Background
Roby, Pamela Ann was born on November 17, 1942 in Milwaukee. Daughter of Clark Dearborn and Marianna (Gilman) Roby.
Roby, Pamela Ann was born on November 17, 1942 in Milwaukee. Daughter of Clark Dearborn and Marianna (Gilman) Roby.
Bachelor, U. Denver, 1963; Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1971.
Teacher, Jefferson County Schools, Denver, 1964;
instruction educational sociology, New York University, 1966;
assistant professor, George Washington University, Washington, 1970-1971;
assistant professor sociology and social welfare, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1971-1973;
chair community studies board, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1974-1976, 79;
associate professor, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1973-1977;
professor sociology and women's studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, since 1977;
director sociology graduate program, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1988-1991;
chair sociology department, University of California, Santa Cruz, since 1998. Visiting scholar U. Washington, Seattle, 1991-1992. Member anthropology, linguistics and sociology panel National Science Foundation, Washington, 1993.
Member sociology doctoralprogram committee Northeastern U., Boston, 1990. Assessor Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada, Toronto, 1993. Consultant James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco, 1986.
Vice chair National Commision on Working Women, Washington, 1977-1980. Member social science research review committee National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, 1976-1978.
Member Society for Study Social Problems (president 1996-1997), Sociologists forWomen in Society (president 1978-1980), American Sociological Association (chair section on sexand gender 1974-1978), International Sociological Association (research county member-at-large 1978-1982), Pacific Sociological Association (Vice-President 1996-1997), Eastern Sociological Association(executive county member-at-large 1973-1974), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Delta.
Married James Peter Mulherin, July 15, 1977 (divorced 1987).