Paula England is Dean of Social Science and a Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at NYUAD.
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.
Courses Taught
In every society, people are assigned to one sex (male or female) at birth based on their anatomy, and this classification affects how they are expected to behave as gendered individuals (men/women/trans) and the opportunities and constraints they confront. However, how gender is organized varies between societies and subgroups in societies and across time. This means that genders and gendered traits are products of social practices and institutions. This course draws from sociology and other social sciences, to help students understand the social forces that create gender ideologies, differences between men's and women's social roles, and inequality between men's and women's access to power and money.
Previously taught: Spring 1 2017, Spring 1 2018, Spring 1 2019, Spring 1 2020, Spring 1 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks MW 08:30 - 09:45
Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
Core Curriculum > Structures of Thought and Society
Majors > Social Research and Public Policy > Social Structure and Global Processes Electives
Minors > Gender Studies > Social, Political and Cultural Structures of Gender Courses
