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Linda L. Haas (born December 18, 1950) is an American sociologist. She is professor emerita of sociology at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Life

Haas holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and has received an honorary doctorate in social sciences from the Gothenburg University in Sweden.

Haas joined the faculty of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in the fall of 1977. She retired in 2014. She was an adjunct professor of Women's Studies at the same university. Her research focuses on gender, family policy, and families and work in post-industrialized societies, with a focus on Sweden.

Haas began researching gender bias in 1983. In 1988, she conducted research on Cinderella syndrome. Haas assisted in the development of family leave policies in Australia and Sweden.

Haas received the Indiana University President's Award for Excellence in 1992 and the Teaching and the Bynum Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

Selected books

• Equal Parenthood and Social Policy: A Study of Parental Leave in Sweden (SUNY Press, 1992)
• Organizational Change and Gender Equity: International Perspectives on Fathers and Mothers at the Workplace (edited with P. Hwang and G. Russell, Sage, 2000)
• Families and Social Policy: National and International Perspectives (edited with S. Wisensale, Haworth, 2006).

References

1. ^ "Linda L. Haas: University Honors and Awards: Indiana University". Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
2. ^ "Retiring Faculty". KIPDF.COM. Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. May 6, 2014. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
3. Lucas, Tim (1989-02-01). "Gender bias still alive in classroom". The Indianapolis Star. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-20 – via newspapers.com.
4. Winters, Rita (1988-04-12). "Cinderella Syndrome Hasn't Gone Away". The Star Press. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-08-20 – via newspapers.com.
5. Schneider, Mary Beth (1991-01-17). "Family leave bill clears first legislative hurdle". The Indianapolis Star. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-08-20 – via newspapers.com.
6. "Sloan Work and Family research Network : Main". Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
7. Reviews of Equal Parenthood and Social Policy:
   • Lewis, Jane (April 1993). "Review". Journal of Social Policy. 22 (2): 289–290. doi:10.1017/s0047279400019474. S2CID 145377144.
   • Ruggie, Mary (May 1993). "Review". Contemporary Sociology. 22 (3): 412–413. doi:10.2307/2074538. JSTOR 2074538.
   • Starrels, Marjorie E. (1993). "Review". American Journal of Sociology. 98 (4): 946–948. doi:10.1086/230109. ISSN 0002-9602. JSTOR 2781255.
   • L. W. (1994). "Review". International Labour Review. 133 (2). Wiley Blackwell: 294–297. ISSN 0020-7780. ProQuest 224019600.
8. Reviews of Organizational Change and Gender Equity:
   • Beauregard, Alexandra (September 2001). "Review". British Journal of Industrial Relations. 39 (3). Wiley: 470. doi:10.1111/1467-8543.00209.
   • Kmec, Julie A. (September 2003). "Review". Contemporary Sociology. 32 (5): 583. doi:10.2307/1556478. JSTOR 1556478.
   • Seward, Rudy Ray (2002). "Review". Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 33 (4): 589–590. doi:10.3138/jcfs.33.4.589. ISSN 0047-2328. JSTOR 41603852.

• American sociologists
• American women sociologists
• University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
• American gender studies academics
• 1950 births
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• 20th-century American social scientists
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• 20th-century American women scientists
• 21st-century American women scientists