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Kimberly E. Fox teaches social data analysis, research methods, families, work organization, social inequality, race, and gender. She received an M.A. in Political Science from George Washington University and earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Fox is a work-life sociologist with expertise in workplace policies and practices and an emphasis on how singles who live alone manage their multiple commitments to work, family, and community. A mixed method researcher, Dr. Fox has extensive experience conducting semi-structured qualitative interviews and focus groups, testing survey protocols, analysis of nationally representative survey data, media content, and qualitative interviews. Dr. Fox is an active applied researcher providing evaluation research and program management for interdisciplinary, government-funded projects aimed at understanding inequality at work, work-life integration, and worker well-being. She currently serves as internal evaluator for a National Science Foundation grant working to advance racial equity, justice, and anti-racism in the recruitment, retention, and professional development of faculty at three Massachusetts Stat Universities. Her research has been published in Work & Stress, The Sociological Quarterly, Research in the Sociology of Work, and the Bridgewater Review. In 2020, Dr. Fox received a Fulbright Research Award to examine how social networks, personal needs, and workplace experiences differ for those living alone and working remotely during the early stages of the Covid 19 pandemic in the US and Sweden.