Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
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Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (born 1957) is a professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Education
Tomaskovic-Devey received his B.A. from Fordham University in 1979 and his Ph.D. from Boston University in 1984, both in sociology.
Career
Tomaskovic-Devey served as a visiting professor at the University of South Carolina for one year (1983-1984) and has held visiting appointments at Stockholm University, Queensland University of Technology, SciencePo, Bielefeld University, and the Copenhagen Business School. He taught at North Carolina State University for 17 years before joining the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2005. As of July 1, 2015, he was also working with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to inform its goals and those of other nondiscrimination employment organizations. He was also the president of the Southern Sociological Society for one year (2012-2013). He founded and directs the Center for Employment Equity at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is currently co-editor of the American Sociological Review.
Research
Tomaskovic-Devey is known for his research on labor markets and workplace inequality. For example, in 2012, he and Kevin Stainback published the book Documenting Desegregation, in which they noted, among other things, that workplace segregation was ubiquitous in the United States prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
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