Dr. Carol Wharton

Associate Professor of Sociology
302K Weinstein Hall
Office: (804) 289-8075
Fax: (804) 287-1278

Dr. Wharton's research combines gender, family, and work issues. For example, she recently published a book, Framing a Domain for Work and Family: A Study of Women in Residential Real Estate Sales Work, about women who sell residential real estate, focusing on how they combine their work and family roles, and the relationship of their gender to their work experiences. She is also interested in how college women and men conceptualize their futures in terms of work and family relationships. For this, she is involved in a longitudinal study of the University of Richmond's entering class from 1994 (the graduating class of 1998), collecting data at regular intervals on their career and family aspirations and their actual life experiences.

Teaching:
Sociology of Sex and Gender
Sociology of Women
Sociology of Families
Work and Society
Sociological Theory
Social Movements

Research:
Gender, family, and work studies

Education:
Ph.D., Michigan State University
M.S., Ohio State University
B.S., Marshall University

Selected Publications:

Wharton, C.S. Framing a domain for work and family: A study of women in residential real estate sales work. Lanham, Md.: Oxford: Lexington, 2002.

Warton, C.S. (2005) Life-Styles planned and realized. Southern Sociological Society.