Karrie Ann Snyder: Department of Sociology

Karrie Ann Snyder

Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of Undergraduate Studies

karrie-snyder@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0517
1808 Chicago Avenue, Room 106
Office Hours: Mondays 12:30-1:30pm, 3:30-4:30pm (zoom or in-person) and Tuesdays 10-11am (zoom only), no appointment needed
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Area(s) of Interest

Work, Health, Family, Education

Biography

Karrie Ann Snyder is a Associate Professor of Instruction in the Sociology Department and her primary research interests include gender, family, work, and health. Prior to joining the Sociology Department, she was a postdoctoral fellowship at the Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago and a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Women’s Health Research at the Feinberg School of Medicine.

She has published in Journal of Marriage and Family regarding how parents prioritize and structure “quality” family time with their children. Dr. Snyder is also interested in how chronic illness impacts family and work goals. She is the co-editor of an interdisciplinary volume on oncofertility (the intersection of fertility and cancer research) forthcoming from Springer Press. She has also compared the occupational choices of men and women in the informal economy and the healthcare industry. This area of research has been published in Sociological Perspectives, Advances in Gender Research, Sociological Inquiry and Social Problems.