Joya Misra, Professor

Center for Public Policy and Administration / Sociology
W33E Machmer Hall   
(413) 545-5969   
misra@soc.umass.edu
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Education: Ph.D. in Sociology, Emory University, 1994

Research Interests: social policy, gender/race/class inequality, welfare

Joya Misra is Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts.  Her research primarily focuses on inequality, from the perspective of political economy & political sociology, comparative welfare states, and the intersection of race/gender/class in labor markets and social policy. Her work has appeared in the American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Gender & Society, Social Problems, and numerous other professional journals and edited volumes.

Courses Taught: PubP&A 607: Policy Methods; PubP&A 601: Politics of the Policy Process; PubP&A 697f: Gender & Social Poilcy; PubP&A 610: Capstone