Emeriti Faculty

Summary of Expertise

Feminist Research; Sociology of Learning; gender, race and class perspectives; Women and Work; Sociology of Emotions; Re-evaluation Counseling.

Research Interests

- "A Governess' Story: The Letters, Work and Family of Joanna Young Scammon of Pittston, Maine, 1821-1892."

Biography, Education and Training

B.A., University of Denver
M.A., Syracuse University
Ph.D., New York University

Pamela Roby has published four books and dozens of articles on infant and early childhood development policies, social and economic inequalities, higher education, trade union leadership, and women and work.

Dr. Roby has served as President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (1997-98), vice-president of the Pacific Sociological Association (1996-97), president of Sociologists for Women in Society (1978-80), and chair of the American Sociological Association's Section on Sex and Gender, as well as vice-chair of the National Commission on Working Women. She has also served as an elected member of the Research Council of the International Sociological Association, the Executive Council of the American Sociological Association, and the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Vocational Education Research and Development, and the National Academy of Sciences/Ford Foundation Sociology Dissertation and Post-doctoral Fellowship Review Committee (2007-2011).

At UCSC, Professor Roby has directed the Sociology Doctoral Program (1988-91, 2007), and chaired the Department of Sociology (1998-2001). She also chaired the Academic Senate's Graduate Council (1990-91) and the Senate's Committee on Academic Personnel (1995-96).

Nationally, Dr. Roby is listed in American Men and Women in Science (Twelfth Edition, 1973) and in Who's Who in America, Fifty-fourth Edition (2000) – Seventieth (2016). Her autobiography is one of twenty included in Individual Voices, Collective Visions: Fifty Years of Women In Sociology (A. Goetting, S. Fenstermaker, eds.), Temple University Press, 1995, pp. 319-33.

Students and and colleagues have recognized Professor Roby's teaching. She is listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers (seventh edition, 2002–tenth edition, 2006). She was the recipient of a 1993 University of California, Santa Cruz, Academic Senate Innovations in Teaching Award. At UCSC, she was named Favorite Faculty Member of the Kresge College Class of 2002; and the Merrill College Class of 2009, 2011 and 2012. In 2012 she was also the Keynote Speaker for Phi Beta Kappa.

Honors, Awards and Grants

- University of California, Santa Cruz, Favorite Faculty Member of the Merrill College Class of 2012.
-Listed in The Marquis Who's Who in America, Fifty-fourth Edition (2000) – Seventieth Edition (2016).
- University of California, Santa Cruz, Phi Beta Kappa, Keynote Speaker, 2012.
- University of California, Santa Cruz, Favorite Faculty Member of the Merrill College Class of 2011.
- University of California, Santa Cruz, Favorite Faculty Member of the Merrill College Class of 2009.
- University of California, Santa Cruz, Favorite Faculty Member of the Kresge College Class of 2002.
- University of California, Santa Cruz, Chancellor’s and Women's Studies' 25th Anniversary Award "For Courage and Vision in Founding Women's Studies," 2000.
- Society for the Study of Social Problems: President, 1996-97.
- University of California, Santa Cruz Academic Senate and Center for Teaching Excellence Innovations in Teaching Award, 1993.
- Sociologists for Women in Society: National President, 1978-1980.
- International Sociological Association: Executive Committee, Member Elected by Research Council, 1978-1982.
-American Sociological Association: Executive Council Member Elected-at-Large, 1975-1978; Section on Sex and Gender, Chairperson, 1974-1975.
- Listed in American Men and Women of Science, Twelfth edition, 1973.

Selected Publications

• Bryant-Anderson, R. and P.A. Roby, "The Experience of Leadership: Women and Men Shop Stewards in Ten Trade Unions," Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3, Sept. 2012.
• Roby, P.A. 2004. "Jessie Shirley Bernard," in S. Ware (ed.), Notable American Women, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.
• Roby, P.A. 1998. "Creating a Just World: Leadership for the Twenty-First Century," Social Problems, Vol. 45, No. 1, February, 1998, pp. 1-20.
• Roby, P.A. "Community Conferencing in Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Perspectives on the Victim-Offender Emotional Exchange." Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico, Vol. 67, 1998, pp. 645-651.
• Roby, P. A. "Becoming An Active Feminist Academic: Gender, Class, Race and Intelligence," in Ann Goetting and Sarah Fenstermaker (eds.), Individual Voices, Collective Visions: Fifty Years of Women in Sociology, Philadelphia: Temple Unviersity Press, 1995, pp. 319-339.
• Roby, P.A. "Becoming Shop Stewards: Perspectives on Gender and Race in Ten Trade Unions," Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 20, No. 3, Fall 1995, pp. 65-82.
• Roby, P.A. "Women and the ASA: Degendering Organizational Structures and Processes," The American Sociologist, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 1992, pp. 18-48.
• Roby, P.A. Women in the Workplace, Cambridge, MA: Schenkman Publishing Company, Inc., 1981.
• Roby, P.A. "Toward Full Equality: More Job Education for Women," School Review, Vol. 84, No. 2, February 1976, pp. 181-211.
• Roby, P.A. "Sociology and Women in Working Class Jobs," Sociological Inquiry, Vol. 45, Nos. 2-3, Summer 1975.
• Roby, P.A. "Shared Parenting: Perspectives From Other Nations," School Review, Vol. 83, No. 3, May 1975, pp. 415-431.
• Roby, P.A. "Women and American Higher Education," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 404, November, 1972, pp. 118-139.
• Roby, P.A. "Inequality: A Trend Analysis," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 385, September, 1969, pp. 110-117.
• Roby, P.A. "Politics and Criminal Law: Revision of the New York State Penal Law on Prostitution," Social Problems, Vol. 17, No. 1, Summer 1969, pp. 83-109.
• Roby, P.A. Child Care -- Who Cares? Infant and Early Childhood Development Policies, New York: Basic Books, 1973, 456 pages.
• Roby, P.A. The Poverty Establishment, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1974, 217 pages.
• Miller, S.M. and P.A. Roby. The Future of Inequality, New York: Basic Books, 1970, 271 pages.

Teaching Interests

Feminist Research; Sociology of Learning: gender, race, class and perspectives;Women and Work; Sociology of Emotions; Re-evaluation Counseling.