Time to Register for Mary Gatta Program

American Association of University Women presents

Dr. Mary Gatta

The Gendering of Jobs: How Far Have Women Really Come? 

Saturday, January 20, 2018

San Jose Country Club

7529 San Jose Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32217

12:00-2:00  Cost: $25, lunch included

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MARY L. GATTA, Ph.D. 

Dr. Mary Gatta, an ethnographic sociologist, puts a human face on workforce development policy that would meaningfully contribute to our prosperity. Dr. Gatta has chronicled groundbreaking research on innovative workforce initiatives to create flexible, collaborative programs and policies.  She poses answers to such current questions as how American women can develop skills needed in today’s economy.

 Books

 Gatta, Mary- expected 2018. Living and Dying in Economic Insecurity: Aging in Low Wage Work. Stanford University Press.

 Gatta, Mary. 2014. All I Want is a Job!: Unemployed Women Navigating the Public Workforce System, Stanford University Press.

 Finegold, David, Mary Gatta, Hal Salzman and Sue Schurman. 2010. A US Skills System for the 21^st Century: Innovations in Workforce Education and Development a Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) research volume.

 Gatta, Mary L. 2005. Not Just Getting By: The New Era of Flexible Workforce Development. Lexington Press, Press for Change: Lanham, MD.

 Gatta, Mary L. 2002. Juggling Food and Feelings: Emotional Balance in Restaurant Work. Lexington Press: Lanham, MD.

 Background

 Dr. Gatta is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York (CUNY)- Stella and Charles Guttman College, New York, NY

She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in 2000 with a concentrationin Sociology of Work, Gender Studies, Social Theory  

 She was Senior Scholar at Wider Opportunities for Women in Washington DC, from 2010 – 2015.

 While at Rutgers University, Dr. Gatta was the Director of Gender and Workforce Policy at the Center and Director of Research and Analysis at the Center for Women and Work.  She was also the director of the Sloan Center on Innovative Training & Workforce Development.