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Dr. Arne Kalleberg, distinguished professor of sociology and senior associate dean of the Graduate School, has been named senior associate dean for the social sciences for the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill.

"Arne Kalleberg is an internationally renowned scholar, an award-winning teacher, and an outstanding administrator with significant leadership experience in service to his field and to the University," said Dr. Bernadette Gray-Little, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "I am confident that he will be an outstanding dean for the social sciences and I look forward to working with him as we continue to build our social science programs in the College."

Kalleberg, also an adjunct professor of management at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, is an expert on the sociology of work, industry, occupation and organization. His most recent research focuses on changes in job quality in the United States, and on temporary, part-time and subcontract work and its effect on employees’ earnings, careers and work attitudes.

A member of the university faculty since 1986, Kalleberg chaired the department of sociology for two terms and later served as interim chair. He also served as interim senior associate vice chancellor for graduate studies and research for one year, and has been senior associate dean of the Graduate School since October 2001.

He is a visiting professor at the Norwegian School of Management. In 2001, he received the Excellence in Education Award from the Industrial Relations Research Association for outstanding teaching in the area of sociology of work.

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