Jacqueline M. Zalewski, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology

My ongoing research has focused on workplace and employment restructuring. I am a working class kid who saw first-hand the significant job-loss for the working class from deindustrialization in the 1970s and 80s. My master’s thesis is an ethnography of factory life through the eyes and experience of a low-paid, low-status temporary worker. For my Ph.D., I interviewed information technologists and human resource professionals with intimate knowledge or experience with outsourcing. I have published one article on this research, which discusses the effect outsourcing has on professional discretion and control at work. I am presenting papers and doing further research this year on organizational relationships in outsourcing deals and the effects of outsourcing on the social relationships, values, and identity of information technology professionals.

New research, in collaboration with Dr. Leigh Shaffer, develops a framework to think beyond the traditional emphases in educational curriculum and pedagogy. We call our framework a “just-in-time” system of knowledge transfer. This work has been exciting, with one publication from it to date.

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Courses Offered

• Introduction to Sociology
• Urban Sociology
• Sociology of Work (Fall Semester)
• Sociology of Organizations (Spring Semester)

Areas of Specialization

• Work
• Occupations and Professions
• Technology
• Internet Studies