SPEA 341
Biography
Dessauer’s research broadly focuses on power, labor, and inequality in culture industries. Her dissertation, “Power in Hollywood: Work, Agency, and Authorship in the Era of #MeToo,” was awarded a 2024 NSF/ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. Her article on Hollywood assistants appears in Qualitative Sociology and received a 2024 Honorable Mention from the Organizations, Occupations and Work Section of the American Sociological Association. Julia holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Virginia.