Paula England

Paula England is Dean of Social Science and a Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at NYUAD. She is also a Silver Professor at NYU.

One branch of England’s research concerns gender inequality at work and at home; she has written on the sex gap in pay, occupational segregation, how couples divide housework, and the wage penalty for motherhood.

Her more recent work deals with changing family patterns in the US and how they differ by social class. She studies the higher rates of unintended births among disadvantaged single young adults. She is also studying changes in sexual behavior among youth and young adults.

England was President of the American Sociological Association in 2014-2015 and was editor of the American Sociological Review in 1994-1996. In 2018, she was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences.

Education

• 1975 Ph.D. University of Chicago, Sociology
• 1972 M.A. University of Chicago, Social Sciences
• 1971 B.A. Whitman College, Sociology & Psychology

Research Areas:

Gender inequality; Families; Sexualities

Courses Taught

• SRPP-UH 2410 Gender and Society

Academic Employment

• 2021- Dean of Social Sciences, and Professor, NYU Abu Dhabi (from September 2021).
• 2011- Professor of Sociology, New York University. With tenure.
• 2020- Affiliate, Center for Applied Social and Economic Research, NYU Shanghai.
• 2019-21 Chair, Department of Sociology, NYU
• 2016- Silver Professor of Arts and Sciences.
• 2011-21 Affiliated Faculty, NYU Abu Dhabi.
• 2010-11 Visiting Professor of Sociology, New York University.
• 2004-11 Professor of Sociology, Stanford University. With tenure. Affiliate, Clayman Institute for Gender Research.
• 2002-2004 Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University. With tenure. Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research.
• 1999-2001 Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. With tenure. Research Associate, Population Studies Center.
• 2000-2001 Director, Women’s Studies Program and the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Pennsylvania.
• 1990-1999 Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona. With tenure. Affiliate, Women's Studies.
• 1975-1989 Assistant (1975-1980), Associate (with tenure) (1980-1988), and Full (1988-89) Professor of Sociology and Political Economy, University of Texas-Dallas.