Sociology Professors Present Research
Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006
Westminster College sociology professors Dr. Phyllis Kitzerow and Dr. Virginia Tomlinson recently presented their research, "Choices and Consequences: The Lives of Attorneys 1999-2005," at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Association in Boston.
"This is a study of 1,250 attorneys looking at their careers from the preparatory stage through the current job," Kitzerow said. "This collaborative effort looks at earnings, hours worked, perceptions of discrimination, plans for the future, and whether or not they would choose law again.
"The data was gathered last fall by questionnaire and we are still involved in the analysis of it. This paper was our first public presentation of the results, but we still have much work to do."
Kitzerow has taught at Westminster since 1978, She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and a master's and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Contact her at (724) 946-7252 or e-mail kitzerpg@westminster.edur for more information.
Tomlinson, director of the Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, at Westminster, earned her undergraduate degree from Birmingham Southern College, a master's from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Contact her at (724) 946-6033 or e-mail tomlinvm@westminster.edu for more information.
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