Jillian Crocker

Jillian Crocker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, serving as Director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program within the School of Arts and Sciences. She teaches courses including Family & Society, Gender & Society, and Sociological Theory.

• PhD in Sociology (University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 2014)
• Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies
• BA from University of Richmond

Her research examines intersections of inequality, gendered labor dynamics, and resistance in low-wage care work and unionized environments. Publications analyze micropolitics of care labor, class consciousness in service jobs, and gendered patterns in labor contracts.

Key themes in her scholarly work include:

• Gendered constraints in workplace environments
• Family responsibility paradoxes in marginalized labor
• Temporal and structural aspects of union contracts
• Intersectional approaches to race, gender, and class
• Resistance mechanisms in low-wage employment
• Solidarity dynamics in labor movements

Scientific Recognition:

• Finalist for 2013 Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research