UMass Sesquicentennial
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Department of Sociology

 

 

 

Melissa Fugiero

Melissa Fugiero

Bio

Melissa Fugiero is a graduate student in residence. She studies racial/ethnic discrepancies in the effects of human capital on wages and workplace inequality, particularly the impact of residential segregation on workplace segregation.

Education

2008 M.Ed. Education, University of Massachusetts
2006 M.A. Sociology, University of Massachusetts
2001 B.A. Sociology and Political Science, University of Connecticut

Research

Research Assistant for Dr. Tomaskovic-Devey, long term trends in workplace equal employment opportunity, fall 2008-present.

Research Assistant for Dr. Tomaskovic-Devey, EEO-1 data management, summer 2006 and 2007.

Research Assistant for Dr. Budig, racial differences in the effects of education on earnings, summer 2003, 2004 and 2006.

Teaching

Continuing Education Instructor:

Face-to-Face:
Sociology 103 (Social Problems) - January 2005, 2007 and 2008

Online:
Sociology 103 (Social Problems) - Summer Session One 2008 and January 2009.

Teaching Associate:

Sociology 103 (Social Problems) and Honors Colloquium for Sociology 103 - Fall 2008
Sociology 106 (Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity) - Fall 2006

Teaching Assistant:

Sociology 106 (Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity) - Fall 2002
Sociology 107 (Contemporary American Society) - Fall 2003
Sociology 211 (Data Collection and Analysis) - Fall 2004, Spring 2006.
Sociology 212 (Elementary Statistics) - Spring 2004, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2007
Sociology 222 (The Family) - Spring 2005
Sociology 241 (Criminology) - Spring 2003
Sociology 711 (Intermediate Statistics) - Fall 2007

 

Department of Sociology • Thompson Hall • University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003
http://www.umass.edu/sociol/