EDUCATION
Ph.D. 2018. University of Arizona, Sociology.
M.A. 2007. East Carolina University, Sociology.
M.A. 2005. Vilnius University, Lithuania, Sociology
B.A. 2003. Vilnius University, Lithuania, Sociology
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Social Psychology Theory
Gender Statistics and Quantitative Methods
Inequality
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
2013 Melamed, David and Jurgita Abromaviciute. 2013. “The Implications of Social Neuroscience for Expectation States Theories.” Sociology Compass.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Revise and resubmit
Abromaviciute, Jurgita, Ryan Seebruck, and Bob Edwards. “Which Resources Matter for What Impacts? Resource Mobilization and Impacts of Local SMOs in Rural Lithuania, 2004-2006.” [Under review at Journal of Rural Studies, resubmitted July 24, 2017]
In preparation for submission
Abromaviciute, Jurgita. “Deconstructing Bias: Partnership Status Effects on the Motherhood Penalty and Fatherhood Bonus.”
Thompson-Dyck, Kendra and Jurgita Abromaviciute. “Gender, Perceived Parental Expectation, and Adolescent Expectations for Graduate and Advanced Degrees.”
HONORS, AWARDS
2017 Raymond V. Bowers Award for excellence in graduate student authored paper submitted in the annual departmental competition, Winner, University of Arizona
[Abromaviciute, Jurgita. 2017. “Deconstructing Bias: Partnership Status Effects on the Motherhood Penalty and Fatherhood Bonus.”]
2007 John R & Ruth Maiolo Award for Academic Excellence, East Carolina University
2007 Melvin J. Williams Best Graduate Student Paper Contest, Winner, East Carolina University
EXTERNAL GRANTS
2014 Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation,
(Co-PI with Erin Leahey and Linda Molm) “Doctoral Dissertation Research: Deconstructing Bias: How Partnership Status Modifies the Motherhood Penalty and Fatherhood Bonus” ($5,954, Award #1433931)
INTERNAL GRANTS
2015 Graduate and Professional Student Council Research Grant ($800)
PRESENTATIONS
2018 Jurgita Abromaviciute "Deconstructing Bias: Marital Status Effects on the Motherhood Penalty and Fatherhood Bonus". Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Philadelphia, PA.
2017 Jurgita Abromaviciute “Deconstructing Bias: Marital Status Effects on the Motherhood Penalty and Fatherhood Bonus.” Invited Colloquium Speaker, School of Sociology, The University of Arizona
2015 Kendra Thompson-Dyck and Jurgita Abromaviciute “Path to Aspiration: Homophily Effects of Parental Educational Achievement and Second- Order Expectations on Students’ Educational Goals”. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Chicago, IL.
2010 Jurgita Abromaviciute and Bob Edwards “Do Resources Really Matter? Resource Mobilization and The Local Impacts of Rural SMOs in Lithuania”. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Atlanta, Georgia
2007 Bob Edwards, Maria Dillard, Arunas Juska, Jurgita Abromaviciute and Vaiva Kriskute "Female Leadership and Local Social Movement Organization Impacts in Rural Lithuania”. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, New York City
2006 Bob Edwards, Maria Dillard, Arunas Juska, Jurgita Abromaviciute “The Rural Community Movement in Lithuania: Gender Based Differences in Leadership and the Issues, Activities, and Impacts of Local NGO’s”. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINING
2009-2010 Graduate Research Assistant under the direction of Linda Molm, University of Arizona, School of Sociology.
Duties: Conducting social interaction laboratory experiments, managing laboratory, participating in weekly strategy and review meeting.
2005-2007 Graduate Research Assistant under the direction of Bob Edwards, East Carolina University, Department of Sociology.
Duties: Selecting the sample, translating survey from English to Lithuanian, administering mail survey, entering data, running preliminary analyses.
2004 Graduate Research Assistant under Arunas Juska, Vilnius University, Department of Sociology.
Duties: analyzing relevant policy documents, writing reports and summaries pertaining to agricultural reforms in Lithuania.
TEACHING
Instructor of Record, University of Arizona
Introduction to Sociology (in person and online)
Individuals, Groups, and Society (in person and online)
Social Network Analysis (online)
Quantitative Reasoning in Sociology (in person)
Sources of Sociological Theory (in person)
Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona
Social Psychology
Quantitative Reasoning in Sociology
Suffering and Care in Society
Teaching Assistant, East Carolina University
Statistics (graduate-level course)
SERVICE
Professional
Presider (2015): Social Psychology Roundtable Session, American Sociological Association Chicago, IL
Ad hoc reviewer for:
American Journal of Sociology
Social Justice Research
Departmental and University
Executive Committee, Graduate Student Representative (2014-2015), School of Sociology, University of Arizona
Alpha Kappa Delta Honors Society – Chapter Vice President (2006-2007), Department of Sociology, East Carolina University
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association (section memberships: Social Psychology, Sex and Gender)
REFERENCES
Erin Leahey Linda Molm
Professor Professor Emerita
School of Sociology School of Sociology
University of Arizona University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210027 P.O. Box 210027
Tucson, AZ 85721-0027 Tucson, AZ 85721-0027
Phone: (520) 621-9351 Phone: (520) 621-3531
Email: leahey@email.arizona.edu Email: molml@email.arizona.edu
Louise Roth
Associate Professor
School of Sociology
University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210027
Tucson, AZ 85721-0027
Phone: 520-621-3525
Email: lroth@email.arizona.edu