CURRICULUM VITAE
May, 2014
Sherrie A. Kossoudji
Contact Information:
Email
kossoudj@umich.edu
Address
School of Social Work
The University of Michigan
2788 SSW Building
1080 S. University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
48109-1106
Telephone
734.763.6320 (SSW office)
Education:
Ph.D., Department of Economics,
The University of Michigan, 1984
B.A., International Studies / Latin American Studies
Miami University, 1976.
Positions and Appointments:
Associate Professor, School of Social Work and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of
Economics, Faculty Associate, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations; University of Michigan,
September 1995-present.
Visiting Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, UM Joint Program, 2012.
Fellow, IZA (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit) Bonn, Germany. 1999-present
Visiting Scholar, IZA (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit) . Bonn, Germany. 2001,
2002.
Chair, SACUA (Senate Assembly Committee for University Affairs), 1999-2000.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Department of Economics, University of
Michigan, 1987-1995.
Mellon Assistant Research Scientist, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 19851987.
Demography Trainee, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 1984-1985.
Grants and Contracts:
Non-immigrant migration to the United States and the internal demand for Immigrant visas.
NIH. 2013. In submission.
Who stays? Non-Immigrant workers in the United States who become Immigrants. Borders
Consortium and the Department of Homeland Security. 2013. Not funded.
The Vast Difference Between Immigration and In-Migration. Office of the Vice President for
Research, 2011.
Michigan GEAR UP. The Department of Education and the State of Michigan. 2007-2011.
ITC technology grant, the University of Michigan, LS&A, 2010
Pricing People: Life Sciences Advances and Markets for Human Components. UM. OVPR-Life
Sciences Seed Grant. 2003-2009.
Michigan’s Gear Up Education Programs. The Department of Education and The State of
Michigan. 2003-2007.
The Trucking Industry Project (part of LEHD Sloan Project—PI’s Mike Belzer and Stan Sedo).
The Sloan Foundation. 2002.
The Career Development Fund for Women. University of Michigan. 1999
The NILE Project. UM Gilbert Whitaker Fund for the Improvement of Teaching. 1999.
Why Didn’t Legalization Matter for Women? Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
1999.
The NILE Project: New Interactive Learning Experiences. UM-Gilbert Whitaker Fund for the
Improvement of Teaching. 1997.
The Welfare to Work Transition: The View from the City. The Upjohn Institute for Employment
Research. 1997.
The New Interactive Learning Experience. Center for Research on Teaching Instructional Grant.
The University of Michigan. 1997.
Web based course development. OIT/SSW technology enhanced instruction grant. The
University of Michigan. 1996.
Interactive Strategies for Teaching. The University of Michigan. OIT/SSW technology enhanced
instruction grant. 1996.
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Wage Mobility for the Newly Legalized Population. U.S. Department of Labor (with Deborah
Cobb-Clark). 1995.
The Paperless Classroom. The University of Michigan. OIT/SSW technology enhanced
instruction grant. 1995.
Occupational Mobility of the Newly Legalized Population. U.S. Department of Labor (with
Deborah Cobb-Clark). 1993.
U.S. Apprehension Policy and Illegal Mexican Migrants. U.S. HHS PHS National Institutes of
Health Research Grant. 1992.
The Impact of State Policy Change on General Assistance Recipients, Their Communities and
the State of Michigan. Ford Foundation Research Grant. (with Sandra Danziger and Robert
Lovell; in cooperation with Michigan Department of Social Services (MDSS)). 1992.
Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare. Department of Health and Human Services. (with
Sandra Danziger and Martha Hill). Subcontractors in grant with MDSS. 1991.
Women's Work during World War II. Research Partnership Grant. University of Michigan. (with
Laura Dresser). 1991.
Undocumented Migration and the Production Process. U.S. Department of Labor, International
Labor Office Contract. 1990.
Economics of Adoption Markets. Office of Vice President for Research Grant. University of
Michigan. 1990.
Wages and Employment of Legal Migrants, Illegal Migrants, and Immigrants. Sloan Foundation
Research Grant. 1989.
The Role of Apprehensions in the Illegal Alien Labor Market. Sloan Foundation Research Grant
(with Susan Ranney). 1987.
Economics of Undocumented Migration. Rockefeller Foundation Research Grant (with Susan
Ranney). 1984.
Awards:
Computerworld Smithsonian Award, Laureate, 2000
(These awards are for excellence in information technology and teaching)
The Torch Award for Outstanding Contributions to Students
—Mortarboard National Senior Honor Society, 1999.
Rackham Summer Interdisciplinary Institute Faculty Fellow, 1998.
Dorothy S. Thomas Award, Population Association of America, 1985.
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Lolagene Coombs Dissertation Award, University of Michigan, 1984.
Highlighted Presentation 2013-2014 in each category:
The Criminalization of Immigrants. Guest Lecture in Psychology 211, The University of
Michigan. October 2013 and March 2014.
Secure Communities: The Bureaucratization of Deportation. Numerous Washtenaw County
organizations, 2013.
Who stays? High Skill Nonimmigrants in the United States who become Immigrants
Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meetings, May 2014.
Articles Under Review or In Mimeo:
When Do People Actually Migrate to the United States? International Migration Review (in
submission). 2014.
Who Stays? High Skilled Non-Immigrants Who Become Immigrants. 2014. In Mimeo.
Brain Drain to the United States: Is it a Permanent Phenomenon? 2014. In process.
Adopted Immigrant Orphans and Their Families in the United States. 2014. Mimeo in revision.
Refereed Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Edited Volumes, Monographs and
Reviews:
Immigration, Poverty, and Socioeconomic Inequality (David S Card and Steven Raphael
editors). Book Review. Social Service Review, forthcoming December, 2014.
Migration and the Labor Force. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality.
Wiley-Blackwell, Publisher. 2014.
Legalization, Then and Now, Revisited. Immigration Perspectives. Immigration Policy Center.
Washington, DC. 2013.
The History of inter-country adoptions between Vietnam and the United States: social welfare
implications. Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Work and
Social Policy. Hanoi University. 2012.
GEAR-­‐UP Student Outcomes from 2006 to 2009. 2010 (with Larry Gant). 472 pp. State of
Michigan.
Cybermind, review. 2010. Qualitative Social Work. Technology and Inquiry: Future, Present, and Past. 365222, 12.3.2010. Sage Publications (p7). 4
The Impact of Legalization Then and Now. 2009. Immigration Perspectives: Immigration Policy Center. Washignton, D.C. Evaluating GEAR-­‐UP Over Time. 2009 (with Larry Gant). State of Michigan.
Two Years of GEAR-UP. 2008 (with Larry Gant). State of Michigan.
Researching Migration: Stories from the Field. 2007. Edited by Sherrie Kossoudji, Louis DeSipio,
and Manuel Garcia y Griego. New York: SSRC Books (This is SSRCs first ebook).
http://www.ssrc.org/pubs/researching_migration.pdf
GEAR-UP in the State of Michigan (with Larry Gant). 2007. State of Michigan.
Immigrant and Native Asset Accumulation in Housing: Asset Choices and Urban Housing
Markets. 2006. Chapter 10 in Immigration: Trends, Consequences and Prospects for the
United States. Barry Chiswick, editor.
GEAR-UP: Five Years of Change (with Larry Gant). 2006. State of Michigan.
The Economics of Assisted Reproduction. 2005. Chapter 10 in Economics Uncut. Edited by
Simon Bowmaker. Edward Elgar, publisher.
GEAR-UP: Evaluation after Four Years (with Larry Gant). 2005. State of Michigan.
IRCA's Impact on the Occupational Concentration and Mobility of Newly-Legalized Mexican
Men. 2004. In How labor migrants fare, Population Economics series. Heidelberg and New
York: Springer, pp. 333-50.
GEAR-UP: The First Three Years. (with Larry M. Gant). State of Michigan. 2004. State of
Michigan.
GEAR-UP Evaluation—Year 1 and Year 2 (with Larry M. Gant). 2003. State of Michigan.
Review of Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an era of Economic Integration.
Doublas S. Massey, Jorge Durand, and Nolan J. Malone. 2004. Journal of Economic
Literature.
GEAR-UP Evaluation Report (with Larry M. Gant and Tiffiany Howard). 2003. State of Michigan.
Coming Out of the Shadows: Learning about Legal Status and Wages from the Legalized
Population (with Deborah Cobb-Clark). 2002. Journal of Labor Economics. 20(3).
Strategies of Stakeholder Analysis for Participation and to Improve Project Performance:
Concepts and Field Techniques. 2001. Chapter 4 in Interest Groups and Organizations as
Stakeholders. The World Bank.
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Playing Cat and Mouse at the U.S.—Mexican Border. 2001.The Economics of Migration (Klaus
Zimmerman and Thomas Bauer, eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. Book 2 in The
International Library of Critical Writings in Economics—series editor, Mark Blaug.
Mobility in El Norte: Employment and Occupational Changes for Undocumented Latina Women.
(with Deborah Cobb-Clark). 2000. Social Science Quarterly, 81(1):311-24, March.
IRCA’s Impact on the Occupational Concentration and Mobility of Newly-Legalized Mexican Men.
(with Deborah Cobb-Clark). 1999. Journal of Population Economics.
Did Legalization Matter for Women? Amnesty and the Wage Determinants of Formerly
Unauthorized Workers (with Deborah Cobb-Clark). 1999. Gender Issues. 17(4): 5-16.
The Ending of General Assistance and SSI Disability Growth in Michigan. (with John Bound and
Gema Richart Moes). 1999. Growth in Disability Benefits: Explanations and Policy
Implications. Kalman Rupp and David C. Stapleton, Editors.
The Shadows of Unauthorized Employment: Women’s Sub-Minimum Pay and Occupational
Concentration Before and After Legalization. (with Deborah Cobb-Clark). 1999. In Women’s
Progress, Perspectives on the Past, Blueprint for the Future: Conference Proceedings (pgs
366-369). Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
The Ending of General Assistance and SSI Disability Growth in Michigan: A Case Study (with
John Bound and Gema Richart Moes). 1997. The Journal of Disability Policy Studies.
Review of Workfare or Fair Work: Women, Welfare, and Government Work Programs (by Nancy
Rose). 1997. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 50(2): 354-6.
Finding Good Opportunities in Undocumented Markets: U.S. Occupational Mobility for Latino
Workers. 1996. (with Deborah Cobb-Clark). International Migration Review. 30(4):901-24.
Entering and Leaving the Child Welfare System: Racial Patterns in the Move to Adoption. 1995.
Adoption Policy and Special Needs Children. Rosemary Avery (ed.). Greenwood Press.
When Welfare Ends: Subsistence Strategies of Former GA Recipients. 1995. (with Sandra
Danziger). The University of Michigan. Monograph and Report.
IRCA, Legalization, and the Occupational Concentration and Mobility of Amnestied Immigrants.
1994. (with Deborah Cobb-Clark). U. S. Department of Labor Monograph.
What Happened to Former GA Recipients? 1994. (with Sandra Danziger). The University of
Michigan. Monograph and Report.
What Happens When a Welfare Program is Terminated? 1994. (with Sandra Danziger). African
American Research Perspectives.
Michigan's General Assistance Population. 1993. (with Sandra Danziger). The University of
Michigan. Monograph and Report.
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Playing Cat and Mouse at the U.S.—Mexican Border. 1992. Demography. 29(2):159-92.
The End of a Riveting Experience: Occupational Shifts at Ford After World War II. 1992. (with
Laura Dresser). American Economic Review. 82(2):519-25.
Working Class Rosies: Women Industrial Workers During World War II. 1992. (with Laura
Dresser). Journal of Economic History. 52(2):431-46.
Legal Status of Workers and the Production Process. 1992. United States Department of Labor
Working Paper Series.
Pride and Prejudice: Culture in the Labor Market and the Home. 1990. In Steven Shulman and
William Darity (eds.). The Question of Discrimination: Racial Inequality in the U.S. Labor
Market. pp 293-314. Wesleyan University Press.
The Assimilation of Immigrant Workers: Is It a Labor Market Phenomenon? 1989. Journal of
Human Resources. 24(3):494-527.}
The Impact of English Language Ability on the Labor Market Opportunities of Asian and
Hispanic Immigrant Men. 1988. Journal of Labor Economics. 6(3):205-228.
The Impact of Origin Community Characteristics on Rural--Urban Out--Migration in a Developing
Country. 1987. (with Richard C. Bilsborrow, Thomas McDivitt, and Richard Fuller).
Demography. 24(2):191-210.
The Labor Market Experience of Female Migrants: The Case of Temporary Mexican Migration to
the United States. 1984. (with Susan Ranney). International Migration Review. 18(4):1120-43.
Profiles of Temporary Mexican Labor Migrants to the United States. 1983. (with Susan Ranney).
Population and Development Review. 9(3):479-493.
The Economic and Demographic Status of Female Headed Households in Botswana. 1983. (with
Eva Mueller). Economic Development and Cultural Change. 31(4):831-860.
Selected Recent Service Activities:
Chair, SACUA Task Force on Scholarship. 2013-2014.
Chair, Continuing Education and Instructional Technology Committee, School of Social Work.
Fall 2013 (member Winter 2014).
member, Library Council. UM. 2013—2016.
Chair, Fulbright Interviewing Committee (for students), University of Michigan. 2013
Member, Special Faculty Interest Group for Instructional Technologies. CRLT, University of
Michigan.
UROP sponsor (3 students 2013-2014).
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Membership in Professional Organizations
Population Association of America.
American Economic Association,
CSWEP (Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession),
International Association of Feminist Economists,
Society of Labor Economists
European Association of Labor Economists
European Society of Population Economists
Teaching and Pedagogy:
Formal classes: Economics 101—The Principles of Economics (Economics), Life Sciences and
Markets for Human Components (Economics, honors seminar), American Immigration
(interdisciplinary PhD.), American Immigration and the Practice of Social Work (new SSW
Masters class), Statistics in Policy Analysis and Evaluation (SSW Masters), Research Methods
(SSW Masters). Immigration Enforcement, Human Rights, and Sociual Justice
(interdisciplinary), All classes documented in UM.CTools.
Informal teaching: summer minority dissertation workshops; member of pilot group for UM
CTools and new UM teaching technologies; CRLT workshops for teaching with technology;
faculty collaboratives for teaching with technology, formal and informal public talks, multiple
public speeches, conference calls, and private interactions re immigration. UROP and Michigan
Research Community sponsor.
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