Susan Fisk
Department of Sociology and Criminology
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
302 Merrill Hall
Biography
Susan R. Fisk is Professor of Sociology and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Sociology and Criminology. Her research examines how social-psychological processes contribute to inequality in educational and workplace settings, with particular focus on gender, occupational segregation, career-choice processes, and upward mobility. A central focus of her current work is understanding and developing interventions to broaden participation and persistence in computing and other STEM fields.
Her research has appeared in Social Psychology Quarterly, Computer Science Education, ACM Transactions on Computing Education, Teaching Sociology, and PLOS ONE, among other outlets. She has served as PI or Co-PI on multiple National Science Foundation projects focused on broadening participation in computing and reducing inequality. Her funded projects total more than $10.7 million in awarded funding, including more than $1.1 million awarded to 91PORNA
Dr. Fisk currently serves as Chair of the American Sociological Association鈥檚 Section on Social Psychology. Before joining 91PORNA, she worked on Google鈥檚 People Analytics team, where she conducted research related to workplace diversity and organizational practices.
Research and Teaching Interests
- Social Psychology
- Gender and Inequality
- Occupational Segregation and Career-Choice Processes
- Organizations and Work
- Status and Mobility
- Broadening Participation in STEM and Computing
- Quantitative Research Methods
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, Stanford University, 2015
B.A., Economics & Public Policy (Highest Honors & Highest Distinction), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006
B.A., Economics & Public Policy (Highest Honors & Highest Distinction), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006
Publications
- Munsch, Christin, Lindsey Trimble O鈥機onnor, and Susan R. Fisk. 2024. 鈥淕ender and the Disparate Payoffs of Overwork.鈥 Social Psychology Quarterly, 87(1): 22-43.
- Fisk, Susan R. and Jon Overton. 2020. 鈥淏old or Reckless? The Impact of Workplace Risk-Taking on Attributions and Expected Outcomes.鈥 PLOS ONE, 15(3): e0228672
- Fisk, Susan R. and Jon Overton. 2019. 鈥淲ho Wants to Lead? Anticipated Gender Discrimination Reduces Women鈥檚 Leadership Ambitions.鈥 Social Psychology Quarterly, 82(3): 319-332
- Fisk, Susan R. 2018. 鈥淲ho鈥檚 on Top? Gender Differences in Risk-Taking Produce Unequal Outcomes for High-Ability Women and Men.鈥 Social Psychology Quarterly, 81(3): 185-206.
- Fisk, Susan R. and Cecilia Ridgeway. 2018. 鈥淔raming Gender.鈥 In The Handbook of the Sociology of Gender, edited by Barbara Risman, Carissa Froyum, and William Scarborough. Springer Press.
- Fisk, Susan R., Brennan J. Miller, and Jon Overton. 2017. 鈥淲hy Social Status Matters for Understanding the Interrelationships Between Testosterone, Economic Risk鈥怲aking, and Gender.鈥 Sociology Compass, 11(3): e12452.
- Fisk, Susan R. 2016. 鈥淕ender Stereotypes, Risk-Taking, and Gendered Mobility.鈥 In Advances in Group Processes, pp. 179-210, Vol. 33, edited by S. R. Thye and E. J. Lawler. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Ridgeway, Cecilia and Susan R. Fisk. 2012. 鈥淐lass Rules, Status Dynamics, and 鈥楪ateway鈥 Interactions.鈥 In Facing Social Class: The Social Psychology of Social Class, edited by S. T. Fiske and H. R. Markus. Russell Sage Foundation.
Awards/Achievements
- Chair, American Sociological Association Section on Social Psychology, 2026鈥2027
- Co-PI. National Science Foundation (NSF) Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC). 鈥淪TARS Computing Corps: Extending a National Community of Practice for Developing BPC Change Leaders.鈥 2024 鈥 2029. $5.9M ($255k to KSU). Awarded 2024
- Article Recognition, ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2024. Selected by the editorial board as one of the journal鈥檚 鈥渕ost timely, compelling, and meritorious鈥 articles of the year.
- PI. National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: HER). 鈥淎nalysis of a Simple, Low-cost Intervention's Impact on Retention of Women in Computer Science.鈥 2020 鈥 2022. $300k ($125k to KSU)
- Best Paper Award, Computing Education Research Track, ACM SIGCSE, 2023.
- Graduate Student Mentorship Award, given by the Sociology Graduate Students at 91PORNA, 2020.
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