Christy Glass, Ph.D.

Field: Sociology
Areas of Focus: Gender Equity, Leadership Development, Politics in the Workplace, Women and Work

Expertise

• workplace bias
• discrimination
• gender
• race
• leadership
• organizations
• recruitment and hiring

Bio

Christy Glass joined USU after receiving her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2005. Her teaching and research focus on workplace justice. Her research analyzes the ways gender and race shape access to and mobility in professional work organizations. With Alison Cook, she has pioneered work on the glass cliff and the impact of representation on organizational practice.

Her work has appeared in top journals in sociology and management including Social Forces, Work & Occupations, Gender & Society, Social Problems, Strategic Management Journal and Human Resource Management. Her work has also been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Public Radio, PBS, Forbes Magazine, Newsweek, CNBC, BBC, CNN and the Harvard Business Review.