Francesca Degiuli
Westfield,NJ
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant/Associate Professor of Sociology
Fairleigh Dickinson University
08.2013 - Current
- Made contributions in curricular development and innovation in teaching strategies.
- Helped students to develop and demonstrate broad, integrative and specialized knowledge, essential habits of mind, communicative fluency and effective problem-solving skills.
- Taught diverse student population by employing various learning styles and abilities.
- Designed and implemented qualitative research projects and published findings in academic journals.
- Coordinated activities and classes for the Gender minor.
- Organized events and academic lectures for Women's History Month
Assistant Professor
CUNY College of Staten Island
08.2009 - 06.2013
- Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Faculty Fellow
University of California
09.2007 - 06.2009
- Department of Global and International Studies
Education
Ph.D. - Sociology With Emphasis in Global Studies
University of California
Santa Barbara09.2007
Master of Arts - Sociology
University of California
Santa Barbara06.2002
Laurea in Lettere e Filosofia - History
University of Turin
Turin, Italy09.1995
Languages
Fluent in English and Italian
Good comprehension of French and Spanish
Areas Of Specialization
- Aging and Long-term Care in Europe and the U.S.
- Medical Sociology
- Gender and Feminist Studies
- Qualitative Methods
- International Migration and Gender
Books
Francesca Degiuli (2016) “Caring for A Living: Immigrant Women, Italian Families, and Aging Citizens.” London and New York: Oxford University Press.
Peer Reviewed Publications
- Francesca Degiuli (2022) “Shaping Long-term Care for Older Adults: Exploring the Role of Geriatricians in Italy and the United States”. In Journal of Elder Policy, vol. 2, no. 2, pp.79-110
- Francesca Degiuli & Jordan Nowotny (2020) “The Administration of Consent. An exploration of the meaning of consent among educators, staff and administrators of a small private university”. In Sexuality & Culture, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-019-09669-5
- Wang, H; Appelbaum, R.; Degiuli, F.; Lichtenstein, N. (2013) “China' s New Labour Contract Law: is China moving towards increased power for workers?” In Renewing International Labor Studies. Edited by Marcus Taylor New York: Routledge
- Francesca Degiuli (2011) “Laboring Lives: The Making of Home Eldercare Assistants.” In Modern Italy, vol.16, n.3, pp.345-361
- Francesca Degiuli (2011) “Undocumented College Students in the U.S.: A Category in Need of Further Analysis.” In Migration Letters, vol.8, no. 1, pp. 7-16
- Francesca Degiuli (2010) “The Burden of Long-Term Care: How Italian Family Caregivers become Employers.” In Aging and Society, Vol. 30, No 5, pp.755-777
- Wang, H; Appelbaum, R.; Degiuli, F.; Lichtenstein, N. (2010) “China' s New Labour Contract Law: is China moving towards increased power for workers?” In Globalization and Labour in China and India. Ed. By Paul Bowles and John Harriss. New York: Palgrave.
- Wang, H; Appelbaum, R.; Degiuli, F.; Lichtenstein, N. (2009) “China' s New Labour Contract Law: is China moving towards increased power for workers?” In Third World Quarterly. Vol. 30, n.3, pp. 485-501(17).
- Francesca Degiuli and Christopher Kollmeyer (2007) “Bringing Gramsci Back in: Labor Control in Italy’s New Temporary Help Industry” In Work, Employment, and Society. Vol. 21, No. 3, 497-515.
- Francesca Degiuli (2007) “A Job with No Boundaries: Home Eldercare Work in Italy” in European Journal of Women’s Studies. Vol. 14, No. 3, 193-207.
- Francesca Degiuli (2005) “The Development of Temporary Work in Italy: How Flexibility Becomes Routine” in Labour, Globalisation, and the New Economy ed. by Széll, G; Bösling, C.H. and Hartkemeyer, J.. Frankfurt, New York: Peter Lang Publications.
Other Publications
- Francesca Degiuli (2018) Review of “The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Welfare Machine. Immigration and Social Democracy in Twentieth-Century Sweden”. American Journal of Sociology, vol. 123, no. 4.
- Francesca Degiuli (2015) Review of “Gendered Commodity Chains: Seeing Women’s Work and Households in Global Production”. In Gender and Society, http://gas.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/02/02/0891243215570735.full.
- Francesca Degiuli (2011) Review of Laura Ruberto’s Gramsci, Migration, and the Representation of Women’s Work in Italy and the U.S. In Altre Italie, vol.44, n.1
- Eileen Boris and Francesca Degiuli, (2003) “Nonstandard Work, Nonstandard Workers: A Review Essay,” Labour/Le Travail Fall p.221-234.
Work In Progress
Currently working on a paper titled “The gendered dimension of care. The role of Geriatricians and General Practitioners in Shaping Long-Term Care Arrangements in Italy” and interviewing geriatricians in the United States
Grants Fellowships Awards
- Applied for MCSA 2020 at Collegio Carlo Alberto September 2020
- Visiting Fellowship, Università di Torino January - June 2020 Dipartimento di Cultura, Politica e Società (missed due to Covid)
- Visiting Fellowship, Collegio Carlo Alberto, 2019-2020 Turin, Italy
- Selected as finalist for the International Association for Feminist Economics Agarwal Book Award 2019
- Grant-in-aid Fairleigh Dickinson University 2016
- Fellow at the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU 2013 - 2018
- Stewart Travel Award 2012
- CSI Provost Travel Award 2012
- Research Grant PSC-CUNY 2009 -2012
- CUNY Faculty Fellow Publication Program 2011
- Faculty Fellow, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging and Longevity, CUNY Hunter 2010
- Faculty Fellow, Department of Global and International Studies, UCSB 2007-09
Refereed Conferences Presentations
- Who shapes care? A look at how geriatricians in Italy and the United States shape (or fail to shape) societal understandings of aging and its needs., European Sociological Association Midterm Conference, May 24th - 26th 2023, Prague
- The Role of General Practitioners and Geriatricians in Shaping Long-term Care for Aging Adults: A reflection on gendered implications., Biennial Meeting of the European Society for Health and Medical Sociology, August 25th-27th 2022, Forlì, Italy
- Shaping Long-Term Care for Older Adults in Italy: The Role of General Practitioners and Geriatricians, Annual Meeting of the European Sociological Association, September 2021, Barcelona, Spain (online)
- Shaping Long-Term Care in Italy: The Role of Geriatricians and General Practitioners, Seminar at Collegio Carlo Alberto, January 24, 2020, Torino, Italy
- The Shape of Long-Term Care: The Role of Geriatricians, Seminar at the University of Milano, January 21, 2020, Milano, Italy
- The Administration of Consent: An examination of how the culture of consent is shaped in higher education. A case study., Winter meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society, January 25-28, 2018, Atlanta, GA
- Reframing Aging: from a familial problem to a societal one., Global Carework Summit, University of Massachusetts, June 1-3, 2017, Lowell, MA
- Aging and Caring: An Analysis of the Organization of Eldercare in Italy, Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Studies, Feb 23-26, 2017, Philadelphia
- Understanding Sexual Consent as a Practice: An in-depth analysis of how sexual consent is understood, practiced, and taught on a liberal art college campus., Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Studies, Feb 23-26, 2017, Philadelphia
- Caring for a Living: Immigrant Women, Aging Citizens and Italian Families, Third International Symposium on Transnational Aging, October 6-7, 2016, Mainz, Germany
- Chair of the panel The Role of Immigration in Making Europe Resilient organized for the 23rd International Conference of Europeanists and presenter of the paper Deferring the Care Crisis to Immigrant Workers: The Italian Response to an Aging Population, Philadelphia, April 14-16, 2016
Presentations Guest Lectures Mentoring
- Sex trafficking. Discussion of the documentary Stop Trafficking., Panel discussion organized by the library of Fairleigh Dickinson University to celebrate Women’s History Month, March 2018
- What is the Future of the #Metoo campaign, Panel discussion organized by the League of Women Voters, Morristown, NJ, March 2018
- From Fear to Courage: An Interdisciplinary Conversation on Sexual Assault, Panel discussion organized by Becton College for Women History Month, FDU University, Florham Campus, March 2017
- Caring for a Living: Immigrant Women, Aging Citizens and Italian Families, Book presentation at the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, NYU, December 2016
- Caring for a Living: Immigrant Women, Aging Citizens and Italian Families, Book discussion in collaboration with Professor John Schiemann, FDU University, Florham Campus, September 2016
- Gender in a Global World, Panel discussion organized by the Office of Students Life at FDU University Florham Campus, March 2016
- Rumore di Acque/Noise of Waters, Panel discussion on North African migration to Italy presenting the work of Il Teatro della Albe, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ NYU, January 2014
Service
Chair of the CEG Committee, 2016-2017, Chair of the Women’s History Month Committee for both 2016 and 2017, Co-Director Gender Studies Minor, 2014 - Present, CECP Committee, 2014 - Present, Library Committee, 2013 - Present, Sociology Faculty Representative at Open House for Newly Accepted Students Spring 14, 15, 16, Sociology Faculty Representative at the Open House Fall 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, FDU Representative at the UN NGO meetings on Migration 2014-2015, Organized in collaboration with Associate Dean Jennifer Lehr three events for Women’s History Month: a conversation with Becton College Faculty regarding Gender Bias in Students’ Evaluation, a screening and discussion of the documentary The Hunting Grounds, and a lecture and discussion led by author Rachel Hills on her book The Sex Myth: The Gap Between our Fantasies and Reality, March 2016, Organized in collaboration with Professor Whitmarsh and Professor Mulraine-Brinson an event for the Hot Topic Series: The HookUp Culture: Consent and Coercion on College Campuses, Spring 2015, Organized in collaboration with Professor Dunsmore and Professor Whitmarsh an event for the Hot Topics Series: The Gender Divide: The Impact on Our Lives, Spring 2014, International Scientific Reviewer for Deutsche Forschung Gemeinschaft a self-governing organization for the advancement if science and research in Germany, 2016, Organizer of the Session “Return Migration” for the RC31 section of the International Sociological Association Meeting in Yokohama, July 2014, Committee Member Global Studies Section in charge of the Selection of the Best Student Paper Award for the Society of the Study of Social Problem, 2014, Member of the Local Arrangement Committee for the 2013 Meeting of the Society of the Study of Social Problems, 2013, Committee Member Global Studies Section in charge of the Selection of the Best Student Paper Award for the Society of the Study of Social Problem, 2013, International Scientific Reviewer for the Italian Evaluation of Research Quality Exercise, Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Universita’ e della Ricerca, 2012, Organizer of the Session “Care and Domestic Labor” for the RC32 section of the International Sociological Association Meeting in Buenos Aires, August 2012, Member, Board of Directors, Westfield Day Care Center, 2010-2013, Member, CSA “Fairview Gardens” Santa Barbara, CA, 2005-2007, Member, “Almaterra Multicultural Women Center” Turin, Italy, 2003-2004, Member, “Living Wage Coalition” Santa Barbara, CA, 2002-2003, Volunteer, “The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation” Santa Barbara, CA, 2001-2002, American Sociological Association, International Sociological Association, Eastern Sociological Society, International Network for Regional and Local Development of Work and Labour
Academic Positions
- Fairleigh Dickinson University, Assistant Professor, 08/13, Present, Sociology, Social Sciences, and History Department
- CUNY College of Staten Island, Assistant Professor, 08/09, 2013, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
- University of California, Faculty Fellow, 09/07, 06/09, Global and International Studies
References
- Eileen Boris, Hull Chair and Professor, Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, boris@femst.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-4330
- Jean Halley, Professor, Women Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, gchang@womst.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-7414
- Ananya Mukherjea, Associate Professor of Sociology, CUNY, College of Staten Island, Ananya.Mukherjea@csi.cuny.edu, (718) 982-3759
Timeline
Assistant/Associate Professor of Sociology
Fairleigh Dickinson University
08.2013 - Current
Assistant Professor
CUNY College of Staten Island
08.2009 - 06.2013
Faculty Fellow
University of California
09.2007 - 06.2009
Ph.D. - Sociology With Emphasis in Global Studies
University of California
Master of Arts - Sociology
University of California
Laurea in Lettere e Filosofia - History
University of Turin
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