Sharon Bird

Sharon R. Bird, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sociology
Office: 515.294.9283
Email: sbird@iastate.edu
Homepage: http://www.soc.iastate.edu/staff/bird.html

Education

Ph.D., Washington State University, Sociology, 1998
M.A., University of Oklahoma, Sociology, 1989
B.A., University of Oklahoma, Public Administration, 1987

Research Interests

• Social Inequality (Race/Class/Gender)
• Work and Occupations
• Women and Minorities in STEM
• Gender and Small Business

Selected Publications

Bystydzienski, J., & Bird, S. R. (eds.). (2006). Removing Barriers: Women in Academic Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics Careers. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Bird, S. R. (2006). Masculinities in Rural Small Business Ownership: Between Community and Capitalism. In M. Bell, H. Campbell, & M. Finney (eds.) Country Boys: Masculinity and Rural Life. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press.

Cast, A., & Bird, S. R. (2005). Participation in Housework and Paid Labor: Effects of Role-Taking in Marriage. Social Psychology Quarterly, 68(2): 143-159.

Bird, S. R., & Sokolofski, L. (2005). Gendered Socio-Spatial Practices in Public Eating and Drinking Establishments in the United States. Gender, Place and Culture, 12(2): 213-230.

Bird, S. R., & Sapp, S. G. (2004). Understanding the Gender Gap in Small Business Success: Urban and Rural Comparisons. Gender & Society, 18(1): 5-28.