Paula England

Paula England is Dean of Social Science at New York University Abu Dhabi, a university founded in 2010 to offer a global liberal arts education, and be a globally oriented research university with graduate programs. 

England's scholarship as a sociologist has dealt with gender inequality, changing patterns of sexuality and family life, and interdisciplinary integration. One branch of England’s research concerns gender inequality at work and at home; she has written on the sex gap in pay, occupational segregation, how couples divide housework, and the wage penalty for motherhood. Her more recent work deals with changing family patterns in the US and how they differ by social class. She studies the higher rates of unintended births among disadvantaged single young adults. She is also studying changes in sexual behavior among youth and young adults.

England has served as president of the American Sociological Association and editor of the American Sociological Review.