Selected columns and blogs
Joya Misra. “What’s Sociology? A Sociologist Explains Why Florida’s College Students Should Get the Chance to Learn How Social Forces Affect Everyone’s Lives.” The Conversation. February 8, 2024.
Joya Misra, Prudence Carter, Adia Harvey Wingfield, “Removing sociology as a Florida core course demonstrates the danger of politicizing education.” Tampa Bay Times, February 1, 2024.
Kyla Walters and Joya Misra. How Surveillance Unfolds in Retail Clothing Work.Work in Progress Blog. August 11, 2022.
Joya Misra and Kyla Walters. “Store Credit Cards Generate Profits and Disgruntled Workers.” The Conversation. April 13, 2022.
Kyla Walters and Joya Misra. Walking Mannequins. Marxist Sociology Blog. April 6, 2022.
Joya Misra, Alexandra Kuvaeva, Audrey Jaeger, Dawn Kiyoe Culpepper, and KerryAnn O’Meara. Female faculty of color do extra diversity work for no extra reward – here’s how to fix that. The Conversation, December 2, 2021.
Joya Misra. US parents pay nearly double the ‘affordable’ cost for child care and preschool. The Conversation. May 11, 2021.
Joya Misra, Alexandra Kuvaeva, KerryAnn O’Meara, Dawn Culpepper, and Audrey Jaeger. Gender, Race, and Faculty Workload Inequities. Gender & Society Blog.
Joya Misra. “How Biden’s Paid Leave Proposal Would Benefit Workers, Their Families, and Their Employers too.” The Conversation. April 9, 2021.
Joya Misra. “Millions of American parents will soon get a monthly allowance: four questions answered.” The Conversation. March 11, 2021.
Joya Misra. “Child poverty in the U.S. could be slashed by monthly payments to parents – an idea proved in other rich countries and proposed by a prominent Republican decades ago.” February 22, 2021. The Conversation.
Joya Misra. “Nearly 3 of 4 U.S. Moms Were in the Workforce before the Covid-19 Pandemic – Is That Changing?” The Conversation, July 3, 2020.
Joya Misra. “The US is Stingier with Child Care and Maternity Leave than the Rest of the World.” The Conversation. April 18, 2018.
Joya Misra. “Women Earn Less After They Have Kids, Despite Strong Credentials.” the Conversation. April 11, 2018.
Selected interviews and quotes
Quoted by Christie Wilcox in “Women faculty feel ‘pushed’ from academia by poor workplace climate.” Science, October 20, 2023.
Quoted by Ryan Quinn in “Tenure Extensions were Popular amid the Pandemic; That Might Not Be Good.” Inside Higher Education, February 1, 2024.
Cited by Salvatore J. Catanzore in “Evaluating faculty’s multifaceted work.” Inside Higher Education, July 13, 2023.
Quoted by Rebecca Pope-Ruark in “Academic burnout is a cultural problem: Let’s dismantle it.” University World News, June 10, 2023.
Quoted by Ashlynn Chand in “Pretty Privilege at Work” The Walrus, March 31, 2023.
Quoted by Katie Langin in “‘I’m worried.’ Policies to help faculty amid pandemic could backfire” Science.September 28, 2022.
Cited in Economic Report of the President to Congress, April 2022.
Interviewed by Cristiane Olea Fernandez for “Dar a luz sin baja de maternidad: la lucha de las madres estadounidenses” on RTV (Spain’s public television). March 9, 2022.
Interviewed by Maya Schwayder for “Future of Extended Child Care Tax Credit is Uncertain” on And Another Thing, NEPM, January 18, 2022.
Quoted by Rebecca Kelliher in “The Pandemic’s Unequal Toll on Faculty.” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, December 30, 2021.
Quoted by Tom Kertscher in “Fact checking how governments in US, other nations, spend on early childcare.” PolitiFact, December 10, 2021.
Quoted by Spencer Bokat-Lindell in “Why is Raising Children in the United States So Hard?” New York Times. October 19, 2021.
Quoted by Claire Cain Miller in “Which of These 4 Family Policies Deserves Top Priority?” New York Times. October 13, 2021.
Quoted by Liz McMillen in “The Pandemic Hit Female Academics Hardest: What are Colleges Going to Do About It?” Chronicle of Higher Education. July 27, 2021.
Quoted by Krystin Arneson in “Why doesn’t the US Have Mandated Maternity Leave?” BBC. June 28, 2021.
Interviewed live by Carolina Sarassa on Univision television newcast about Biden’s American Family Plan. May 6, 2021.
Quoted by Sarah Wood in “Report Finds Workload Inequities Based on Faculty Members’ Race and Gender.” Diverse Issues in Higher Education. May 4, 2021.
Discussed by Chavella Pittman in “Colleges Must Change to Retain BIPOC Women Faculty.” Inside Higher Education. April 30, 2021.
Interviewed by Arne Arnesen on Ending Child Poverty. March, 3, 2021. The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Pacifica Network.
Quoted by Emily Pettit in “Faculty Members are Suffering Burnout. These Strategies Could Help.” February 25, 2021. Chronicle of Higher Education
Quoted by The Chronicle of Higher Education in “‘On the Verge of Burnout: Covid-19’s Impact on Faculty Well-Being and Career Plans.” 2020.
Quoted by Jillian Cramer in “The Virus Moved Female Faculty to the Brink. Will Universities Help?” New York Times. October 6, 2020.
Discussed by Colleen Flaherty in “Burning Out”. Inside Higher Education. September 14, 2020.
Quoted by Avery Stone in “More and More Companies are Covering the Costs of Egg Freezing; Who Is It Really For?” Vice, May 26, 2020.
Quoted by Colleen Flaherty in “No Room of One’s One.” Inside Higher Education, April 21, 2020.
Discussed by Ariel Ramchandani in “How Night Nannies Fit into Affluent Urban Life.” The Atlantic, January 10, 2020.
Discussed by Brigitte Shulte in “A Woman’s Greatest Enemy? A Lack of Time for Herself.” The Guardian, July 21, 2019.
Interviewed on WGBY’s Connecting Point, about women in STEM on March 20, 2019.
Quoted by Gerri Stengel in “Canada Invests $2 Billion in Women Entrepreneurs to Grow the Economy by $150 Billion.” Forbes, March 8, 2019.