Adult Probation Officer, Hunt County TX Community Supervision
1989 – 1991 Probation and Parole Officer, OK Dept. of Corrections, Tulsa
Professional Recognition and Honors
UT Dallas Inclusive Teaching Diversity Award (2021)
UT Dallas President’s Teaching Award – Honorable Mention (2018)
Comet Award for Undergraduate Teaching (2014), UT Dallas Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
Comet Award for Undergraduate Teaching (2012), UT Dallas Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
Finalist, The University of Texas Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (2011)
Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society, Initiated 2000
Joseph S. Himes Award, (1999), presented by the North Carolina Sociological Association for outstanding graduate student paper
Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society, Initiated 1995
Professional Memberships
American Sociological Association
- Section on Occupations, Organizations, and Work
- Section on Race, Gender, and Class
Southern Sociological Society
- Membership Committee 2006-2009
- Program Committee 2014-2015
Achievements in Original Investigation
Articles in refereed journals:
Lynne M. Vieraitis and Sheryl Skaggs. “Crossing the Line at Altitude: Passenger Sexual Misconduct in the Skies, 1999-2021. Journal of Crime and Justice, (2024)
Sheryl Skaggs, Andrew Cobble, and Nidhi Mehrotra. Undergraduate Student Use of Faculty Guidance: The Effect of First-generation Status and Racial/Ethnic Diversity. 16th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, (2023) 8182-8189.
Sheryl Skaggs and Lynne M. Vieraitis, Flying the not-so-friendly skies: airline passenger misconduct, 1999-2021. Deviant Behavior, 44:12 (2023), 1792-1805.
Phyllis Duncan, Sheryl Skaggs, Mark Green, and Richard Herrera, “The Effect of Gender on Leadership and Culture Revisited.” Special Issue: 40 Years of Global Business and Organizational Excellence, Global Business and Organizational Excellence, (2021) 13-15.
Sheryl Skaggs, Julie A. Kmec, and Kwang Bin Bae, “Managerial Racial Diversity: The Context of State Legal and Political Cultures,” Social Science Research, (2020) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0049089X20300107?via%3Dihub.
Kwang Bin Bae and Sheryl Skaggs, “The Impact of Gender Diversity on Performance: The moderating role of industry, alliance network, and family-friendly policies – Evidence from Korea,” Journal of Management & Organization, (2017) 1–18. http://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2017.45.
Julie A. Kmec, C. Elizabeth Hirsh and Sheryl Skaggs, “Workplace Regulation of Sexual Harassment and Federal and State-Level Legal Environments,” Research in the Sociology of Work, 29 (2016), 215-240.
Kevin Stainback, Sibyl Kleiner and Sheryl Skaggs, “Women in Power: Undoing or Redoing the Gendered Organization,” Gender and Society, 30 (2015), 109-135.
Julie A. Kmec and Sheryl Skaggs, “The ‘State’ of Sex-Based Equal Employment Law and Managerial Sex Diversity,” Social Problems, forthcoming.
Sheryl Skaggs and Jennifer Bridges, “Race and Sex Discrimination in the Employment Process,” Sociology Compass, 7 (2013): 404-415.
Sheryl Skaggs, Kevin Stainback and Phyllis Duncan, “Shaking Things Up or Business as Usual?” The Influence of Female Corporate Executives and Board of Directors on Women’s Managerial Representation,” Social Science Research, 41 (2012): 936-48.
Sheryl Skaggs and Julie A. Kmec, “Checking the Pulse of Diversity among Healthcare Professionals: An Analysis of West Coast Hospitals,” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 639 (2012): 236-257.
Richard Herrera, Phyllis Duncan, Mark Green, and Sheryl L. Skaggs, “The Effect of Gender on Leadership and Culture,” Global Business and Organizational Excellence, Jan-Feb (2012): 37-48.
Richard Herrera, Phyllis Duncan, Mark Green, Malcolm Ree and Sheryl Skaggs, “Organizational Culture as a Predictor of Organizational Diversity Practices,” The Business Journal of Hispanic Research, 5 (2011): 1.
Richard Herrera, Phyllis Duncan, Mark Green, Malcolm Ree and Sheryl L. Skaggs, “The Relationship between Attitudes Toward Diversity Management in the Southwest USA and the GLOBE Study Cultural Preferences,” The International Journal of Human Resources Management, 22 (2011): 2629-2646.
Kevin Stainback, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and Sheryl Skaggs, “Organizational Approaches to Inequality: Inertia, Relative Power, and Environments,” Annual Review of Sociology, 36 (2010): 225-267.
Sheryl Skaggs, “Legal-Political Pressures and African American Access to Managerial Jobs,” American Sociological Review, 74 (2009): 225-244.
Julie A. Kmec and Sheryl Skaggs, “Organizational Variation in Formal Equal Employment Opportunity Structures,” Sociological Forum, 24 (2009): 47-75.
Sheryl Skaggs, “Producing Change or Bagging Opportunity? The Effects of Discrimination Litigation on Women in Supermarket Management,” American Journal of Sociology, 113 (2008): 1148-83.
Sheryl Skaggs, “Making Change in Female Supermarket Managerial Representation: Examining the Role of Legal, Institutional, and Political Environments,” Research in Political Sociology, 14 (2005): 181-209.
Sheryl Skaggs and Nancy DiTomaso, “Understanding the Effects of Workforce Diversity on Employment Outcomes: A Multidisciplinary and Comprehensive Framework,” Research in the Sociology of Work, 14 (2004): 279-306.
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and Sheryl Skaggs, “Sex Segregation, Labor Processes, Organizations and Gender Earnings Inequality,” American Journal of Sociology, 108 (2002): 102-28.
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and Sheryl Skaggs, “Does Bureaucratization Create Gender Segregated Employment?” Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologies und Sozialpsychologie,41 (2002): 308-31.
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and Sheryl Skaggs, “An Establishment Level Test of the Statistical Discrimination Hypothesis,” Work and Occupations, 26 (1999): 420-43.
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and Sheryl Skaggs, “Degendered Jobs? Organizational Processes and Gender Segregated Employment,” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility,17 (1999): 139-72.
chapters in edited volumes
Dana Dunn and Sheryl Skaggs, “Gender and Paid Work in Industrial Nations,” in Handbook of the Sociology of Gender, ed. Janet Saltzman Chafetz, (Springer Publishing, 1999), 321-342.
Other writings
Co-editor special issue of Gender and Society – Gender Transformation of Higher Education Institutions, 2020
Review of Robert L. Kaufman’s Race, Gender, and the Labor Market: Inequalities at Work. Sheryl Skaggs, Gender and Society, Feb. 2012
Review of Christine L. Williams’s Inside Toyland: Working, Shopping, and Social Inequality. Sheryl Skaggs, Contemporary Sociology, 36:153-55, 2007
“2005 Texas Glass Ceiling Report.” Sheryl Skaggs, Texas Diversity Council, 2006
“Nonprofits, Women and Social Entrepreneurship.” Sheryl Skaggs, Work supported by the Kaufman Foundation, 2003
“Latino/a Employment Growth in North Carolina: Ethnic Displacement or Replacement? Sheryl Skaggs, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and Jeffrey Leiter, http://sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/jeff/latinos/latino.htm
“Review of Jean Lipman-Blumen’s The Connective Edge: Leading in an Interdependent World.” Sheryl Skaggs, Contemporary Sociology, 29:640-41, 2000
“How Faculty Members Spend Their Time: A Closer Look.” Beth Anne Shelton and Sheryl Skaggs, Academe, 20:16-20, 1996
Funded Projects
UTD sub-award NSF 2130515 “Collaborative Research: Improving Access to Career and Educational Development for Talented, Low-Income Students through the Flexible Internships-Research-Education Model.” Yvette Pearson and Sheryl Skaggs (Co-PI)
“Shattering the Glass-Ceiling: Does Leadership Style Matter?” UT Dallas Social Sciences Grant, 2020 ($10,000) 2013. Sheryl Skaggs, Meghna Sabharwal and Lynne Vieraitis.
“Managing Work/Family Balance.” Sheryl Skaggs, UT Dallas EPPS advisory council grants ($5,000), 2013
“Collaborative Research: Diversity in Fortune 500 Companies, 1996-2008.” Sheryl Skaggs, National Science Foundation ($59,248) 2011 – 2012
Invited or Refereed Talks/Presentations to Professional Meetings and Seminar Assemblies
Invited Panelist: UT Dallas Faculty Mentoring Workshop Series “Grant Writing.” 2024
Flying the Not-So-Friendly Skies: Airline Passenger Misconduct, 1999-2021. Lynne Vieraitis and Sheryl Skaggs. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, 2022
“Filling in the Gaps: A Case of Diversity and Student Course Satisfaction.” Sheryl Skaggs and Rachel Hoiby. Southern Sociological Society, Birmingham, AL, 2022
Invited Keynote Speaker: Gender and Community Awareness – Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Dallas, TX, 2020
“Putting Pay to the Test: Faculty Earnings Gaps within a Public University Setting. Sheryl Skaggs and Joanna Haug. Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, 2019
Invited Panelist, Grant Writing, UTD Mentoring Faculty Workshop Series, Sheryl Skaggs. 2019.
Invited Panelist, Bridging the Gender Gap in the Workplace, 14th Annual Texas Diversity & Leadership Conference, Sheryl Skaggs. Dallas, TX, April 2018.
Breaking the Monolith: The Mismatch between the Asian Experience and the Model Minority Thesis in College Admissions, Annetta Alex and Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2018.
Invited Keynote Speaker: “Workshop on Gender Bias, Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace” for the Women’s Network Committee (WNC) within the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). Sheryl Skaggs and Phyllis Duncan. Annual SEG Meetings, Dallas, TX, October 2016.
“What Works? Gender and Race/Ethnic Employment Discrimination” EEOC Datanet Conference, Sheryl Skaggs,. Washington, DC, June 2016.
“Managerial Racial and Gender Diversity and Firm Performance: The Moderating Role of Alliance Network Structure.” Goce Andrevski, Orlando Richard, Sheryl Skaggs and Weichieh Su. Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Madrid 2014.
“Women in Power: Undoing or Redoing the Gendered Organization?” Kevin Stainback, Sibyl Kleiner and Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
“Workplace Sexual Harassment and the Legal Environment,” Julie Kmec, Elizabeth Hirsh and Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
“The Rule of the State: The Link between State Equal Employment Law and Workplace Sexual Harassment Training Programs.” Julie Kmec, Elizabeth Hirsh and Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, 2013
“Managerial Race Segregation and the State: How Legal Context and Culture Matter.” Sheryl Skaggs and Julie Kmec. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2012
“Research in Practice.” Sheryl Skaggs. Presented at Graduate Seminar, University of North Texas, February 2012
“Driving Organizational Effectiveness: Racial and Gender Managerial Diversity and the Ties that Bind.” Sheryl Skaggs, Orlando Richard and Goce Andrevski. Presented at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Organization Studies Group Seminar Series, 2011
“Driving Financial Performance: An Examination of Managerial Diversity within the U.S. Auto Industry.” Sheryl Skaggs, Orlando Richard and Goce Andrevski. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Jacksonville, FL, 2011
Invited Panelist for Session on Equal Employment Opportunity in the Workplace with EEO. Commissioner Chai Feldblum and Professor Patricia Yancey Martin. Annual Meeting of the Sociologists for Women in Society, San Antonio, TX, 2011
“The Racial/Ethnic Composition of Hospital Professionals: An Organizational Analysis.” Sheryl Skaggs and Julie Kmec. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, 2010
“Does Workplace Sex Discrimination Affect Mental and Physical Health?” Sheryl Skaggs and Kevin Stainback. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 2009
“Shaking Things Up or Business as Usual? The Influence of Female Leaders and Non-Managers on Women’s Managerial Representation.” Sheryl Skaggs, Kevin Stainback and Phyllis Duncan. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2009
“The Impact of Class Action Lawsuits, Federal Court Context and Societal Pressures on African American Access to Management.” Sheryl Skaggs and Chad King. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, 2006
“2005 Texas Glass Ceiling Report.” Sheryl Skaggs. 2nd Annual Texas Diversity and Leadership Conference, Dallas, TX, 2006
“Determinants of Varying Levels of Equal Employment Opportunity Structures: Evidence from a Sample of Hospitals.” Julie Kmec and Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, 2005
“Understanding the Effects of Workforce Diversity on Employment Outcomes: A Multidisciplinary and Comprehensive Framework.” Sheryl Skaggs and Nancy DiTomaso. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 2004
“Producing Change or Bagging Opportunity? The Effects of Discrimination Litigation on Women and Minorities in Supermarket Management.” Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, 2002
“Displacement or Replacement? Changes in Occupational Distributions and Wages in the North Carolina Industries Where Latinos Went to Work in the 1990s.” Jeffrey Leiter, Corre Robinson, and Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Baltimore, MD, 2002
“Gender Differences in Promotion: An Intrafirm Analysis.” Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, 1999
“Degendered Jobs: Organizational Processes and Gender Segregated Employment.” Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 1998
“Research and/or Teaching? How Faculty Allocate Time.” Beth Anne Shelton and Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 1998
“Industry Sectors, Engineers, and The Earnings Determination Process.” Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada.
“Earnings Inequality, Industry Sectors, and Engineering Occupations: The Effects of Race and Gender.” Sheryl Skaggs. Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Sociological Association, New Orleans, LA, 1997
Unrefereed abstracts &/or Oral Presentations @ Professional Meetings
“Author Meets Critics session for Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, and Julia I. Lane’s manuscript Moving Up or Moving On: Who Advances in the Low-Wage Labor Market?” Sheryl Skaggs, panel discussant. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2006
“Race, Gender, and Workplace Inequality” Sheryl Skaggs, panel discussant. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Labor Studies Division. Chicago, IL, 2002
“Gender, Bureaucracy and Authority in Organizations.” Sheryl Skaggs, panel discussant. American Sociological Association Meetings, Section on Sociology of Sex and Gender. Chicago, IL, 2002