Jeremy Reynolds
- Professor // Sociology
- Associate Director, Purdue Center for Families // Sociology
- Chair, Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research // Sociology
Research Focus
Work
Curriculum vitae
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Ph.D. University North Carolina--Chapel Hill. Sociology. 2001.
M.A. University North Carolina--Chapel Hill. Sociology. 1998.
B.A. University of Notre Dame. Sociology and German. Summa Cum Laude. 1994.
Specialization
Work and Organizations; Work Hours and Schedules; Work and Family; Gig work; Stratification/Inequality
Much of my research examines two questions: What do workers want from their jobs? and To what extent do workers get what they want? I am particularly interested in the extent to which employees can arrange their work schedules to accommodate their personal and family lives outside of work. The modern labor market produces both over-employment and under-employment, schedules that vary wildly, and inflexible schedules. Workers also vary greatly in the control they have over their work schedules and in the risks and benefits they get from work. I am currently working on a project that examines how gender and race inequality persist on gig microtask platforms (like Amazon Mechanical Turk and Prolific) even though worker identities are hidden.