Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences

Olga V. Mayorova

Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences

National University Higher School of Economics

Myasnitskaya, 9/11, Moscow, Russia, 101000

Tel.: +7 (495)772-9590; Email: ,

Education

2008 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Arizona.

2001 M.A., Sociology, University of Louisville.

1995 Specialist Diploma, Social Work, Perm State University.

Research Experience

2015-present Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences; National University Higher School of Economics (NU HSE), Moscow, Russia.

2014-present Sr. Research Associate, International laboratory for Applied Network Research, NU HSE, Moscow, Russia

2012-2015 Associate Professor at the Department of Management; Chair of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University Higher School of Economics (NU HSE) in Perm, Perm, Russia.

2012-2015 Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies, NU HSE, Moscow, Russia.

2009-2012 Senior Research Associate, Department of Research and Development, American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, USA.

2008-2009 Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

2001-2008 Graduate Research Associate, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

2001 Research Assistant, Presbyterian Church U.S.A., Louisville, KY, USA.

2000-2001 Research Assistant, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Louisville, KY, USA.

1995-1996 Labor Law Officer, Perm State Labor Inspection, Perm, Russia.

1994-1995 Sociologist, “UralINSO,” Perm, Russia.

Articles and Book Chapters

Kabachnik, Peter, Beth Mitchneck, Olga V. Mayorova, and Joanna Regulska. 2014. “The Multiple Geographies of Internal Displacement: The Case of Georgia.” Refugee Survey Quarterly 33(4): 1-30.

Galaskiewicz Joseph., Mayorova Olga V., Duckles Bethany M. “Studying the Roles of Nonprofits, Government, and Business in Providing Activities and Services to Youth in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 647(1):50-82.

Spalter-Roth Roberta, Shin Jean H., Mayorova Olga V., White Patricia. 2013. “The Impact of Cross-Race Mentoring for 'Ideal' Ph.D. Careers in Sociology.” Sociological Spectrum 33(6):484-509.

Kabachnick Peter, Grabowska Magda, Regulska Joanna, Mitchneck Beth, Mayorova Olga. V. 2013. “Traumatic Masculinities: The Gendered Geographies of Georgian IDPs from Abkhazia.” Gender, Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography 20(6):773-93.

Galaskiewicz Joseph, Hobor George, Duckles Bethany M., Mayorova Olga V. 2012. “Caregivers' Social Capital and Satisfaction with their Children's Service Providers.” Sociological Perspectives 55(2):241-266.

Theodore P. Gerber and Olga Mayorova. 2010, “Getting Personal: Networks and Stratification in the Russian Labor Market, 1985-2001.” American Journal of Sociology 116(3):855-908.

Beth Mitchneck, Olga V. Mayorova, and Joanna Regulska. 2009. “Post” Conflict Displacement: Isolation and Integration in Georgia.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 99(5):1022-32.

Joseph Galaskiewicz, Beth M. Duckles, and Olga Mayorova. 2009. “Childcare Networks and Embedded Experiences.” Pp. 299-326 in Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Markets, Communities, and Families, edited by Ray-May Hsung, Nan Lin, and Ronald Breiger. New York: Routledge.

Theodore P. Gerber and Olga Mayorova. 2006. “Gender Differences in Labor Market Outcomes in Russia, 1991-1997.” Social Forces 84(4):2047-75.

Gwen Moore, Sarah Sobieraj, J. Allen Whitt, Olga Mayorova, and Daniel Beaulieu. 2002. “Elite Interlocks in Three U.S. Sectors: Nonprofit, Corporate and Government.” Social Science Quarterly 83(3):726-44.

Grants

2011-2012 Co-PI with Roberta Spalter-Roth, American Sociological Association, National Science Foundation grant for project “Social Capital, Organizational Context, and the Job Market?”

2009-2012 Co-PI with Roberta Spalter-Roth and Jean H. Shin, American Sociological Association, National Science Foundation grant for project “Innovation in Digital Libraries An Experimental Examination of the Production, Diffusion, and Use of STEM Teaching Materials.”

2008-2012 Co-PI with Roberta Spalter-Roth and Jean H. Shin, American Sociological Association, National Science Foundation grant for project “Diffusion of Innovation in Digital Libraries: Mobilizing Networks to Increase the Scope and Depth of Use of a New Cyber Infrastructure.”

2005 Pre-doctoral research grant from the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Conference Presentations and Invited Talks

“Changes in the Elite Circles: American Corporate Interlocks from 1990s through 2014” Olga V. Mayorova and Roy Barnes. International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Brighton, UK, June 23-28, 2015.

“Diffusion of Innovative Teaching and Learning Materials: Sociology Professors and Their Networks.” Olga V. Mayorova. First International Conference on Social Network Analysis Moscow, Russia, November 20-21, 2014.

“Women on Corporate Boards: Who Stays at the Center of Interlocking Directorates Over Time?” Olga V. Mayorova. International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Hamburg, Germany, May 21-26, 2013.

“Women of the Corporate Boards: Who Stays in the Game?” Olga V. Mayorova. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, August 10-13, 2013.

“Social Interventions and Increasing the Diffusion of ASA’s TRAILS Digital Library of Teaching and Learning Materials.” Roberta M. Spalter-Roth and Olga V. Mayorova. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, August 17-20, 2012.

“Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) Professional Workshop. Mentoring and Networks for Under-represented Minorities in the Sociology Pipeline.” Roberta M. Spalter-Roth, Olga V. Mayorova, Jean H. Shin, and Patricia E. White. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, August 20-23, 2011.

“A Bottom-Up Social Movement Designed to Change Scholarly Priorities in Higher Education.” Roberta M. Spalter-Roth, Olga V. Mayorova, Jean H. Shin. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, August 20-23, 2011.

“Teaching Alone or Participating in Network Activities by Sociology Faculty?” Olga V. Mayorova and Roberta Spalter-Roth. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, February 24-27, 2011.

“Homosociality or Crossing Race/Ethnicity/Gender Boundaries? Pipeline Interventions and the Production of Scholarly Careers.” Roberta Spalter-Roth, Olga V. Mayorova, Jean H. Shin, Patricia E. White. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, February 24-27, 2011.

“Teaching Sociology as a Community: The Effect of Creating a Digital Library.” Olga V. Mayorova and Roberta Spalter-Roth. International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, St. Pete Beach, FL, February 8 – 13, 2011.

“Soviet Legacy or Social Capitalism? Network Use in Russian Labor Market.” Olga Mayorova. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 14-17, 2010.

“Transnational Household as a Livelihood Strategy: Networks of the IDP in the Republic of Georgia.” Beth Mitchneck, Olga Mayorova, Ronald L. Breiger. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 14-17, 2010.

“Local and Transnational Networks of the Long-term Displaced Persons in the Republic of Georgia.” Olga V. Mayorova, Beth Mitchneck, and Ronald L. Breiger. Capturing Context Conference, New York, NY, June 12-13, 2009.

“Regional Economy and Getting Private Sector Jobs through Personal Ties.” Olga Mayorova. International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, San Diego, CA, March 9-13, 2008.

“Social Isolation of Forced Migrants: Spatial and Network Perspectives.” Olga Mayorova and Beth Mitchneck. International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, San Diego, CA, March 9-13, 2008.

“Post” Conflict Displacement: Isolation and Integration in Georgia: the case of IDPs from the Abkhaz Conflicts.” Olga Mayorova, Beth Mitchneck and Joanna Regulska. Conference on Caucasus Studies, Malmö, Sweden, November 28-30, 2008.

“Post”-Conflict Georgia: Social Networks, Isolation, and Integration.” Beth Mitchneck and Olga Mayorova. University of Pennsylvania, January 27, 2007.

“Network Use in Job Search and Macroeconomic Conditions.” Olga Mayorova. International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, St Pete Beach, Florida, January 22-27, 2008.

“Social Capitalism” vs. “Soviet Legacy”: Explaining the Increased Role of Personal Networks in the Russian Labor Market, 1985-2001.” Olga Mayorova. University of California, San Diego, December 6, 2007.

“Organizational Form and Consumer Search Behavior: Finding Youth Activities in Phoenix-Mesa. Beth Duckles and Olga Mayorova.” West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference, San Diego, CA, April 20-21, 2007

“Spatial Effects in the Market for Youth Services.” Joseph Galaskiewicz, Olga Mayorova, Paola Molina, Joy Inouye, and Sarah Lauro. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 13-16, 2005.

“Elite Women: An Analysis of the National Network of Interlocking Directorate.” Olga Mayorova and Gwen Moore. International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Redondo Beach, CA, February 16-20, 2005.

“Studying the Shifting Ecology of Consumption: A Study of Youth Services in Phoenix-Mesa from Sunup to Sundown.” Joseph Galaskiewicz, Olga Mayorova, Beth Duckles. Interna-tional Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Redondo Beach, CA, February 16-20, 2005.

“Utilization Patterns in the Market for Youth Services.” Joseph Galaskiewicz, Olga Mayorova, Beth M. Duckles, Matthew Green, Stephen E. Corral. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 14-17, 2004.

“Gender Differences in Labor Market Outcomes in Russia, 1991-1997.” Theodore P. Gerber and Olga Mayorova. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 14-17, 2004.

“Job Search Strategies in Russia, 1985-2001: Dynamics and Effects on Stratification.” Theodore P. Gerber and Olga Mayorova. Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC 28) of the International Sociological Association, Tokyo, Japan, March 2003.

“Gender Roles and Beauty Ideals in Visual Representation of Women: A Comparative Study.” Olga Mayorova and Samantha Kwan. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 16-19, 2003.

“Women’s Voting Patterns: An Urban Case Study.” L. Akers and O. Mayorova. The North Central Sociological Association Conference, Louisville, KY, April 5-8, 2001.

“Corporate and Nonprofit Boards: Have Women Gained Power?” O. Mayorova, A. Whitt, and G. Moore, S. Sobieraj, D. Beaulieu. Pacific Sociological Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 29-April 1, 2001.

“Elite Interlocks across Three U.S. Sectors: Nonprofit, Corporate, and Government.” G. Moore, A. Whitt and S. Sobieraj, D. Beaulieu, O. Mayorova. Stone. International Political Science Association Conference, Quebec, Canada, August 1-4, 2000.

“Empirical Footprints of Elite Cohesion: The Evidence from Directorship Ties.” A. Whitt, O. Mayorova and G. Moore, S. Sobieraj. Pacific Sociological Association Conference, San Diego, CA March 23-26, 2000.

Reports

Roberta Spalter-Roth, Olga V. Mayorova, Jean H. Shin, and Patricia White. The Impact of Cross Race Mentoring for "Ideal" and "Alternative" PhD Careers in Sociology. Research Brief, August 2011, American Sociological Association.

Scelza, Janene, Roberta Spalter-Roth and Olga Mayorova. 2011. A Decade of Change: ASA Membership From 2000 – 2010. Research Brief, April 2011, American Sociological Association.

Roberta Spalter-Roth, Olga V. Mayorova, Jean H. Shin, and Janene Scelza. Networks and the Diffusion of Cutting-Edge Teaching and Learning Knowledge in Sociology. Research Brief, February 2011, American Sociological Association.

Roberta Spalter-Roth, Olga Mayorova, Janene Scelza, and Nicole Van Vooren. Teaching Alone? Sociology Faculty and the Availability of Social Networks. Research Brief, June 2010, American Sociological Association.

Teaching Experience

2012-present Introduction to Network Analysis (BA program in Sociology), NU HSE; Research Methods in Marketing Research (MA program in Management), NU HSE-Perm.

2009 Introduction to Sociology, University of San Diego.

2004-2008 Social Networks, Social Research Methods, Social Statistics, Introduction to Sociology, University of Arizona.

Awards

2004 The Graduate & Professional Student Council award and the Women's Studies Advisory Council award for a poster presented at the University of Arizona Student Showcase, Tucson, AZ.

2001 The Graduate Dean’s Citation, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

1993-1995 Honors Scholarship, Perm State University, Perm, Russia.

Professional Service and Activities

Academic Service: Science Committee, Recruiting Committee, NU HSE-Perm.

Editor: Sociology Preprint Series, Higher School of Economics.

Reviewer: American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Gender and Society, Sociology Compass, Comparative Economic Studies.

Professional Memberships: American Sociological Association, International Network for Social Network Analysis.

Student Advising

Yashkin Aleksei, 2013, M.A. in Management.

Kuznetsova Nadezhda, 2014, M.A. in Management.

Sharkheva Ksenia, 2014, M.A. in Management.

Tomilova Elizaveta, 2014, M.A. in Management.

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