I teach graduate and undergraduate sociology and public policy courses focusing on data analysis, applied community research, & social inequality. My research primarily focuses on workplace diversity based on race, ethnicity, and gender.
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Professional Preparation
Ph.D. - Sociology North Carolina State University - 2001
M.A. - Sociology University of Texas at Arlington - 1997
Research Areas
My research primarily focuses on workplace diversity based on race, ethnicity, and gender, particularly within managerial and executive positions.
Publications
“The Effect of Gender on Leadership and Culture Revisited.” Phyllis Duncan, Sheryl Skaggs, Mark Green, and Richard Herrera. Special Issue: 40 Years of Global Business and Organizational Excellence, Global Business and Organizational Excellence, (2021) 13-15. 2021 - publications
“Managerial Racial Diversity: The Context of State Legal and Political Cultures,” Sheryl Skaggs, Julie A. Kmec, and Kwang Bin Bae. Social Science Research, 87: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2020.102412. 2020 - Publication
“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, 1–18. http://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2017.45. 2017 - Publication
“Workplace Regulation of Sexual Harassment and Federal and State-Level Legal Environments,” Julie A. Kmec, C. Elizabeth Hirsh and Sheryl Skaggs. Research in the Sociology of Work, 29: 215-240. 2016 - Publication
“Women in Power: Undoing or Redoing the Gendered Organization,” Kevin Stainback, Sibyl Kleiner and Sheryl Skaggs. Gender and Society, 30: 109-135. 2015 - Publication
"The 'State’ of Sex-Based Equal Employment Law and Managerial Sex Diversity." Julie Kmec and Sheryl Skaggs. Social Problems, 61, 530-558. 2014 - Publication
"Race and Sex Discrimination in the Employment Process." Sheryl Skaggs and Jennifer Bridges Sociology Compass, 7(5):404-415. 2013 - Publication
“Checking the Pulse of Diversity among Healthcare Professionals: An Analysis of West Coast Hospitals.” Sheryl Skaggs and Julie A. Kmec The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 639: 236-57. 2012 - Publication
Awards
Inclusive Teaching Diversity Award - UT Dallas [2021]
President’s Teaching Award – Honorable Mention - UT Dallas [2018]
Comet Award for Undergraduate Teaching - UT Dallas Economic, Political and Policy Sciences [2014]
Comet Award for Undergraduate Teaching - UT Dallas Economic, Political and Policy Sciences [2012]
Finalist, The University of Texas Regents Outstanding Teaching Award - UT System [2011]