Leann Tigges
Professor of Community & Environmental Sociology314 Agricultural Hall
(608) 890-0347
lmtigges@wisc.edu
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Office Hours: M 9-10 and by appt. (Fall'09)
Selected Publications:
Tigges, Leann M. and Glenn Fuguitt. (2003.) "Commuting: A Good Job Close By?" Chapter in Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century, edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press.
Browne, Irene, Cynthia Hewitt, Leann M. Tigges, and Gary P. Green. 2001. "Why Does Job Segregation Lead to Wage Inequality Among African Americans? Person, Place, Sector, or Skills?" Social Science Research 30: 473-495.
Browne, Irene, Leann M. Tigges, and Julie Press. 2001. "Inequality through Labor Markets, Firms, and Families: The Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity." Pp. 372-406 in Urban Inequality: Evidence from Four Cities, edited by Alice O'Connor, Chris Tilly, and Lawrence D. Bobo. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1984
Areas of Interest:
Community and Environmental Sociology
Economic Sociology
Organizational and Occupational Analysis
Race and Ethnic Studies
Sociology of Gender
Affiliations:
Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy
Community and Environmental Sociology
Institute for Research on Poverty