Jeff Rosenthal comes to Wake Forest University from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he recently completed his dissertation. His main areas of interests include Sociology of Work, Occupations and Professions, Social Stratification, Organizations, Methodology, and Undergraduate Teaching.

Dr. Rosenthal’s dissertation is titled “Job Autonomy in the United States: 1969-2002.” It explores how macro level changes in work structures such as organizations and occupations along with changes in labor force composition have influenced individual workers’ ability to control the content of their work, and the scheduling of their work.

Other projects that Dr. Rosenthal is currently working on include studying how perceived job security has changed over the 1990s, studying quality of re-employment for displaced workers with Stephen Lippmann, and studying how organizational diversity influences cohesion with Bob Konrad.

Dr. Rosenthal’s teaching experience at UNC and Wake Forest includes multiple courses in the Sociology of Work, as well as courses in Social Inequality, Social Problems, methodology, and introductory courses. His drive for excellence in pedagogy has been recognized with a teaching award at UNC.

If you would like more information about Jeff, please visit his personal webpage at: http://www.wfu.edu/~rosentje