CURRICULUM VITAE

Sam Castonguay

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BIOGRAPHY

Sam Castonguay (Ph.D. Washington State University) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. Her research and teaching areas are social and environmental inequality, organizational sociology, the sociology of work, and the sociology of gender. Sam’s work examines the ways in which organizations create, maintain, and disrupt gender and racial inequalities, focusing on actors such as environmental movement organizations, colleges and universities, and nonprofits. Her work has been published in venues such as Environmental Sociology, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and the ADVANCE Journal. Sam also serves as the Network Coordinator for the Work and Family Researchers Network, a professional organization that brings together researchers, practitioners, and policy experts from around the world to answer pressing questions on work and family issues.

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CURRENT RESEARCH

Sam’s recent projects adopt a meso-level approach to the study of environmental inequality and justice, using a blend of longitudinal qualitative content analysis, survey methods, and automated text analysis to track legacies of racial injustice among environmental movement organizations. With a team of physical, social, and data scientists, Sam has also explored the gendered and intersectional natures of university policies, and their impact on pathways to advancement for marginalized faculty in STEM programs. With funding from the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program, she has aided in the implementation and evaluation of a leadership and mentorship program for women in STEM at thirteen U.S. colleges and universities.

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