Amy Denissen received a June 2006 Ph.D. from UCLA, following an M.A. from Syracuse in 1997. Dr. Jerry Stark and Dr. Gerry Grzyb were invited guests at a reception for her in the summer of 2006. She is currently an assistant professor of sociology at California State University Northridge (one of the largest public universities in America). She lists her main interests as gender, social psychology, qualitative methods, and work.