Maura Kelly
Mailing Address:
Department of Sociology
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
Shipping Address:
Department of Sociology
1721 SW Broadway, #217
Portland, OR 97201
Phone: (503) 725-8302
Fax: (503) 725-3957
Office Location: Cramer Hall 217R
Email: maura.kelly@pdx.edu
Interests: Gender; sexualities; social inequality; work and occupations; media and popular culture
Courses Taught:
SOC 344U: Gender & Sexualities
SOC/WS 425/525: Sociology of Gender
SOC 427/527: Gender and Work
SOC 528/628: Gender Inequality
SOC 537/637: Qualitative Data Analysis
SOC 538/638: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
SOC 592: Qualitative Methods
Current projects: I am currently working on several projects in Oregon and Washington related to gender, race/ethnicity, and the construction trades. I am also working on Feminist Research in Practice, an edited volume under contract with Rowman and Littlefield, schedule for release in Fall 2019.
Reports:
Wilkinson, Lindsey and Maura Kelly. 2018. Continuing to Build a More Diverse Workforce in the Highway Trades: 2018 Evaluation of the ODOT/BOLI Highway Construction Workforce Development Program. Final report submitted to the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and Oregon Department of Transportation. Executive summary and full report.
Worksystems Inc, Oregon Employment Department, Portland State University, JM Woolley & Associates, Oregon Tradeswomen, and National Association of Minority Contractors of Oregon. 2018. "Portland Metro Region Construction Workforce Market Study" Final report submitted to Metro and the City of Portland.
Kelly, Maura and Lindsey Wilkinson. 2017. "Evaluation of Pre-Apprenticeship and Retention Services in the Trades." Final report submitted to Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc and Constructing Hope.
Kelly, Maura and Lindsey Wilkinson. 2017. Implementing the Green Dot Bystander Intervention Program to Promote Respectful Workplaces in the Construction Trades in Oregon: Preliminary Report on Wave One. Report submitted to Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.
Wilkinson, Lindsey and Maura Kelly. 2016. (Still) Building A More Diverse Workforce in the Highway Trades: 2016 Evaluation of the ODOT/BOLI Highway Construction Workforce Development Program. Final report submitted to the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and Oregon Department of Transportation.
Kelly, Maura and Sasha Bassett. 2015. "Evaluation of the Potential for Adapting the Green Dot Bystander Intervention Program for the Construction Trades in Oregon." Final report submitted to the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and Oregon Department of Transportation.
Burd-Sharps, Sarah, Kristen Lewis, and Maura Kelly. 2014. "Building a More Diverse Skilled Workforce in the Highway Trades: Are Oregon's Current Efforts Working?" Final report submitted to the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and Oregon Department of Transportation.
Kelly, Maura. 2013. "Evaluation of the Effect of Supportive Services on the Success of Apprentices in a Highway Trade." Final report submitted to Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry, and Oregon Department of Transportation.
Kelly, Maura and Lindsey Wilkinson. 2012. "Apprenticeship Needs Assessment in Heavy Highway Construction Workforce." Final report submitted to Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and Oregon Department of Transportation.
Presentations:
Kelly, Maura. 2018. How Researchers use Data to Inform Industry Stakeholders and Policy Makers about Women in the Trades: Oregon's Workforce Development Program. Presentation for Women Build Nations conference. Seattle, WA. October 14.
Kelly, Maura. 2018. "Building Diversity in the Construction Trades." Presentation for the Carpenters. Kent, WA. May 30.
