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Andrew Penner

Assistant Professor, Sociology
School of Social Sciences

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Phone: (949) 824-8411
Fax: (949) 824-4717
Email: penner@uci.edu

University of California
4201 Social Science Plaza B
Irvine, CA 92697

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Research
Interests
Gender, Inequality, Education, Family, Race
   
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Research
Abstract
My research examines gender, race, and family inequality in education and the labor market, and I am particularly interested in how physical characteristics are translated into social inequality. I am currently involved in projects examining the role of marriage and children in creating gender wage inequality in Norway, the implications of racial fluidity for inequality in the United States, and the overrepresentation of men in mathematics and the sciences.
   
Publications Penner, Andrew M. and Aliya Saperstein. 2008. “How social status shapes race.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.

Penner, Andrew M. 2008. “Gender differences in extreme mathematical achievement: An international perspective on biological and social factors.” American Journal of Sociology.

Penner, Andrew M. 2008. “Race and gender differences in wages: The role of occupational sorting at the point of hire.” The Sociological Quarterly.

Høgsnes, Geir, Andrew M. Penner, and Trond Petersen. 2008. “Menns lønnspremie fra ekteskap: Sortering eller påvirkning versus ulik belønning.” Sosiologisk Tidsskrift.

Penner, Andrew M. and Marcel Paret. 2008. “Gender differences in mathematics achievement: Exploring the early grades and the extremes.” Social Science Research.

Høgsnes, Geir, Andrew M. Penner, and Trond Petersen. 2006. “Betydningen av familie og barn for kvinner og menns lønn.” Søkelys på Arbeidsmarkedet.

Penner, Andrew M. 2003. “International gender-by-item-difficulty interactions in mathematics and science achievement tests.” Journal of Educational Psychology.
   
Professional
Societies
American Sociological Association
RC28
   
Research Centers Center for Research on Immigration, Population, and Public Policy
   
Center for Demographic and Social Analysis
   
Center for Organizational Research
   
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Last updated 12/13/2008