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Ethel Mickey, Ph.D. (Class of 2012) Publishes Book: Networking to Nowhere: How Gender Inequality Persists in Tech

Posted by on Friday, June 5, 2026 in Department News.

Dr. Ethel Mickey, a Sociology Undergraduate from the Class of 2012, has published a book titled: Networking to Nowhere: How Gender Inequality Persists in Tech (University of California Press).

Ethel is currently an Assistant Professor at California State University at San Bernardino.

According to Adia Harvey Wingfield, sociologist and former President of the American Sociological Association: “Networking seems like such a benign process, but this book shows how it is imbued with cultural and social expectations that maintain persistent gender disparities. Networking to Nowhere is a timely, incisive look at why the tech industry remains so unwelcoming to women.”