Carrie Shandra

Associate Professor

Ph.D. 2009, Brown

Areas of Interest

Internships, Disabilities, Market & Nonmarket Work, Transition to Adulthood, Time Use, Family, Gender, Demography

Bio

My research is broadly focused on understanding work and life course inequalities in the United States, particularly as they occur during the transition to adulthood and among individuals with disabilities. My research on work includes both paid employment and other forms of productivity that may not be compensated in the market - including care work, housework, and volunteering. I'm currently writing a book about internships and the college-career transition.

Select Publications

Wikle, Jocelyn S. and Carrie L. Shandra. Forthcoming. “Social Contact and Family Contact for Youth with Disabilities.” Youth & Society. doi:10.1177/0044118X221074717

Jaeger, David A., John M. Nunley, R. Alan Seals Jr., Carrie L. Shandra, and Eric J. Wilbrandt. 2023. "The Demand for Interns." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 209: 372-390.

Shandra, Carrie L. 2022. “Internship Participation in the United States by Student and School Characteristics, 1994 to 2017.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World.

Shandra, Carrie L. 2022. “Disability and Social Participation.” Oxford Handbook on the Sociology of Disability, edited by R.L. Brown, M. Maroto, and D. Pettinicchio. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Shandra, Carrie L. 2021. "Disability and Patterns of Leisure Participation across the Life Course." The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa065