| ACADEMIC POSITION | |
| 2017 – | Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Joint Appointment), Department of Sociology (Secondary Appointment), George Washington University |
| OTHER APPOINTMENTS & AFFILIATIONS | |
| 2022 – | Editorial Board Member, Public Administration Review |
| 2019 – | Advisory Board Member, Institute for Intersectionality Equity Research and Policy |
| EDUCATION | |
| 2017 | Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2014 | M.A. in Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2008 | B.S. in Sociology (Magna Cum Laude), Boise State University |
| RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS | |
| Inequality; Gender; Work; Welfare States; Military | |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| * Denotes current and former graduate students ** Author names are in alphabetical order to represent equal authorship | |
| Peer-Reviewed Articles: | |
| 2023 | Strader, Eiko, Vernicia Griffie*, Patrick Irelan*, Leslie Kwan*, Emma Northcott*, and Sanjay Pandey. “Race in Representative Bureaucracy Theory: A Problematizing Review.” Public Administration Review. Early View. |
| 2022 | Strader, Eiko. “State Work-Family Contexts and the Wage Gap by Gender and Parenthood.” Family Relations. 71(4): 1713-1730. |
| 2022 | Strader, Eiko and Margaret Smith*. “Some Parents Survive and Some Don’t: The Army and the Family as ‘Greedy Institutions.’” Public Administration Review. 82(3): 446-458. |
| 2021 | Strader, Eiko, Jennifer Lundquist and Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas. “Warriors Wanted: The Performance of Immigrants in the US Army.” International Migration Review. 55(2): 382-401. |
| 2020 | Strader, Eiko and Miranda Hines*. “Will You Die for Your Country? Workplace Death in an Era of Mass Incarceration.” Sociological Forum. 35(4): 1206-1227. |
| 2018 | Lundquist, Jennifer, Devah Pager, and Eiko Strader**. “Does a Criminal Past Predict Worker Performance? Evidence from America’s Largest Employer.” Social Forces. 96(1): 1039-1068. |
| 2016 | Moller, Stephanie, Joya Misra, Elizabeth Wemlinger, and Eiko Strader. “Policy Interventions and Relative Incomes of Families with children by Family Structure and Parental Education.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 2: 1-28. |
| 2013 | Misra, Joya, and Eiko Strader. “Gender Pay Equity in Advanced Countries: The Role of Parenthood and Policies.” Journal of International Affairs. 67(1): 27-41. |
| 2013 | Moller, Stephanie, Joya Misra, and Eiko Strader. “A Cross-National Look at How Welfare States Impact Inequality.” Sociology Compass. 7(2): 135-146. |
| 2012 | Misra, Joya, Stephanie Moller, Eiko Strader, and Elizabeth Wemlinger. “Family Policies, Employment and Poverty Among Partnered and Single Mothers.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 30(1): 113-128. |
| Refereed Book Chapters: | |
| 2024 | Strader, Eiko. “Using Multilevel Models to Address Intersectionality in Program Evaluation.” Forthcoming in Research Handbook on Program Evaluation, edited by Kathryn E. Newcomer and Steven W. Mumford. Edward Elgar Publishing. |
| 2023 | Strader, Eiko, and Jae Yu*. “Immigrants and Non-Citizens in the US Military.” Forthcoming in Inclusion in the American Military: A Force for Diversity, 2nd Ed., Edited by David E. Rohall, Morten G. Ender, Michael D. Matthews, and Ryan Kelty. Lexington Books. |
| 2022 | Strader, Eiko. “Demographics of Transgender People and Healthcare Policies across the European Union.” Pp. 211-237 in International Handbook of the Demography of Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Minority Populations, edited by Amanda Baumle and Sonny Nordmarken. Springer Press. |
| 2018 | Strader, Eiko, and Joya Misra. “Poverty and Income Inequality.” Pp. 385-408 in The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems, edited by A. Javier Treviño. Cambridge University Press. |
| 2015 | Strader, Eiko, and Joya Misra. “Anti-Poverty Policies and the Structure of Inequality.” Pp. 259-267 in Routledge Handbook on Poverty in the United States, edited by Haymes Stephen, Maria Vidal de Haymes, and Reuben Miller. Routledge. |
| Other Publications: | |
| 2023 | Stivers, Camilla, Sanjay K. Pandey, Leisha DeHart-Davis, Jeremy L. Hall, Kathryn Newcomer, Shannon Portillo, Meghna Sabharwal, Eiko Strader, and James Wright. 2023. “Beyond Social Equity: Talking Social Justice in Public Administration.” Public Administration Review 83(2):229–40, Editorial. |
| 2022 | Strader, Eiko. “The Army and Family as Greedy Institutions.” Conflict(ed). Peace, War, and Social Conflict (PWSC) Section of the American Sociological Association, Blog post. |
| 2021 | Strader, Eiko. “Workplace Disability and Death in an Era of Mass Incarceration: Insights from the US Military.” Sociological Insights for Development Policy. Sociology of Development Section of the American Sociological Association, Policy brief. |
| 2021 | Strader, Eiko. “A Second Chance in the Military.”Work in Progress.American Sociological Association’s Sections on Organizations, Occupations, and Work, Economic Sociology, Labor and Labor Movements, and Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility, Blog post. |
| GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS | |
| 2022 | Faculty Leader Fellowship, Pardee RAND Graduate School, RAND Corporation |
| 2020 | Award for Excellence in Graduate Faculty Mentoring, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, George Washington University |
| 2019 | Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Teaching Award, The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration |
| 2018 – 2019 | Columbian College Facilitating Fund (CCFF), Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, George Washington University |
| 2018 | ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, Council of Graduate Schools |
| 2016 | Summer Fellowship for Dissertation Support, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2015 | Best Comprehensive Exam Paper Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2015 | Summer Grantwriting and Article Preparation (GAP) Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2014 | Travel Grant for U.S. Participants, XVIII International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, Japan , American Sociological Association, NSF Grant #SES-1345594 |
| 2012 – 2013 | Center for Research on Families Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2012 – 2013 | Fellowship for Mothers and Others: Reproduction, Representation, and the Body Politic, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute, Smith College |
| 2012 | Sociology Graduate Student Association Service Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2011 | Summer Fellowship for Empirical Comprehensive Exam, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| INVITED COLLOQUIA | |
| 2023 | “State Work-Family Contexts and the Wage Gap by Gender and Parenthood.” Paid Leave for All Research Round-Up, Center for American Progress |
| 2022 | “The Macrosociology of Paid Domestic Labor Revisited: Globalization of Domestic Work and Differences in Earnings among Native-Born Women.” Migration, Ethnicity/Race, Gender, and Labor Market Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa & the Asia-Pacific Region, The ILR School, Cornell University |
| 2022 | “Problematizing Race: A Critical Review of Race in Representative Bureaucracy Theory,” with Vernicia Griffie, Patrick Irelan, Leslie Kwan, and Sanjay Pandey.Trachtenberg School Research Seminar, George Washington University |
| 2022 | “The Motherhood Wage Penalty in the Military: Do Race and Marriage Matter?” The U.S. Care Infrastructure: From Promise to Reality, American University, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and the Carework Network |
| 2021 | New Era and New Concepts in the Study of Race in Public Administration and Policy: Racializing, Whiteness, and More, Public Administration Review and Consortium of Race and Gender Scholars |
| 2021 | Promotion of Timely and Relevant Research on the Role of both Race and Gender in Public Administration, National Academy of Public Administration |
| 2021 | How the Pandemic Exposed the Incomplete Gender Revolution: Work, Family, and Public Policy, Institute for International Economic Policy, George Washington University |
| 2020 | “Will You Die for Your Country? Workplace Death in an Era of Mass Incarceration.” AASP101: Public Policy and the Black Community, University of Maryland |
| 2020 | Exploring and Addressing Racism Through Scholarship, CCAS Scholar Roundtable, George Washington University |
| 2020 | “Economic Vulnerability of Transgender, Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay People: The Importance of Gender Nonconformity.” WGSS Virtual Brown Bag Seminar, George Washington University |
| 2020 | “Will You Die for Your Country? Workplace Death in an Era of Mass Incarceration.” SOCY Lecture Series, University of Maryland. (Cancelled due to Pandemic) |
| 2018 | International Women’s Day Panel on Women in Public Services, The Feminist Forum, George Washington University Law School |
| 2018 | “Does a Criminal Past Predict Worker Performance?” Department of Sociology, George Washington University |
| 2014 | “Interracial Dynamics in Japan.” Asian and Asian American Studies Certificate Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2012 | “Interracial Dynamics in Japan.” Asian and Asian American Studies Certificate Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS | |
| 2023 | Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting. New Orleans, LA. “The Macrosociology of Paid Domestic Labor Revisited: Globalization of Domestic Work and Differences in Earnings among Native-Born Women.” |
| 2022 | Public Management Research Conference. Phoenix, AZ. “Problematizing Race: A Critical Review of Race in Representative Bureaucracy Theory,” with Vernicia Griffie, Patrick Irelan, Leslie Kwan, and Sanjay Pandey. |
| 2021 | American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Online.“Do Work-Family Policies and Globalization of Domestic Work Reduce Inequality?” |
| 2021 | Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting. Online. “Do Work-Family Policies and Globalization of Domestic Work Reduce Inequality? Reexamining the Pay Gap by Gender and Parenthood across the United States.” |
| 2020 | Public Administration Review (PAR) Symposium. Online. “Some Parents Survive and Some Don’t: The Army and the Family as Greedy Institutions.” |
| 2020 | American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Online. “Income Inequality among Transgender, Bisexual, Lesbian, and Gay People.” |
| 2020 | Population Association of America. (Cancelled due to Pandemic) “Will You Die for Your Country? Workplace Death in an Era of Mass Incarceration.” |
| 2019 | American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. “Intersectional Methodologies.” |
| 2019 | Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. “Intersectionality and Hybrid–Effects Models: Impacts of Immigration on Within-and Between-City Wage Inequalities by Race, Education and Gender.” |
| 2019 | Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting. Denver, CO. “Intersectionality and Hybrid–Effects Models: Impacts of Immigration on Within-and Between-City Wage Inequalities by Race, Education and Gender.” |
| 2018 | American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. “Immigrants in the Army: One Little Known Pathway to Citizenship,” with Jennifer Hickes Lundquist and Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas. |
| 2018 | Work and Family Researchers Network Conference. Washington, DC. “Do Race and Marriage Matter? The Motherhood Wage Penalty in the Military.” |
| 2018 | Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. “Immigration-Induced Domestic Outsourcing and Regional Differences in the Gender Wage Gap.” |
| 2016 | Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. “Wage Responses to Immigration Among Native-Born Women: Intersections of Race/Ethnicity and Motherhood Examining Competition, Queuing, and Domestic Outsourcing Mechanisms.” |
| 2016 | Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. “Does a Criminal Past Predict Worker Performance? Evidence from America’s Largest Employer,” with Jennifer Hickes Lundquist and Devah Pager. |
| 2015 | Social Theory Forum Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. “Differential Wage Responses to Immigration Among Native-Born Women: Intersections of Race/Ethnicity and Motherhood.” |
| 2015 | Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New York, NY. “Differential Wage Responses to Immigration Among Native-Born Women: Intersections of Race/Ethnicity and Motherhood.” |
| 2015 | Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New York, NY. “Separate and Unequal Welfares: Soldiers, Prisoners and the “Coercive” Welfare State,” with Sanjiv Gupta and Jennifer Hickes Lundquist. |
| 2014 | XVIII International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology. Yokohama, Japan. “Cross-National Policies and Relative Household Income of Families with Children by Family Structure and Parental Education,” with Stephanie Moller, Joya Misra, Elizabeth Wemlinger. |
| 2013 | American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. “The Implications of Cross-National Policies for the Relative Income of Families with Children by Family Structure and Parental Education,” with Stephanie Moller, Joya Misra, Elizabeth Wemlinger. |
| 2012 | Work and Family Researchers Network Conference. New York, NY. “Work, Family, and Gender Equality: Comparative Historical Evidence,” with Joya Misra. |
| 2011 | New England Association for Asian Studies Conference. Wellesley, MA. “Unavoidable Poverty: Single Motherhood and Women’s Employment in Japan.” |
| 2010 | The Sources of Inequality Across the Globe. Juan March Institute, Madrid, Spain. “Employment, Work-Family Policies and Poverty among Partnered and Single Mothers,” with Joya Misra and Stephanie Moller. |
| PRESS | |
| 2023 | Work and Family Researchers Network, Featured Scholar Series, February |
| 2022 | The Washington Post, “Women are dancing in solidarity with Finnish PM Sanna Marin,” Aug 23 |
| 2022 | Military REACH, “Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Report,” June |
| 2022 | Institute for Women’s Policy Research, In the Lead, “Not Just 9 to 5: Expanding Child Care Options for Parents Working Nontraditional Hours,” Apr 18 |
| 2022 | WUSA9, VERIFY, “Among Those under 30 in DC, Data Shows Women Made More Money than Men in 2019,” March 31 |
| 2020 | Everyday Sociology, “Risk, Crime, and The Military: How Risk-Taking May Impact Outcomes for Soldiers with Criminal Records,” Dec 14 |
| 2020 | This Week in Sociological Perspective, “Protestor’s Cultural Toolkit & the Heightened Risk of Harm for Formerly Incarcerated Soldiers,” Sep 10 |
| 2020 | The GW Hatchet, “Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program Pilots Graduate Capstone Seminar,” Feb 3 |
| 2018 | Center for American Progress, News You Can Use, “Research Roundup for Re-Entry Advocates,” Apr 5 |
| 2017 | The Economist, “Prisoners and the Job Market: Should Employers Know about Criminal Records?” May 20 |
| 2016 | CBS News, Money Watch, “Americans with Criminal Records May Outperform on the Job,” May 9 |
| 2016 | The Washington Post, “Why Former Felons May be Good Employees,” May 6 |
| 2016 | Bloomberg, “Ex-Cons May Outperform You in the Workplace,” May 5 |
| 2016 | American Institute for Economic Research, “Giving Past Offenders a Chance at a New Job,” Apr 20 |
| 2013 | Pacific Standard, “Does Europe Have a Sex Selection Problem?” Oct 8 |
| 2013 | Smithsonian Magazine, “Liechtenstein Has the Most Skewed Ratio of Baby Boys and Girls in the World Right Now,” Sep 17 |
| COURSES TAUGHT | |
| Graduate: | |
| PPPA 6006, Policy Analysis, George Washington University | |
| PPPA 8197, US Social Policy, George Washington University | |
| WGSS 6265, Gender, Welfare & Poverty, George Washington University | |
| WGSS 6299, Capstone Research Seminar, George Washington University | |
| Undergraduate: | |
| SOCIOL 103, Social Problems, University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
| SOCIOL 212, Elementary Statistics, University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
| WGSS 2145, Space, Place & Gender Identity, George Washington University | |
| PROFESSIONAL SERVICES | |
| Internal: | |
| 2022 – | Member, Ph.D. Public Policy & Administration Program Committee, TSPPPA |
| 2021 – | Member, Executive Committee, TSPPPA |
| 2020 – 2021 | Member, Ph.D. Public Policy & Administration Program Committee, TSPPPA |
| 2019 – | Member, Graduate Award Committee, WGSS |
| 2019 | Annual Program Assessment, WGSS |
| 2019 | Member, Ph.D. Admission Committee, TSPPPA |
| 2018 – | Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee, WGSS |
| 2018 – 2020 | Member, Research Committee, TSPPPA |
| 2018 – | Field Advisor for MPA/MPP Programs, Social Policy, TSPPPA |
| 2018 | MPA and ENRP Competency Assessment, TSPPPA |
| 2017 – | Executive Board Member, WGSS |
| 2017 – 2018 | Member, Curriculum Committee, TSPPPA |
| Graduate Student Mentoring: | |
| 2023 – | Thesis Advisor, Jasmine Sanders, Sociology |
| 2023 | Field Exam Reader, Chelsea Allinger, TSPPPA |
| 2022 – | Dissertation Committee Member, Jae Yu, TSPPPA |
| 2022 – | Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Semret Seyoum, TSPPPA |
| 2022 – 2023 | Thesis Advisor, Sydelle Barreto, Philosophy |
| 2022 | Dissertation Defense Chair, Danielle Gilmore, TSPPPA |
| 2022 | Field Exam Reader, Jae Yu, TSPPPA |
| 2022 | Field Exam Reader, Vernicia Griffie, TSPPPA |
| 2022 | Dissertation Examiner, Kimberly Siegal, TSPPPA |
| 2021 – | Dissertation Committee Member, Mansi Wadhwa, TSPPPA |
| 2021 – 2022 | Thesis Advisor, Minjung Park, Sociology |
| 2020 – 2022 | Dissertation Committee Member, Leslie Kwan, TSPPPA |
| 2020 – 2021 | Advisor, Fulbright Foreign Student Program, Aylén Rodríguez Ferrari, TSPPPA |
| 2019 – 2020 | Thesis Advisor, Jennifer Hyde, WGSS |
| 2019 – 2020 | Thesis Reader, Justin Waligora, Sociology |
| 2019 – 2020 | Dissertation Committee Member, Margaret Smith, TSPPPA |
| 2019 | Dissertation Examiner, Chelsea Ullman, TSPPPA |
| 2019 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Taryn Abbassian, WGSS |
| 2019 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Laura Alexander, WGSS |
| 2019 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Eric Duran, WGSS |
| 2019 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Ottavia Lezzi, WGSS |
| 2019 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Mariesa Robinson, WGSS |
| 2019 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Sam Sears, WGSS |
| 2019 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Gabby Winger, WGSS |
| 2019 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Adrienne Zaya, WGSS |
| 2018 – 2019 | Dissertation Examiner, Erica Broadus, TSPPPA |
| 2018 – 2019 | Thesis Reader, Lauren Danielowski, Sociology |
| 2018 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Jennifer Curt, WGSS |
| 2018 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Emily Granada, WGSS |
| 2018 | Comprehensive Exam Reader, Xiaochen Liang, WGSS |
| External: | |
| 2023 | Expert Advice, Paid leave policies, Director of Education, Labor & Worker Justice for the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) |
| 2023 | Peer Mentor, The Hand Program, Sociologists for Women in Society |
| 2022 | Peer Mentor, “Critique Me” Program, Sociologists for Women in Society |
| 2022 | Webinar Organizer and Moderator, “Innovative Ways to Research Social Equity,” with Kathryn E. Newcomer, Consortium of Race and Gender Scholars |
| 2022 | Workshop Organizer, “Applying New and Innovative Frameworks to Advance Scholarship on Race and Gender,” with Kathryn E. Newcomer, Norma M. Riccucci, and Meghna Sabharwal, PMRC |
| 2022 | Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) |
| 2021 | Chair and Discussant, “Sexual Harassment and Assault,” Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (IUS) International Conference |
| 2021 | Reviewer, The CQ Press Writing Guide for Public Policy, SAGE Publishing |
| 2021 – | Advisory Board Member, Consortium of Race and Gender Scholars |
| 2020 | Workshop Participant, NASPAA NEXT Leadership Development Institute for Public Affairs Education |
| 2019 | Reviewer, Icelandic Research Fund, The Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNÍS) |
| 2019 | Peer Mentor, The Hand Program, Sociologists for Women in Society |
| 2018 – 2020 | Expert Panel, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Intersectionality Toolkit Project, Lisa Bowleg (PI) |
| 2018 | Expert Advice, Gender wage gap and single motherhood poverty in Louisiana, A staff for the Louisiana Congressional Representative Garret Graves |
| 2018 | Expert Advice, Equal wage legislation in the District of Columbia, A legislative analyst for the Office of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice |
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Eiko Strader | 平岡英子 