University of North Texas 
Katherine Sobering
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Fields: Inequality, Work & Organizations, Social Change, Political Sociology, Qualitative
Methods, Ethnography
Sycamore 288A
Office Hours: Tu 1:00-3:00 and by appointment
Education: Ph.D., 2018, University of Texas at Austin
Website: http://www.katherinesobering.com/
Research Interests: Dr. Katherine Sobering is an ethnographer and expert in qualitative research methodology
whose work examines how inequality is produced and disrupted in everyday life. Much
of her current research and teaching focuses on issues in gender, work, and politics
in the contemporary U.S. and Latin America. Dr. Sobering's work has been published
by Duke University Press, Oxford University Press, and the University of Texas Press,
in addition to appearing in journals likeQualitative Sociology,Social Problems, andWork & Occupations. She is also a faculty affiliate of theUNT Women's and Gender Studies program.
Selected Publications:
Sobering, Katherine. 2022.The People's Hotel: Working for Justice in Argentina. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Auyero, Javier, and Katherine Sobering. 2019.The Ambivalent State: Police-Criminal Collusion at the Urban Margins. New York: Oxford University Press.
Scarborough, William J. Katherine Sobering, Ronald Kwon, and Mehr Mumtaz. 2021."The Costs of Occupational Gender Segregation in the Innovation Economy."Socio-Economic Review.
Sobering, Katherine. 2019."The Relational Production of Workplace Equality: the Case of Worker-Recuperated Businesses
in Argentina."Qualitative Sociology41(4):543-565.
Sobering, Katherine. 2019."Watercooler Democracy: Rumors and Transparency in a Cooperative Workplace."Work and Occupations46(4):411-440.
Selected Grants:
UNT Initiative for the Advancement of the Arts, 2022-2023
National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Grant, 2015
Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Argentina, 2015