People — Penelope Huang
Penelope Huang is the Research Sociologist at the Project for Attorney Retention and the Center for WorkLife Law. She has worked with PAR and WLL on a variety of projects including a qualitative study of gender bias in academia and a survey study of the gendered career trajectories of law school graduates.
In addition to her work at WLL, Penny is a senior research analyst with Applied Survey Research, where she conducts evaluation research for non-profit, state and county-administered programs and initiatives to evaluate efficacy and to render recommendations for program improvements. As an independent research consultant, she has advised on workforce development, diversity, and EEO compliance issues, and authored a comprehensive study on the work-life policies and practices of Atlanta area law firms for the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers which examines the mismatch between firm policies and attorneys’ needs.
Penny received a bachelor’s degree cum laude from UC Irvine, a master’s degree in Psychology from Brandeis University, and a doctoral degree in Sociology from the University of Washington, where her dissertation assessed gendered inequalities in the workplace and family and examined public policy efforts at the work-family intersection. She received postdoctoral training in family demography at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research and she has taught undergraduate courses in gender, family, and research methods at the University of Washington, Mills College, and Sonoma State University.
