Dr. Katy M. Pinto
Assistant Professor                                                 
Office: SBS-B333
Email: kpinto@csudh.edu
Phone: (310) 243-3180
Website: www.nbs.csudh.edu/kpinto

Mailing Address:
Sociology Department
California State University, Dominguez Hills
1000 East Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747

Education and Professional Certificate

• Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006

• M.A.,  Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1999

• B.A., Sociology and Spanish, San Diego State University, 1997

Research Interests

• Sociology of the Family

• Latina/o Sociology

• Social Stratification

• Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

• Sociology of Teaching and Learning
   

Courses Taught

• Sociology 102: Understanding Social Relations

• Sociology 320: The Family

Works in Progress

• “Divisions of Labor in Mexican Immigrant Families: Marital Power, Gender Attitudes, and the Division of Domestic Labor,” Revise and Resubmit to Sex Roles, with Scott Coltrane.

• “Honey I’m Home”: Racial and Gender Differences in Household Labor Among Married Couples in the U.S.," In Progress.

• “Mi Familia”: Dividing Housework in Mexican American Families," In Progress.

• "Farm Origins and Educational Attainment: The Children of Mexican Immigrants in California," In Progress.
   

Encyclopedia Articles

• Pinto, Katy M. “Work Equity in the United States” for Social Science Encyclopedia, ed. Holly Heinzer. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California. (Forthcoming).

• Pinto, Katy M. “Immigration in the United States” for Social Science Encyclopedia, ed. Holly Heinzer. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California. (Forthcoming).

• Pinto, Katy M. “Migrant Labor in the 21st Century” for International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition, ed. William A. Darity. Thomson Gale, Farmington Hills, MI. (Forthcoming).

Conference Papers

• “Divisions of Labor in Mexican Immigrant Families: Marital Power, Gender Attitudes, and the    Division of Domestic Labor,” American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 2007.

• “Taking out the Trash: Racial and Gender Differences in The Effect of Marital Status on Housework,” Session on Social Class, Ethnicity, and Family Life at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, August 2006.

• “’Honey I’m Home’: Racial and Gender Differences in Household Labor Among Married Couples in the U.S.,” Section on Sex and Gender at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, August 2006.

•  “Excelling and Surviving Graduate School,” Workshop on Professional Development for the Latino Sociology Section at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 2005.

•  “Mi Familia”: Family and Gender Attitudes in Mexican American Families,” Session on Gender in Mexico at the annual meetings of the Latin American Studies Association, Las Vegas, Nevada October 2004.

• "Patriarchy or Egalitarianism: Mexican Parents and Their Children," Session on Sex and Gender at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California August 2004.

• "Group Boundaries: Attitudes Toward Intermarriage Among The Mexican Origin Population," Session at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia 2003.

• “Farm Origins and Educational Attainment: The Children of Mexican Immigrants in California,” Session at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C. 2000

• “Discourse on the Border: A Comparative Analysis of a San Diego and Tijuana News Program,” Session at the annual meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, 1996.