Katrin Kriz
Associate Professor of Sociology; Director of the College Honors Program
Ph.D., M.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Clark University; B.A., University of Vienna, Austria
Office hours: Fall 2012: Tuesday: 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon and Friday: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Other times by appointment
Office: Administration Building, Room 467
Phone: (617) 735-9833
E-mail: krizka@emmanuel.edu
I believe that students learn Sociology by doing Sociology. I also consider Sociology a powerful vehicle for individual empowerment and social justice and encourage students to explore new avenues for action to promote social change. In my courses, I ask students to apply sociological concepts to their own lives as well as to social problems in the United States and internationally. As I am passionate about research and its power to challenge and change beliefs and actions, students in my courses conduct research on a sociological topic of their interest.
Current Research
My research interests lie in the areas of welfare policy, child welfare, the Sociology of Families and comparative/international Sociology. I am particularly interested in the intersections of gender, social class, race and ethnicity in welfare and child welfare policies and practice.
I am currently working on an edited book about Child Welfare Systems and Migrant Families. Together with my colleague Dr. Ilze Earner, Associate Professor at Hunter College School of Social Work, I am co-authoring a chapter on child welfare and immigrant families in the United States for this book. This is the Informed Consent Form for this study.
Courses Taught
- SOC 1101 Introduction to Sociology
- SOC 1107 Introduction to Anthropology
- SOC 2107 The Urban World
- SOC 3101 Theories of Society
- SOC 3104 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
- SOC 3115 The Sociology of Globalization
- SOC 3205 Crimes against Humanity
- GLST4178 DS Global Studies Senior Seminar
- FYS First-Year Seminar on Poverty and Social Justice
- HONORS 1101: The Honors Colloquium
Professional Highlights
Courses taught at other universities:
- 2008, 2009, 2010: Qualitative Methods for Policy Research
United Nations University, UNU-Merit, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, the Netherlands - 2006-2007: Qualitative Research Methods in Action; Sociology of Families
Tufts University, Department of Sociology - 2003: Gender and Work: University of Virginia, the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics
Other professional highlights:
- Post-doctoral research fellow, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School (2007-2010)
- Projects coordinator, Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School (2003-2007)
- Post-doctoral research fellow, The Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia (2003)
Grants
- Norwegian Research Council Leiv Eiricsson mobility fellowship, 2009
- Mellon-Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Virginia, 2003
- Dissertation Year Fellowship, Brandeis University, 2001-2002
- Swedish Institute Research Grant, 2000-2001
- International Federation of University Women Vibert Douglas International Fellowship, 2000-2001
- University of Heidlberg Exchange Scholarship, 1999-2000
- Project Grants, the Center for German and European Studies, Brandeis University, 1999-2000
- Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Sociology, Brandeis University, 1999
- Sachar Fund Project Grant, 1998
- Fulbright Scholarship, Clark University, 1993-1995
Significant Publications/Presentations/Panels
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
Križ, K. & Skivenes, M. (accepted and forthcoming). Challenges for marginalized minority parents in different welfare systems: Child protection workers' perspectives. International Social Work
Mendenhall, R., Edin, K., Crowley, S., Sykes, J., Tach, L., Križ, K. & Kling, J. (forthcoming in 2012). The role of Earned Income Tax Credit in the budgets of low-income families. Social Service Review.
Križ, K., & Skivenes, M. (2012, in press). How child welfare workers view their work with undocumented immigrant families: An explorative study of challenges and coping strategies. Children and Youth Services Review.
Križ, K., Slayter, S., Iannicelli, A., & Lourie, J. (2012). Fear management: How child protection workers engage with non-citizen immigrant families. Children and Youth Services Review, 34 (1), 316-323.
Križ, K., & Skivenes, M. (2011, in press). Child-centric or family focused? A study of child welfare workers' perceptions of ethnic minority children in England and Norway. Child and Family Social Work.
Križ, K., & Skivenes, M. (2011). How child welfare workers view their work with racial and ethnic minority families: The United States in contrast to England and Norway. Children and Youth Services Review, 33 (10), 1866-1874.
Križ, K., & Skivenes, M. (2010). ‘Knowing our society' and ‘fighting against prejudices': How child welfare workers in Norway and England perceive the challenges of minority parents. British Journal of Social Work, 40 (8), 2634-2651.
Križ, K., & Skivenes, M. (2010). ‘We have very different positions on some issues': How child welfare workers in Norway and England bridge cultural differences when communicating with ethnic minority families. European Journal of Social Work, 13(1), 3-18.
Križ, K., & Skivenes M. (2010). Lost in translation: How child welfare workers in Norway and England experience language difficulties when working with minority ethnic families. British Journal of Social Work, 40 (5), 1353-1367.
Other publications:
Križ, K. & Manandhar, U. (2011). "Tug of war: The gender dynamics of parenting in a bi/transnational Family," pp. 222-232 in Growing up Transnational: Identity and Kinship in a Global Era, edited by May Friedman and Silvia Schultermandl. Toronto: Toronto University Press.
Križ, K. (2011). "Why sociologists should study the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)." Blog for This Week in Sociology: Connecting Your Classroom to the World, edited by Corey Dolgon.
Križ, K. (2010). Review of Creating an Opportunity Society. Journal of Children and Poverty 16 (2), 161-162.
Mendenhall, R., Edin, K., Crowley, S., Sykes, J., Tach, L., Križ, K. & Kling, J. (2010). The role of Earned Income Tax Credit in the budgets of low-income families. The working paper series of the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan.
Križ, K. (2009). The past, present and future meet: Reflections of a new faculty member on the value of teaching at Emmanuel College. Emmanuel College Fall 2009 Magazine.
Križ, K. (2009). Study on immigrants reveals strong networks of support. Emmanuel College Spring 2009 Magazine.
Križ, K. (2005). How grandmothers become ‘second moms': Family policies and grandmothering in Britain, Germany and Sweden. Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering 7, 49-62.
Kelleher, C., & Križ, K. (2000). Further readings (1988-1998). In D. Cornell (ed.), Feminism and pornography, 653-656. New York: Oxford University Press.
Publications under review or in preparation:
Bueker, C. & Križ, K. (in preparation): Domestic public policy and transnational ties: Immigrants' transnational allocations of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
Križ, K. & Skivenes, M. (in preparation). Risk assessment in a child welfare case involving an immigrant child: A comparison of England, Norway and the United States.
Križ, K. & Slayter, E. (in preparation). "It wasn't ice to break; it was icebergs!" Causes and consequences of fear in child protection work with non-citizen immigrant families.
Sykes, J., Križ, K., & Edin, K. (in preparation). Dignity and dreams: The social psychological value of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
Selected recent presentations:
Križ, K., & Salido, O. (2011). Recent family policy developments in Germany and Spain: Toward gender equality in earning and caring. Paper presented at the International Seminar on Work-Family Dilemmas across Europe, Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados de Cordoba, Spain.
Križ, K., & Skivenes, M. (2011). Child protection practice with undocumented immigrant families: A view from the United States. Conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Tampere, Finland.
Križ, K., Skivenes, M. & Slayter, E. (2011). Child protection workers' perceptions of challenges providing services to undocumented immigrant families: an exploratory study. Law and Society Association meetings, San Francisco.
Križ, K., & Skivenes, M. (2011). How child protection caseworkers in England, Norway and the United States experience working with minority families. The first European Conference on Social Work and Social Care Research, Oxford University, England.
Križ, K., & Slayter, E. (2011). ‘It's not ice to break, it's ice bergs to break': Fear management in child protection work with immigrant families. Society for the Study of Social Work meetings, Tampa.
Križ, K., & Skivenes, M. (2010). What is the value-added of comparative research? Lessons learned from research on child protection case practice with ethnic minority families in Norway and England. Child Welfare Conference, Bergen University College.
Sykes, J., Križ, K., & Edin, K. (2010). Dignity and dreams: What the Earned Income Tax Credit means to low-income families. American Sociological Association meetings, Atlanta.d
Križ, K., & Slayter, E. (2010). ‘It's not ice to break, it's ice bergs to break': Fear management in child protection work with immigrant families. Eastern Sociological Society meetings, Boston.
Križ, K., & Mingho, M. (2009). Trans/national family matters: Network support in low-income immigrant families. Eastern Sociological Society meetings, Baltimore.
Sykes, J., Križ, K., & Edin, K. (2009). Dignity and dreams: What the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) means to low-income families. Eastern Sociological Society meetings, Baltimore.
Sykes, J., Križ, K., & Edin, K. (2008). ‘It's the kids' money:' What the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) means to low-income families. Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Boston.
Križ, K., Salido, O. (2008). Recent family policy developments in Germany and Spain: Toward gender equality in earning and caring? American Sociological Association meetings, Boston.
Križ, K. (2007). Moving closer: Childcare and residential moves. Carework Conference, New York.
Križ, K. (2006). Care mechanics: How employed mothers keep childcare running. Workshop on Families and Children, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.
