Sociology Department

Sheila M. Katz

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Sheila Katz is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at Vanderbilt University. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Women’s Studies from the University of Georgia and her Master’s degree in Sociology from Vanderbilt University. Sheila’s research and teaching interests include Race/Class/Gender, Poverty, Urban Sociology, Drugs, Public Policy, Sociology of Education, Feminist Theory, and Qualitative and Participatory Methodologies. Sheila’s dissertation research explores why single mothers on TANF pursue higher educational programs as their welfare-to-work activity, their narratives about their experiences in higher education and the welfare system, and how being involved in a grassroots advocacy organization affects women’s narratives.