Matissa Hollister

Assistant Professor, Sociology

Sociology Department
6104 Silsby Hall - Room 104
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-3524

Harvard University, Ph.D., 2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.A., 1998
Haverford University, B.A., 1994

Courses Taught At Dartmouth

SOCY 7 FS Poverty in the US (course syllabus)
SOCY 10 Quantitative Analysis of Social Data (course syllabus)
SOCY 29 The Sociology of Work (course syllabus) (formerly Socy 39)
SOCY 55 Poverty and Public Policy in the US (Identical to PBPL 86.1) (course syllabus)

Selected Publications

Hollister, Matissa N. (2004). "Does Firm Size Matter Anymore? The New Economy and the Causes of the Firm Size Wage Effect." American Sociological Review 69:659-676.
Hollister, Matissa N. (forthcoming, November 2009) "Is Optimal Matching Sub-Optimal?" Sociological Methods and Research.
Hollister, Matissa N. (forthcoming, 2011). "Work and Careers in the New Economy." Annual Review of Sociology.

Working Papers

Current Projects

An examination of the relationship between professional work and intergenerational mobility in the National Longitudinal Surveys.
An analysis of U.S. establishment employment patterns 1971-2007 using EEO-1 reports
- Occupational changes within and between establishments 1971-2007
- The historical patterns and causes of corporate downsizing and restructuring 1971-2007

Research and Teaching Interests