She researches job quality and career mobility in today’s economy, particularly for low- and middle-skill workers. Her current research focuses on the development of career ladders in health care organizations for low-level health care workers. Kim Price-Glynn, PhD, is Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban and Community Studies at the University of Connecticut. She was the inaugural recipient of the University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences. Her research examines gender, labor, health, and caregiving in diverse organizational settings, from nursing homes to strip clubs. She is the author of Strip Club: Gender, Power and Sex Work, New York University Press (2010).