Professor, Department of Sociology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Selected Recent Publications
Charles, Maria, Bridget Harr, Erin Cech and Alexandra Hendley. 2014. “Who Likes Math Where? Gender Differences in Eighth-graders’
Attitudes Around the World.” International Studies in Sociology of Education 24:85-112. [pdf] Charles, Maria and Jeffrey D. Lundy. 2013. “The Local Joneses: Household Consumption and Income Inequality In Large Metropolitan Areas.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 34:14-29. [pdf] Charles, Maria. 2011. “A World of Difference: International Trends in Women’s Economic Status.” Annual Review of Sociology 37:355-72. [pdf] Charles, Maria. 2011. “What Gender is Science?” Contexts 22-28 (Spring). [pdf] Charles, Maria and Karen Bradley. 2009. “Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field of Study in 44 Countries.” American Journal of Sociology 114:924-76. [pdf] Charles, Maria. 2008. “Culture and Inequality: Identity, Ideology, and Difference in ‘Post-ascriptive Society’.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 619:41-58. [pdf] Charles, Maria and David B. Grusky. 2007. “Egalitarianism and Gender Inequality.” Pp. 327-42 in The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender, edited by David B. Grusky and Szonja Szelényi. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2007. [pdf] Charles, Maria. 2005. “National Skill Regimes, Postindustrialism, and Sex Segregation.” Social Politics 12:289-316. [pdf] Charles, Maria and David Grusky. 2004 (2005 in paperback). Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation of Women and Men. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Charles, Maria. 2003. “Deciphering Sex Segregation: Vertical and Horizontal Inequalities in Ten Countries.” Acta Sociologica 46:267-87. [pdf] Charles, Maria and Karen Bradley. 2002. “Equal but Separate? A Cross-National Study of Sex Segregation in Higher Education.” American Sociological Review 67:573-599. [pdf] Charles, Maria, Marlis Buchmann, Susan Halebsky, Jeanne Powers, and Marisa Smith. 2001. “The Context of Women’s Market Careers: A Cross-National Study.” Work and Occupations 28:371-96. [pdf] Grusky, David B. and Maria Charles. 1998. “The Past, Present, and Future of Sex Segregation Methodology.” Demography 35:497-504. [pdf] Charles, Maria and David B. Grusky. 1995. "Models for Describing the Underlying Structure of Sex Segregation." American Journal of Sociology 100:931-71. [pdf] Charles, Maria. 1992. "Cross-National Variation in Occupational Sex Segregation." American Sociological Review 57:483-502. [pdf]
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