Sloan

The Alfred P. Sloan Working Families Center is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and is located at NORC, the University of Chicago, and Michigan State University.

You can contact us at:

Sloan Center on Parents,
Children and Work
at the University of Chicago (1997-2006)
and at Michigan State University (2005-2007)

Michigan State University
516 Erickson Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
bschneid@msu.edu
(517)-432-0300

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People

at the Center

Center Directors

Barbara Schneider

Department of Sociology, Michigan State University
Phone: 773-256-6361
E-mail: bschneid@msu.edu
Interests: Adolescent work and postsecondary plans, school choice, parental involvement in education
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Linda Waite

Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
Phone: 773-256-6333
E-mail: l-waite@uchicago.edu
Interests: Intergenerational transfers, demography of the family, aging, labor force
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Core Faculty

Ariel Kalil

Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
Phone: 773-834-2090
E-mail: a-kalil@uchicago.edu
Interests: Occupation and work family conflict

Judith Levine

School of Social Services Administration, University of Chicago
Phone: 773-702-1149
E-mail: jlevine@uchicago.edu
Interests: Social Stratification, Gender and the Labor Market, and Timing of Fertility

Casey Mulligan

Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Phone: 773-702-9017
E-mail: cbm4@uchicago.edu
Interests: Intergenerational mobility; nonpecuniary incentives for behavior

Damon Phillips

Assistant Professor of Strategy, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
Phone: 773-834-2863
E-mail: damon.phillips@gsb.uchicago.edu
Interests: Law Firm Status and the Identification with Family Law Practice and Attorney Maternity Leave

Ross Stolzenberg

Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
Phone: 773-256-6331
E-mail: r-stolzenberg@uchicago.edu
Interests: Social mailto:r-stolzenberg@uchicago.eduinequality; family formation; long-term consequences of schooling for individuals and families

Kazuo Yamaguchi

Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
Phone: 773-256-6324
E-mail: yama@src.uchicago.edu
Interests: Social stratification and mobility; quantitative methodology; the life course

Past Postdoctoral Fellows

Alisa Lewin (2003-2006)

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa

Karrie Snyder (2004-2006)

Institute for Women, Gender and Health Research, Northwestern University

Carolyn Stuenkel (2002-2003)

Lianne Kurina (2001-2003)

Department of Health Studies (Epidemiology), University of Chicago

Marjorie Schaafsma (2000-2002)

Kimberly Maier (2000-2002)

Measurement and Quantitative Methods program, Michigan State University

Jennifer Schmidt (1999-2002)

Department of Educational Psychology and Foundation, Northern Illinois University

Rachel Gordon (1998-2000)

Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago

Qin Chen (1998-2000)

University of Chicago

Regina Bures (1998-2000)

Department of Sociology, State University of New York- Albany

Emma K. Adam (1998-2000)

School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University

Richard B. Bernard (1998-1999)

Department of Sociology, University of Toronto

Past Graduate Students

Nicholas Dempsey

Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

Allison Deschamps, PhD (2005)

Phillip Hammack, PhD (2006)

University of California- Santa Cruz

Jennifer Hanis-Martin

Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

Lisa Hoogstra, PhD (2002)

National High School Center, Learning Points Associates

Jaeki Jeong, PhD (2004)

Michael Kaufman

Department of Human Development, University of Chicago

Yojin Kim

School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago

Doug Lauen, PhD (2006)

Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Yun-Suk Lee, PhD (2002)

Department of Urban Sociology, University of Seoul

Elaine Marchena, PhD (2003)

Sylvia Martinez, PhD (2006)

School of Education and Latino Studies Program, Indiana University

Jennifer Matjasko, PhD (2002)

Human Ecology and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

Elizabeth McGhee-Hassrick

Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

Mark Nielsen, PhD (2002)

Chi-Young Koh, PhD (2004)

Korean General Social Survey

Shira Offer, PhD (2006)

Bar Ilan University

Jennifer Schmidt, PhD (1998)

Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Northern Illinois University

Carolyn Stuenkel, PhD (2002)

Matthew Weinshenker, PhD (2006)

Department of Sociology, Fordham University

Rustin Wolfe, PhD (2001)

St. Mary's University of Minnesota

Pamela Zuker, PhD (2001)

Center on Noogenic Research, Aspen Institute

Past Center Staff

Demetria Proutsos

Project Administrator (2005-2007)

Lisa Hoogstra

Senior Research Analyst (2002-2006)

Nora Broege

Research Assistant and Data Manager (2003-2006)

Ann Owens

Research Assistant and Project Administrator (2002-2005)

Jason Labate

Project Administrator (2002-2004)

Holly Rice Sexton

Research Analyst and Data Manager (2001-2004)

Allison Atteberry

Research Assistant (2003-2005)

Paul Hanselman

Research Assistant and Website Design (2003-2004)

Mick D'Arcy

Research Assistant

Greg Bok

Research Assistant

Eunice Kim

Research Assistant

Maureen E. Marshall

Research Assistant

Agraja Sharma

Research Assistant

Richard Striano

Research Assistant

Monica Li

Research Assistant

Nathan Sidles

Research Assistant affiliated with center

Precious Johnson

Research Assistant affiliated with center