She received her
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Philosophy from
Our Lady of the Lake College in 1962, and in 1970 she received a
Master of Arts from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at
University of Notre Dame. Jasso received her Ph.D. from the Department of Social Relations at
Johns Hopkins University in 1974. Jasso has been an assistant professor at
Barnard College and
Columbia University,
Johns Hopkins University, and
University of Michigan. Additionally, she has been a professor at
University of Minnesota,
University of Iowa, and presently at New York University. Jasso has served as chair of several sections of the
American Sociological Association, including Theory, Methodology, International Migration,
Social Psychology, and the Rationality and Society Section. She has been elected to the Executive Council of the
Sociological Research Association (2018–2021), where she will serve as president in her final year. Jasso is a frequent collaborator with
Douglas Massey. Jasso's
Erdős number is 3. ==Notes==